Effley Howell News Today

Integration cut short Robin Barber Whittington’s time at Lincoln Heights Elementary School, but she said her six years there helped establish a good foundation for her life.

FERGUSON — Frontiersman Daniel Boone had three homesites in the Ferguson area (then known as the Yadkin Valley). His neighbors were the Ferguson brothers from Scotland and their families.

Effley Howell Sr. shared the history of Juneteenth Day and other aspects of Black heritage in a program at the Wilkes Heritage Museum on Saturday.

Effley Howell's love of collecting Black History memorabilia turned into something bigger than himself. His traveling museum has been on the road for 30 years.