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editors' corner Deep Roots and Memories I Rebekah Sanderlin, senior editor etteville and their family heritage and traditions. These things are what make these pages great as we celebrate Fayetteville's 250th birthday. It seemed during the many interviews that nostalgic memories of one restaurant kept surfacing — The Birdcage, Mrs. Poe's restaurant that overlooked the rotunda inside The Capitol's department store. Soon aſter interviewing and leaving the home of her daughter, Susan Bender, with some of Mrs. Poe's treasured recipes in hand, I headed right to the grocery store for ingredients. I must agree, her Hot Crab Imperial Dip and the Lemon Chess Pie were a delight. You, too, can try out her recipes, which you'll find on page 26. I know many of us, present company included, are quick to head up to Raleigh to eat research. Thank you to the many people who shared special stories about growing up in Fay- C 8 | October • 2012 ityViewers, I hope you enjoy reading this special issue as much as I enjoyed hearing the old stories about Fayetteville. A special thank you to historian Bruce Daws of the Fayetteville Area Transportation and Local History Museum and his staff for their ideas and support in the at some favorite spots and to get a change of scenery for shopping. Did you know that in the 1850s you could travel from Fayetteville to Raleigh by stagecoach for $4? That's not a ride I'd want to take with the kids! Fayetteville, my new home. I couldn't believe my luck to have landed in an area with such deep and fascinating roots. Turns out, I wasn't the only Sanderlin to have "landed" — both literally and figuratively — in Fayetteville. Shortly aſter our wedding, my husband's grandmother handed me a stack of dog-eared 'm an admitted history nut — History was my major in college before I switched to Journalism, so this special historical issue of CityView has been a real treat for me. Show me something old, ripped and yellowed and I get thrilled at the prospect of finding out the story. That's why, as a young bride in 2003, I jumped right into the rich history of paperback novels, a full set of Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series. My grandmother-in-law knew a deployment was looming and said I would probably enjoy the books during those long, lonely nights. She was right. (You can find out more about those books on page 66.) Through the colorful characters in the books, which are largely set in 18th century North Carolina, I learned much about our area's early settlers and ties to Scotland. Later, Grandma Sanderlin told me some surprising news: She, too, had been a new bride here — and a war bride, as well. In the middle of World War II she and her husband, a soldier in the 82nd Airborne Division, had lived in the tiny, picturesque town of Spring Lake. She still fondly recalls the little house they called home. That meant that my husband was the third in his family, aſter his father and grandfather — all of whom share the same name — to jump out of airplanes right here at Fort Bragg. I know not everyone gets as excited about history as I do, but living in an area with so much tradition, I don't understand how they can help it. Kelly Twedell, features editor

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