North Carolina, Filed Away · Robeson County
The marker does not tell you everything.
Hayes Pond, Robeson County, January 18, 1958.
North Carolina, Filed Away is the historical branch of Haint Stories—research-led accounts that begin with a place, document, marker, or overlooked piece of the record.
Near Maxton, a North Carolina highway marker states that Lumbee and other American Indians drove the Ku Klux Klan from a rally on January 18, 1958. It is a compact description of an event that did not begin at the rally ground.
For this archive, the marker is a starting point. The longer story follows the organizers who came into the region, the people they tried to intimidate, and the decisions made in the weeks and years before the gathering at Hayes Pond.
Starting sources
- North Carolina Highway Historical Marker I-93 — marker wording and location
- UNC Pembroke, Battle of Hayes Pond — historical overview