Digital Watauga | Wild & Wonderful story of Robert O. Colt
Join us today at 11 am for Digital Watauga's lecture on the WIld and Wonderful Tales of Robert O. Colt in Blowing Rock.
ZOOM LINK - https://zoom.us/j/94691165239
During the early decades of the 20th century, stories abounded that Robert O. Colt, allegedly a son or nephew of Samuel Colt of Colt revolver fame, was a frequent visitor and sometime resident of Blowing Rock. Some stories even claimed that Robert Colt shot his own child during a party at his home near Cone Manor. To this day, such myths continue to percolate in the lore of the Cone Estate and nearby Blowing Rock. Want to know the real story? If liquor, gunplay, and run-ins with the law are your kind of thing, don't miss this fascinating discussion of the Colt family, historical sources, and how to find the truth, presented by Dr. Eric Plaag, chairperson of the Digital Watauga Project and a local historian.
About the Speaker
Dr. Eric Plaag is the principal consultant at Carolina Historical Consulting, LLC, and also serves as Chairperson of the Boone Historic Preservation Commission and the Chairperson of the Digital Watauga Project. He earned his doctorate in American History with a specialization in Historic Preservation at the University of South Carolina in 2006. He has been instrumental in a number of preservation efforts throughout the Carolinas in general and Watauga County in particular. He has lived in Boone since 2011.