>>> WOO-HOO! >>> REALLY COOL THINGS BACK HERE. >> EVERYBODY FOLLOW ME. >> IT'S LEGENDARY. >> JUST LIKE BOOM. >> UNBELIEVABLE. >> HOW MANY PLACES ARE YOU GOING TO AND SEE A GREEN HORSE? >> WE ARE HAVING A BLAST! >> DELICIOUS. >> I THINK IT'S GOING TO WORK OUT. >>> WELCOME TO THIS SPECIAL EDITION OF "TAR HEEL TRAVELER." I'M SCOTT MASON. OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE PRODUCED STORIES ABOUT FOND MEMORIES. OLD FILMS AND PHOTOGRAPHS AND MUSIC TRIGGER MEMORIES. THE GOLDEN MEMORIES OF OUR PAST. THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN RAILROAD DEPOT AND THERE'S MORE THAN TRAINS RUMBLING THROUGH, THERE'S MUSIC ON A GOLDEN PLATTER. MILTON BULLOCK, HE SINGS AT THE TRAIN STATION. HE SANG FOR YEARS WITH THE PLATTERS. ONLY YOU >> AT ONE TIME THE PLANNERS WERE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL VOCAL GROUP IN THE WORLD. >> LOU WASHOW WAS THAT EXPERIENCE? >> MAN, IT WAS OUT OF THIS WORLD. >> THE PLATTERS FORMED IN 1952. COULD YOU BELIEVE YOU WERE GOING TO BE SINGING WITH THE PLATTERS? >> DIDN'T EVEN HAVE AN IDEA. >> MILTON JOINED THE GROUP IN THE '60s. HE WAS A TEENAGER FROM PRINCEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. WHO HAD BEEN WORKING A MAINTENANCE JOB IN NEW YORK CITY. >> AND I WOULD SING TO MYSELF, NOT KNOWING THAT I WAS BEING EVED DROPPED EAVESDROPPED UPON. SHE SAID I HAPPEN TO KNOW THE PUBLISHER OF THE PLATTERS. AND THAT'S WHEN I WOULD MEET ALL OF THE ORIGINALS. >> EVENTUALLY, HE WOULD BECOME A PLATTER HIMSELF. >> FROM THERE ON, MAN, IT WOULD BE NOTHING BUT A BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY. >> TODAY, HE IS KNOWN AS THE GOLDEN PLATTER. REMEMBER WHEN >> HE REMEMBERS TRAVELING THE WORLD. >> CHINA, AUSTRALIA. >> HE REMEMBERS MEETING FRANK SINATRA. AND ELVIS PRESLEY. ELVIS SAID THAT AND YOU THE PLATTERS HAD INSPIRED HIM? >> YES. >> MILTON BULLOCK ALSO REMEMBERS THE DIFFICULT TIMES. >> LOOKING DOWN THE BARREL OF A SAWED OFF SHOTGUN IN ATHENS, GEORGIA. >> THE GROUP OFTEN PERFORMED IN FRONT OF WHITE CROWDS. >> BUT THEY HEARD THE SOUND AND WE WORMED OUR WAY INTO THEIR HEARTS. I WILL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL NOT ONLY TO GOD, BUT TO THE FANS THAT MADE THE PLATTERS WHO THEY WERE. >> MILTON BULLOCK LEFT THE PLATTERS IN 1970 AND IN TIME, RETURNED HOME TO NORTH CAROLINA. EVERY OTHER WEDNESDAY, HE ENTERTAINS AN AUDIENCE AT THE DEPOT IN ROCKY MOUNT. AND SWINGS DOWN MEMORY LANE. TALKING ABOUT MY GIRL >> MILTON BULLOCK, THE GOLDEN PLATTER. ONLY YOU. >> IT'S WHAT I WANT TO BE REMEMBERED THAT I MADE A DIFFERENCE. I'M PROUD OF YOU >> MUSIC, MEMORIES, A MAN CAVE IN HARNETT COUNTY. OPEN THE DOOR AND TURN BACK TIME. >> OF COURSE MY BEER SIGNS AND MY ELVIS STUFF. >> CLUB E.. A NOSTALGIC GET AWAY ON ELVIS PRESLEY BOULEVARD. WHEN DID YOU BEGIN COLLECTING THIS? >> 12, 14 YEARS OLD. JUST LITTLE THINGS I WOULD PICK UP. >> MOVIE POSTERS AND OLD RECORDS AND ELVIS, ANYTHING ELVIS. >> STARTED FROM NOTHING AND BECAME ONE OF THE GREATEST ENTERTAINERS THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN. >> ELVIS IS IN THE HOUSE. AND SO IS BOND. JAMES BOND. MOVIE POSTERS, A REMINTIC MUSICAL, AND JAW-DROPPING CLASSIC. >> I JUST ALWAYS LOVED MUSIC. >> AND YES, IT IS A ROOM FULL OF MUSIC TOO. >> FROM RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THE BAND OF OZ. >> IT WAS ONCE A GARAGE. >> AND I TURNED IT INTO MY MANCAVE. [ LAUGHTER ] >> AND HE STUFFED IT FULL OF MEMORY. >> GREAT PLACE FOR YOUNG FOLKS TO GO BACK THEN AND MISBEHAVE SOME BUT WE HAD A GOOD TIME. >> WHERE ARE YOU FROM ORIGINALLY? >> I'M ORIGINALLY FROM DUNN. >> THAT'S HIM, GEORGE TERRY MASSEN GILL. >> I GO BY GEORGE AND I GO BY TERRY. >> GEORGE TERRY. >> I'VE BEEN CALLED A LOT WORSE. [ LAUGHTER ] >> YOU CAN COME HERE FOR A MONTH OF SUNDAYS AND STILL NOT ACTUALLY SEE EVERYTHING. >> CONNIE AND GEORGE TERRY -- >> WE WERE ABOUT FOURTH ROW. >> SAW ELVIS PERFORM LIVE. >> THIS PARTICULAR CONCERT THAT WE WENT TO WAS IN GREENSBORO. >> THE SCARF. >> BENT OVER AND GAVE IT TO HER. >> WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN HE GAVE YOU THE SCARF? >> I WAS E ECSTATIC THAT I GOT ONE. >> IT STILL HAS HIS MAKEUP ON IT. >> I GOES YOU WILL NOT WASH THAT SCARF. >> OH NO. MY FAVORITE SONG BY ELVIS IS "IF I CAN DREAM." THAT SONG IS ALL ABOUT LOVING EVERYTHING. AND EVERYONE. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS SORT OF SYMBOLIZES. OH WHY CAN'T MY DREAM COME TRUE >> MUST BE NICE TO KIND OF SIT IN HERE AND JUST GET AWAY. >> WELL, YES AND A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY YOU LIVING IN THE PAST. WELL, MAYBE SO. BUT IT'S MEMORIES. CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU, YOU GOT TO ENJOY IT WHILE YOU CAN. >> IT'S A FUN ROOM AND I LIKE TO COME DOWN IN THE EVENING. >> DOWNSTAIRS. INTO THIS ROOM. >> IT'S KIND OF A RETREAT FROM THE WORLD. >> INTO A PAST WORLD. THE PAST, INSIDE A MANCAVE IN CHAPEL HILL. >> I THINK THE FIRST THING I GOT WAS A JUKEBOX. >> THE JUKEBOX. >> THE COKE MACHINE. >> THE COKE MACHINE. THE RESTAURANT BOOTHS. >> THE DINER TABLE I CALL IT WAS -- KIND OF REMINISCENT OF MY YOUNGER DAYS. >> AND ED JENKINS REMEMBERS THOSE DAYS GROWING UP AROUND HIS DAD'S STORE NEAR GREENVILLE. >> TYPICAL OLD-FASHIONED COUNTRY STORE. >> WITH ONE PUMP OUT FRONT. >> I GREW UP TALKING TO PEOPLE. WAITING ON PEOPLE. WRINGING UP THE CASH REGISTER. THAT STORE SPARKED MY WHOLE INTEREST IN GETTING INTO SALES AND MARKETING. >> MEET MR. NOBODY. >> NOBODY DID IT BETTER. >> SO I STARTED A COMPANY CALLED WOLFER AND TWEETER BACK IN 1975. >> WOOFER AND TWEETER. >> IT WAS A STEREO SHOP? >> IN CHAPEL HILL. A LANDMARK. >> MICHAEL JORDAN WOULD OCCASIONALLY COME IN AND BUY CASSETTE TAPES. I CAN ALMOST GUARANTEE YOU THAT ANYBODY OVER 50 WOULD SAY I REMEMBER THAT. >> THEY MIGHT REMEMBER ED. >> AND WE ALL HAD THAT LONG HAIR. HIPPIE LOOK YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE DAY. >> BACK IN THAT DAY. >> SHE GREW UP YOU KNOW DOWN IN SMITHFIELD. >> EVA. ELVIS, DEAN. >> I SPENT A LOT OF TIME DOWN HERE. >> AND IN HERE. >> I DON'T WATCH A LOT OF MOVIES BUT I LOVE TO WATCH LIVE CONCERTS. >> THE SOUND OF MUSIC. AFTER WOOFER AND TWEETER, ED BECAME THE DISH DOCTOR. >> HELLO, DISH DOCTOR. >> MY CABLE TV HAS GONE OUT AGAIN. >> SATELLITE CITY. >> I SAID THIS MAY BE THE NEXT BIG THING. >> THAT WAS FUN TOO. >> ALL OF THE THINGS I DID ARE KIND OF COMING TOGETHER. >> COME TOGETHER IN THE MANCAVE. >> IT'S STILL KEEPING PERFECT TIME. >> THE CLOCK THAT HUNG IN HIS DAD'S STORE. THE SMASH HITS HE USED TO SELL. >> I'VE BEEN COLLECTING THIS STUFF FOR YEARS. >> ADMIT ONE. AND THAT ONE IS ED JENKINS. >> JUST A PLACE TO GET AWAY AND YOU ARE IN ANOTHER WORLD. >>> IT'S A MATTER OF RECORD. IN SELMA, AND IT'S ALSO A STACK OF MEMORIES. >> AS CHILDREN, POLITICAL, COUNTRY. >> ROCK AND ROLL. >> EASY LISTENING. >> HOW MANY RECORDS DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE? >> I HAVE GOT 55,000 IN THAT ROOM. >> 55,000? >> WELL -- >> LET'S BEGIN NOW. >> WHERE TO BEGIN? >> YOU KNOW, I WAS IN A BAND AND I PLAYED THE TROMBONE IN THE GLENN MILLER ERA. >> STARTED COLLECTING MUSIC. >> THEN I JUST KEPT GOING. [ LAUGHTER ] >> THAT WAS 35 YEARS AGO. >> WC FIELDS. >> THOSE WERE THE HAPPY DAYS. >> JUST HAVING FUN. >> A MATTER OF RECORD INCLUDES CASSETTES. >> CASSETTE TAPES. ALL THE OLD RECORDINGS. >> EIGHT TRACK TAPES. >> AND WELL, THERE'S PETER FRAMPTON. >> TURNTABLES. >> IT'S ALL WORKING AND I DO REPAIR WORK ON EVERYTHING. >> OLD RECORD PLAYERS. >> SWINGS WITH THE ARM. LISTED AT $450 IN 1921. >> $1,500 TODAY. >> SOMEBODY COMES IN AND WANTS TO SELL THEIR COLLECTION? THAT'S HOW I GET THEM. AND I THINK THE BEST WORD I CAN HEAR WHEN THEY COME IN THE FRONT DOOR IS "WOW." >> A SHOOTING STAR. IT MUST BE A SIGN FROM OZ. >> DO YOU GET EXCITED WHEN A RARE FIND COMES IN THE DOOR? >> OH, YEAH. WOW. [ LAUGHTER ] THERE'S THAT WORD AGAIN. >> RARE. >> IT'S WORTH $10,000. >> THE CONTROVERSIAL COVER. >> NEEDED TO BE PULLED. >> AND REPLACED -- >> I LIKE ANYTHING THAT CAN GET MY FEET A-GOING. >> A WITH YOUR LETSER. >> A REPLICA OF THE ORIGINAL I'M HAVING FUN, YES. >> Reporter: FUN IN SELMA. IT'S A MATTER OF RECORD. BEING IN THE STORE, DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE IN A TIME CAPSULE? >> YEAH. I MEAN, I'M STUCK IN THE '50s. THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. I'LL COME RUNNING BACK TO YOU >>> ORDER "TAR HEEL TRAVELER" BACKS AT THE "TARHEEL TRAVELER."COM. AT THE T >>> A PLACE CALLED WILLIAMS LAKE IN SAMPSON COUNTY. >> THERE'S NO OTHER PLACE LIKE WILLIAMS LAKE. AND NEVER WILL BE. >> THE WILLIAMS LAKE DANCE CLUB. >> IT IS RIGHT ON THE LAKE. >> OVER THE LAKE. THERE WAS WATER UNDER THAT PAVILION. >> IT WAS PROBABLY THE GREATEST THEME CLUB IN THE WORLD. BECAUSE ACTUALLY IT WAS A THEME CLUB. >> THE LAKE FROM 1932 TO 1970 IN SAMPSON COUNTY. >> I GREW UP THERE. AND WENT SWIMMING THERE WHEN I WAS 18 YEARS OLD. >> A MAN CLAIMED CLAYTON WILLIAMS OWNED THE PROPERTY. >> HE BROUGHT A JUKEBOX IN AND THAT'S WHEN THE DANCING STARTED. >> WHEN CLAYTON WILLIAMS RETIRED IN 1964, HE TURNED TO A YOUNG SAXOPHONE PLAYER WHO HAD ALWAYS ENJOYED WILLIAMS' LAKE. >> I WAS ONLY 22 YEARS OLD AND I TOOK IT OVER. >> WHEN ROBERT TOOK IT OVER. HE BROUGHT IN THE BANDS. THEY WERE HUGELY POPULAR BANDS. >> IF I HAD -- I HAVE HAD PEOPLE FROM GREENSBORO, OR CHARLOTTE, COME. >> TO SAMPSON COUNTY. >> TO HERE IN THE WOODS. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THIS? >> WELL, IT KIND OF BREAKS YOUR HEART. >> A SAGGING WALL AND BROKEN BOARDS. >> AND THE MUSIC WAS CHANGING TO VIETNAM WAR WAS GOING ON. >> THE CLUB CLOSED IN 1970. >> AND OVER THE YEARS, THE ROOF COLLAPSED. THE BUILDING FELL IN. THIS WAS ALL THAT'S LEFT. >> BUT IT IS NOT ALL THAT'S LEFT. SO EACH YEAR YOU HAVE A REUNION. >> I STARTED IT IN 2008 AND WAS ONLY GOING TO HAVE ONE. THIS WILL BE NUMBER EIGHT. I MEAN, IT'S STILL TODAY, 50, 60 YEARS LATER. IT'S STILL ONE OF THE GREATEST MEMORIES OF THESE PEOPLE'S LIVES REALLY. THERE WAS NO OTHER PLACE LIKE WILLIAMS LAKE. AND NEVER WILL BE. >> PEOPLE WHO GREW UP IN NORTH CAROLINA MAY REMEMBER A POPULAR KIDDIE TRAIN. MAY EVEN REMEMBER THE MAN FROM ZEBULON WHO BUILT IT. THOSE MEMORIES HAVE BEEN FOUND NOW. >> MY DAD BUILT THE TRAIN AROUND 1967. >> A LITTLE TRAIN FOR KIDS. >> HE RAN IT FOR 20 YEARS. >> ANDY'S KIDDIE RIDES. >> HE STARTED DOING CHRISTMAS PARADES AND TOWN PROMOTIONS. >> CAMERON VILLAGE. >> MY DAD BESIGNED THAT. >> THE SHOPPER HOPPER. >> TO PUT THE TRAIN IF THE MIDDLE OF IT. >> ANDY WAS AN ENTERTAINER. >> ALWAYS PLAYED MUSIC. THAT LED TO THE DAYBREAK SHOW IN RALEIGH. >> ANDY ROGERS. ANDY'S DIG BREAK. >> FIVE DAYS A WEEK. CHANNEL 5. WRAL. MY DAD GOT PRETTY WELL-KNOWN. THAT'S WHEN HE BUILT THE PLANE. >> AND A TRAIN AND A BOAT. ANDY'S LITTLE LOVE BOAT. >> HE HAD A BLAST WITH THIS THING. >> THE TRAIN. >> IT WAS A SIGHT TO SEE. >> IT WAS ANDY'S ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL JUNIOR NUMBER 6. UNTIL PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER CAME TO TOWN. AND THAT'S WHEN ANDY RENAMED IT THE PEANUT SPECIAL. >> NOW MY DAD DIDN'T GET TO MEET THE PRESIDENT. BUT JIMMY CARTER SAW THAT TRAIN. >> ANDY GOT A FRIEND TO WRITE A SONG CALLED REQUEST @ PEANUT SPECIAL." >> FOLKS WOULD BUY THESE RECORDS AND DAD WOULD RIDE KIDS AROUND AND HE HAD A BIG TIME. HE HAD A BIG TIME. >> BUT IN TIME, ANDY GREW ILL. >> EVERYTHING HAD TO GO. >> INCLUDING THE TRAIN. TO PAY THE MEDICAL BILLS. >> ALL DISAPPEARED. >> ANDY DIED IN 2000. THE END OF THE LINE. AND THEN -- OUT OF THE BLUE, A RECENT PHONE CALL. >> HE SAID WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE YOUR DAD'S TRAIN AND AIRPLANE? >> A FARM NEAR SELMA, DEEP IN THE WOODS. >> THERE'S THESE BIG TARPS DOWN THERE. AND I GOT UP UNDER ONE AND THAT TRAIN WAS UNDER THERE. >> THAT'S ANDY'S. >> I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. I GOT WEAK IN THE KNEES. >> AMEN. THAT'S WHAT -- THAT'S GOOD. >> THIS TRAIN HAD BEEN SITTING IN THOSE WOODS UNDER THOSE TARPS FOR 31 YEARS. >> NOT JUST THE TRAIN BUT ALSO ANDY'S STUMP JUMPER. >> I DON'T KNOW WHY IT DIDN'T SURVIVE. >> IT'S ROTTED BUT NOT THE TRAIN. THE TRAIN IS LARGELY INTACT. AND NOW AT HIS SON'S HOME IN ZEBULON. >> LOOK AT THAT. I MEAN THE DOOR WORKS. >> THE MEMORIES COME BACK. IT'S A PEANUT SPECIAL >> PLAYING MUSIC AND RUNNING A TRAIN, MY DAD WAS HAPPY. HE LOVED THIS. >> ANDY LODGERS AND THE PEANUT SPECIAL. MAY BE ONE DAY IT WILL RIDE AGAIN. >> IT BROUGHT THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN JOY. ON A VICTORY RIDE >>> TIMES CHANGE BUT MEMORIES REMAIN. FOND MEMORIES OF THE WAY THINGS WERE. IN RALEIGH, THE OLD GRISTMILL STILL GRINDS. THE SPINNING, THE GRINDING. >> MOST ALL OF US OVER 75 YEARS OLD. REAL FINE CORN MEAL. I THINK THIS IS GREAT. >> WATER, WOOD AND STONE. >> THE LEGACY OF THESE THINGS, TO STAND THE TEST OF TIME. >> ALL THE OLD GRISTMILLS. >> I LOOK FORWARD TO PHOTOGRAPHING OLD THINGS. >> HE BEGAN PHOTOGRAPHING A FEW AT FIRST. AND THEN HE FOUND OTHERS. >> YOU KNOW THERE CAN'T BE THAT MANY MORE. WAS I WRONG. >> HE WAS FASCINATED. >> IT WAS A LOT OF THESE THAT ARE OLD. >> SOME FROM THE 1700s. >> 260 YEARS. ROCK'S MILL IN. TRENTON. >> EAST IN JONES COUNTY. EARLY 1700s. >> PROVIDE POWER TO THE CITY OF TRENTON. ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES IN NORTH CAROLINA TO HAVE POWER. >> COOK'S MILL. >> OUT IN -- MEBANE. THAT'S PREREVOLUTIONARY WAR. THE WEST POINT WAR IN E KNOW STARTED IN 1780. >> MID 1800s. >> YOU MUST HAVE HAD A BALL SHOOTING THESE. >> YES. >> JEFF HAS CAPTURED DOZENS OF OLD GRISTMILLS ACROSS THE STATE. SOME STILL WORKING. OTHERS STILL STANDING BUT VACANT. FLOODED. WEBS MILL IN NASH COUNTY. HURRICANE FLOYD. >> WHERE THE WATER LINE CAME UP TO ABOUT HERE. >> YATES MILL, RALEIGH, 1756. >> TIMBER FRAME CONSTRUCTION. HAND CUT STONE. >> AND NO POWER TOOLS TO HELP THEM DO IT. >> NO. IT WAS ALL DONE BY HAND. OLD MILL OF GUILFORD. YOU PROBABLY HAVE BEEN THERE. 1767. IN NORTH CAROLINA, A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO SHOOT THE LIGHTHOUSES. THEY THINK THAT'S ALL NORTH CAROLINA HAS. I LOVE THE LIGHTHOUSES. BUT THERE'S ONLY SO MANY. >> STILL, SO MANY GRISTMILLS. HAS IT SURPRISED YOU DOING THIS? >> YEAH, THAT THESE STRUCTURES CAN LAST. >> THEY WERE BUILT TO LAST. >> THEY WERE BUILT TO LAST. THE CRAFTSMANSHIP THAT THESE THINGS HAVE IS JUST -- PHENOMENAL. >>> THERE ARE FADING SYMBOLS OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. HERE IN WILSON COUNTY, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OLD TOBACCO BARNS. AND A MAN NAMED BARNES PRESERVING THEM IN PICTURES. WHY DID YOU WANT TO TAKE PICTURES OF THEM? >> I'M NOT SURE. >> KEITH BARNES WAS NOT SURE EITHER HOW MANY TOBACCO BARNS THERE WERE IN WILSON COUNTY. THE OLDEST, MORE THAN 100 YEARS OLD AND WITH EACH PICTURE OF EACH BARN, KEITH BARNES BEGAN TO REALIZE WHAT THESE RELICS REALLY MEAN. >> WELL, START FROM THE PEOPLE THAT LIVED IN THIS HOUSE OVER HERE. THEY WORKED IN THIS BARN. AND THIS BARN PAID FOR LOT OF CLOTHES AND CARS AND FOOD. AND IT DID IT CONTINUOUSLY. THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM BECAUSE PART OF THEIR LIFE. >> PART OF THIS AREA'S LIFE. WILSON WAS ONCE KNOWN AS THE WORLD'S LARGEST TOBACCO MARKET. >> IN ITS DAY THERE WAS A LOT OF ACTIVITY. >> THE BARNS WERE FOR HANGING THE TOBACCO LEAVES. CURING IT AND DRYING IT. >> THEY WERE JUST LIKE AN OVEN. >> KEITH CLICKED AND CREPT UP TO BARN AFTER BARN. >> OF THE 1200 I HAVE TAKEN YOU WON'T FIND TWO EXACTLY ALIKE. >> 1200 PHOTOGRAPHS HE'S TAKEN. ALL IN WILSON COUNTY IN ABOUT A YEAR'S TIME IN HIS SPARE TIME. >> THE THING IS ALL GOT CHARACTER. THEY HAVE ALL GOT STORIES. >> SEEN SOME BARNS BARELY STANDING. AND OTHERS WITH ALL NEW USES. >> GARAGES, WORKSHOPS, STORAGE SHEDS. >> IN A WAY, KEITH HIMSELF HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED. >> I LOVE THE VINES. >> HE THINKS HE KNOWS NOW WHY HE'S CAPTURED THESE LONELY LANDMARKS FROM A LIFE LONG GONE. BECAUSE WHEN THEY ARE GONE, A WAY OF LIFE THAT MEANT THE WORLD TO WILSON MAY IN FACT FADE FOREVER FROM THE LANDSCAPE OF ITS PAST. >> THERE'S A LOT OF THEM THAT ARE GOING TO BE GONE. SOON. >>> WELCOME BACK TO THIS SPECIAL EDITION OF "TAR HEEL TRAVELER." AN EDITION THAT'S A COLLECTION OF FOND MEMORIES. IN 2017, ORGANIZERS IN RALEIGH UNEARTHED MEMORIES SEALED FAR BELOW GROUND. >> THE MOMENT I KNOW YOU ALL CAME FOR. THE UNHEARTING AND UNVEILING OF THE TIME CAPSULE. >> HALF A CENTURY IT'S BEEN BURIED. 50 YEARS TO THE DAY. >> THE DATE IS JUNE 8th, 1967. >> THE RADIO RECORDING OF THAT TIME. >> SO LET ME SAY HELLO TO ALL OF YOU IN THE YEAR 2017. FROM THE YEAR 1967. >> ISN'T IT INTERESTING LOOKING BACK IN THE PAST? >> I THINK THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALL HERE. >> HERE TO SEE WHAT'S INSIDE THE CAPSULE. >> EIGHT TRACK TAPE. >> MAYBE -- >> SUPPOSED TO BE IN THERE. I DON'T KNOW. >> I DON'T KNOW. '67 IS AWFULLY EARLY. >> I WAS SO YOUNG BACK THEN. [ LAUGHTER ] >> MANY OF THESE PEOPLE WERE HERE WHEN THE CAPSULE WENT IN. >> OH YOU BET. >> SOME WERE TEENAGERS THEN. >> YOU HAVE ONE THING THAT I REMEMBERED DISTINCTLY GOING INTO THE TIME CAPSULE WAS A PAIR OF GO-GO BOOTS. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE TWO LETTERS IN THERE. >> THESE LETTERS WERE PROPHESIES OF WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT TO BE LIKE IN 50 YEARS. >> WE'RE PLEASED TO BE HERE IN THE MIDST OF THE 20th CENTURY. >> THE TIME CAPSULE COMMEMORATED THE OPENING OF THE CARDINAL MOVIE THEATER AT NORTH HILLS. >> IT WAS PRETTY BIG BECAUSE IT WAS REVOLUTIONARY. >> HAD TWO SCREENS. [ LAUGHTER ] >> THE CAPSULE AT LAST COMES UP FROM UNDER. >> ALL RIGHT, EDDIE, CAN YOU HOLD IT UP FOR EVERYBODY? >> THE COPPER CAPSULE. HELD UP AND CUT IT OPEN. >> IF THIS ENDS UP BEING JUST A BIG BOWL OF SOUP, WE APOLOGIZE. >> UH-OH. WATERLOGGED. >> THE ITEMS ARE WET. >> THE ITEMS. >> WE HAVE SOME FILM. >> A WRAL FILM REAM. >> NORTH CAROLINA MANUAL. A RECORDING TAPE. >> COULD IT BE THIS RECORDING? >> TO THOSE WHO WILL FOLLOW IN OUR FOOTSTEPS, 50 YEARS FROM NOW. >> POLICE COMPLAINTS AND ARRESTS. HOPEFULLY NOBODY HERE WAS ON THIS LIST. >> A ONCE BEAUTIFUL BARBIE DOLL. >> THIS IS IN PLASTIC WHICH APPARENTLY WAS NEW. >> AND THIS -- >> IT APPEARS TO BE A KEY TO THE CITY. >> IT'S WORK ISN'T IT? >> IT'S VERY HISTORIC. >> WATER IN THE BOTTOM. DISAPPOINTED I GUESS THAT IT LEAKED. BUT WOW. YOU KNOW, 50 YEARS FLIES BY. >> REMEMBERING THE GOOD OLD DAYS. >> I GUESS IT MAKES YOU THINK OF THE FUTURE TOO. >> OH, YEAH. IT'S ALL INTERTWINED. >> MAY THEY AT LEAST KNOW OUR FATHER THAT WE LOVED OUR DAY AND THAT WE THOUGHT THAT OUR DAY A GREAT DAY. >> THE CAPSULE'S WET CONTENTS WERE A DISAPPOINTMENT. BUT BACK THEN, IN 2017, RALEIGH LEADERS DID BURY ANOTHER TIME CAPSULE. TO BE OPENED 50 YEARS LATER. WE HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED THIS SPECIAL EDITION OF "TAR HEEL TRAVELER." WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT TIME DOWN THE ROAD. I'M SCOTT MASON. "TAR HEEL TRAVELER." ORDER "TAR HEEL TRAVELER" BOOKS AT THETARHEELTRAVELER.COM. BOOKS THAT CELEBRATE THE STATE. COPIES AUTOGRAPHED AND PERSONALIZED AT