Where Uncle Remus Came of Age
One block east stood the old office of The Monroe Advertiser, where Joel Chandler Harris, creator of ´Uncle Remus,´ came in 1867, as a boy of nineteen, to work until 1870. Here he advanced from printer´s devil to accomplished journalist. Of his duties, Harris said: ´I set all the type, pulled the press, kept the books, swept the floor and wrapped the papers for mailing.´
His typestand is still in use at the present office of The Monroe Advertiser.
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: tnt-tim.