Fame Preservation Group

10/10/2026

We've finally learned what was originally built on the property we manage at Old Lutheran Cemetery, and our assumptions were close.

Cited by WVNC Rails, Red Oil Company of Salisbury is listed in 1922 to be an operating business on this property where today only a concrete landing remains with pilons, rubble and other remnants of past operations.

In the Rowan Public Library sanborn map collection, Red Oil Company was there.

The more you know:

10/10/2026

As much as we didn't want to with anticipation of weather being unpredictable, tomorrow's forecast looks like a complete washout with a 90% chance of thunderstorms from Hurricane Isaias in the Gulf of America that's shooting bands of rain our way off of the Atlantic Ocean.

Consider both the Dixie Cruise-In and our Legends of the South Walking Tour canceled. Rescheduling dates will be determined:

10/09/2026

[UPDADE] Canceled due to rain anticipation:

[EDITORIAL] Classic Cars and a Walking Tour? Fame continues its community initiatives:

Fame Preservation Group will be hosting two events this Saturday on October 10th. One being a fundraising event, and another being a free historical walking tour or Salisbury.

Both being downtown events, their dubbed Dixie Cruise-In will be hosted at their shared Old Lutheran Cemetery property where entries will park in a field space and showcase their vehicles for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes.

Entry is $10.00 a car which comes with a wrist band, and prizes include in order, $60.00 for 1st, a Fame plaque statue for 2nd, and a Fame challenge coin for 3rd as fundraising enticing.

This will be hosted at 205 East Franklin Street, Salisbury, NC, 28144 from 11:00am to 3:00pm.

That evening also at 5:00pm, they will be meeting at the steps of the Rowan County Administrative Building downtown to host their second Legends of the South Walking Tour where the tour will begin and end there as attendees walk around historic Salisbury to see what can be found, learned, and highlighted as Legends of the South.

This is a community initiative goal to further interact with the public and had 50+ attendees last time they did it in the summer.

The Rowan County Administrative Building is located at 530 West Innes Street, Salisbury, NC, 28144.

Photo and information provided by FPG:

10/08/2026

Thank you for this great promo Salisbury Post

SALISBURY — FAME Preservation Group has a big weekend planned. As noted in the organization’s September newsletter, FAME Preservation Group is holding its first ever Dixie Cruise-In on Saturday. The […]

10/07/2026

For this Saturday's Dixie Cruise-In in the field at Old Lutheran Cemetery, this is how everyone will be parking their entries for participation.

This is our standard parking for Fame Fest each year and this photo in particular shows how attendees of this year's Cheerwine Festival used the exact same method to park their cars.

Guest parking is encouraged to be in our gravel parking lot, along the streets nearby or across the street in the Mona Lisa Wallace parking lot since they'll be closed for the weekend.

The event starts at 11:00am for $10 entires so come on down and have a good Dixie day:

10/06/2026

One of our more consuming stops along the Legends of the South Walking Tour this weekend will be at the Garrison House to showcase the remains of the former Confederate States Military Prison that once stood in Salisbury just outside of downtown.

This overlaid map shows the campus outline of what is believed to be the original fortified wall surrounding the facility where tents, barracks, and the original cotton mill structure all stood throughout the War Between the States.

The Prison was destroyed on April 12th-13th in 1865 by order of Union General George Stoneman during his infamous raid through North Carolina where it was burned along with all other government buildings tied to the Confederacy in Salisbury in total warfare.

Come join us this Saturday at the steps of the Rowan County Administrative Building at 5:00pm where this and many other stops will bd featuring legends of our Southern Heritage:

10/04/2026

Alexander Grubb of Company A within the 54th North Carolina Infantry Regiment enlisted into voluntary service under the Confederacy within the Army of Northern Virginia in Lexington, NC.

He would serve North Carolina and its sovereign interests until his participation in the Battle of New Market in the Shenandoah Valley campaign of 1862 where he was thought to have been mortally wounded. He was transported back home for medical recovery and remained where he actually survived.

Although he's a Davidson County native of the Tyro township, he's buried in Spencer, NC here in Rowan County and can be linked to various other Grubb's including the notable Clay Grubb who built the Grubb Building at the square in downtown Salisbury. The landmark still remains today as the Wallace Grubb Building making it and them true legends of the South:

10/03/2026

The Legends of the South Walking Tour is fast approaching downtown Salisbury for our fall showing of our historic city and its Southern charm of hospitality, heritage and legends.

Noteworthy stops will be highlighted like the Fame Confederate Monument, Salisbury Depot, the Empire Hotel and the Josephus Hall House.

Join us at 5:00pm on October 10th at the Rowan County Administrative Building at the intersection of West Innes and Church Streets:

10/03/2026

Another day of hard work accomplished by dedicated volunteers for our October Adopt a Street Cleanup and a dying tree being dropped.

What tree should we replace that one with?