Ahoskie Regional Visitor's Center

01/28/2026

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09/23/2025

Several interesting articles preserved at the museum.

07/08/2025

Please don't miss our next speaker, Ernie Evans, who will speak on the First Free Agent Major League Baseball contract signed right here in Ahoskie between Jimmy "Catfish" Hunter and the New York Yankees. Carlton Cherry, local attorne,y negotiated the deal and Ernie was a young lawyer in that firm at the time. Come on out at 10:00 am, July 12th to 701 E. Church Street, Ahoskie at The Gathering Place. The speaker will be in the Fellowship Hall and the Museum (inside The Gathering Place) will be open for you to see. Don't miss it.

06/12/2025

Please join the Ahoskie Regional Museum at The Gathering Place this Saturday June 14th for a presentation about Ms. Katie Hart.

06/06/2025

04/10/2025

Today, we honor Jim "Catfish" Hunter who was born on April 8,1946. He would have been 79 today.

Born in Hertford, NC, he was known as "Jimmy" to many of his closest friends. Hunter went on to become a Hall of Fame baseball pitcher and a member of 5 World Series championship teams. He won 224 games including a perfect game in 1968.

He was baseball's first free agent, after winning the 1974 Cy Young award. Jimmy passed away after his battle with ALS on Sept 9, 1999 at the age of 53.

Jim "Catfish" Hunter was the namesake of our organization when it was originally founded and to this day, we still receive letters addressed to the "Jim Catfish Hunter Chapter". Our office hallway is lined with photos of Catfish and everyone here will continue to fight ALS until there is a cure in honor of Jim and all who have been touched by this disease.