Webthe landmark (statesville, n. c. ) 1875 to 1954; Additional metadata formats marcxml record Webthe landmark (statesville, n. c. ) on digitalnc. org. In all he published over 500 columns. Webexplore 31 years of history through 7,463 issues from statesville record and landmark. You may find an unexpected story or a missing ancestor. You can navigate through the. Webon monday, may 17, 1954, the day of the supreme court's brown decision, the statesville record & landmark reported segregation in schools illegal. creator. Webthe statesville record and landmark, among the oldest daily newspapers in north carolina, began as the landmark, a weekly, on 19 june 1874. Hussey, a native of duplin county, was the first editor and publisher. In early 1877 he sold the paper to j.