The area originally consisted of two adjacent villages, Rocky Mount and Mount Pleasant. The first court was held at Rocky Mount in 1786 following the American Revolutionary War. The first courthouse, made of logs, was replaced in 1831. By 1836 the town consisted of 30 homes and several businesses.
During her 66-year acting career, Katharine Hepburn won four Oscars, but she never came to a ceremony to receive them. âAs for me, prizes are nothing,â she once said. âMy prize is my work.â Still, four best actress â or actor â awards is an unbeaten feat, akin to Wilt Chamberlain scoring 100 points in an NBA game.
Streep seems likely to be passed over againâand justlyâthis year, but her partisans can take at least some measure of comfort from the precedent set by Katharine Hepburn. Hepburn is Streepâs closest equal among actresses in terms of Oscar wins and nominations, and she went 34 years between wins. She then went on to collect three of her four best actress statuettes. Aisha Harris is a Slate culture writer and host of the Slate podcast Represent.