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On the Road with GeorgeWashington between Greenville and New Bern on his SouthernTour…
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Jul 11 min read
Hull Anderson
Hull Anderson was a successful shipwright and a freed Black man, but in North Carolina, that didn’t mean he was free.
Charles Thrasher
Feb 174 min read


When the "Big Chill" hit Eastern North Carolina
Looking north along the County Bridge towards Washington, NC Do you think the “polar vortexes” of late have made it unusually cold in eastern North Carolina? Granted, it’s been cold enough during the past few days for Jack’s Creek (historically known as Windmill Creek) to ice over several times. But it hasn’t been anywhere near as cold as it was during a ten-day period of sub-freezing temperatures during the winter of 1917/1918. As the New Year approached in late December of
Ray Midgett
Feb 23 min read


Floating Theatre
For 27 years the Floating Theatre visited isolated ports in the North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland tidewaters, ultimately coming to a fiery end.
Charles Thrasher
Feb 29 min read
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