Local History
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Indigenous tribes
By: Duvona Chaviss Indigenous tribes have endured many evolutionary changes since the 1500s, ranging from changes in their system of…
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Northeast North Carolina Family History – the more things change, the more they stay the same…
The lack of rain in recent weeks had me thinking about crops in the fields. Old newspaper accounts remind me…
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FRISCO NATIVE AMERICAN MUSEUM REOPENS
By Joyce Bornfriend The Frisco Native American Museum & Natural History Center reopened in May after fourteen months closure due to COVID-19. …
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Grace Sherwood – Witch of Virginia Beach
by: Ken Morgan Virginia Beach has a very colorful past and it is not surprising that the area is of…
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Cushing sinking the CSS Albemarle.
by: Ken Morgan Since its arrival in 1864 the brand new 152 ironclad Ram CSS Albemarle had proven to be…
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Civil War Drama Offers Action, Suspense, All-Star Cast
(NewsUSA) – The Civil War was over, but the post-war years were a time of challenge and sacrifice. A new…
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The Battle of New Bern
The battle at New Bern was fought on the 14th of March 1862 between the Confederate troops under Brig. Gen…
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The Common Soldier
Towards the end of the Civil war, the phrase “a rich man’s war, poor man’s fight was well entrenched in…
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The common soldier in the Civil war
by Footsteps Staff The story of the 3,000,000 soldiers who fought in the Civil War (Two million for the North…
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Spanish attacks on the North Carolina Coast in the early 1700’s
The Spanish invasions of North Carolina coast in the early 1700s were as a result of a sequence of clashes…
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