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34404
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Sailing is a traditional form of transportation that has been practiced on the waters of Beaufort County for centuries. For the past decade, the nonprofit organization, Little Washington Sailing School, has worked to keep the art of sailing alive, passing it along to the next generation. Director Kevin Clancy discusses the school’s sailing programs.
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34405
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The churches of Beaufort County have histories dating back centuries. The first, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, is the oldest church building in North Carolina, with an active parish dating back more than three-hundred years. This article provides the histories of Beaufort County churches based on materials from the Brown Library in Washington, interviews with church historians and official histories of each church.
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37361
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Perhaps not widely known is the role Washington played for escaped slaves, in securing freedom in a passage to the North. As for prior to slaves’ arrival at the Underground Railroad, noted were codes, songs, and quilt patterns containing information about planned escapes and uprisings on plantations. Also discussed was factors behind choosing Washington as a thoroughfare and information not so widely known related to the Underground Railroad. As for information collaborating with oral histories compiled by the Works Project Administration in the 1920s and 1930s, noted also was local Leesa Jones’s efforts in gathering orally passed down information from other locals about these topics.
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37379
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Castle Island’s faces feature an illustrious and notorious history in writing and action. East Carolina University’s Maritime Studies department documented information about wrecked ships in the area in their report “The Castle Island’s Ships Graveyard.” The Civil War-era encampment site for Yankees can also claim goats as its first inhabitants. Terry Rollins’ Washington Haunts tours points to a notorious past in a madam, known as the “Queen on the Castle,” reputed to inhabit the Island in spirit. As for the printed reproductions of postcards from UNC-CH’s collection and a painting in Washington’s Brown Library accompanying the article, they can speak a thousand words about the Island’s colorful past.
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37381
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A self-described “treasure hunter” has a collection that has made Washington a site for discovering and rediscovering treasure and treasured possessions. Pictures of his unburied treasure included a Spanish silver real coin from the 18th century and an epaulette from the 19th century. Proving treasure doesn’t have to be relic aged was a class ring, belonging to a soldier deployed in Iraq, who recovered his ring as a result of local Junius Swain’s discovery.
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39524
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Debnam described how key individuals, events, and ships played in the development of Washington’s past shipbuilding and shipping firms and today’s boat building and tourist industries.
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42720
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Beaufort County Traditional Music Association is keeping traditional music alive in eastern North Carolina. Brief sketches of several noted members including Rob Cuthrell, Sidney and Delores Moore, Lina Boyer and Duane Harris are included.
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42721
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Knowledge of early Native American people in the region of Beaufort and Hyde Counties is primarily gained through the writings of Thomas Hariot and the engravings of Theodore De Bry. Native American settlements in the region which were part of the Secotan Nation including Aquascogoc, Pomeiooc and Secotan are discussed.
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42725
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James Russell Boyd' is a collector of historic memorabilia and buildings. His acquisitions of historic buildings from the Pinetown community offers glimpses into that community's past. One noteworthy building in his collection is the former Wade Lilley Store from the Five Points neighborhood on N.C. Highway 32.
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42726
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Black Brothers Farm is the noted place to go for strawberries on the north side of the Pamlico River. The farm is located on U.S. 64 across the road from Beaufort Community College. On the south side of the Pamlico, Billy Harding owns Southside Farms. located on 320 Harding Lane, a few miles south of Chocowinity.
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42764
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The Washington Area Historic Foundation has used the sale of annual Christmas ornaments to both promote area history and finance the organization's work. The Christmas ornament project began in 1996 and continues currently with exception of 2020, which year's selection will appear in 2021 due to the current COVID crisis.