Record #:

42836

Author(s):

Tester, Brandon

Abstract:

Currently, the watercraft industry employs 330 people in Beaufort County and accounts for a large portion of the county's tax base. it is likely shipbuilding was already in progress in Washington before its establishment in 1776. The city saw its first steamboat in 1835. To assist present industry needs, Beaufort County Schools are now offering boat building classes and Beaufort Community College is establishing a boat manufacturing program.

Source:

Washington the Magazine (NoCar F264.W3 W37), Vol. 10 Issue 2, March-April 2021, p18-23 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Boatbuilding--Beaufort; Boats and boatbuilding--North Carolina, Eastern; Boating industry--North Carolina, Eastern; Washington (N.C.)--History

Record #:

43076

Author(s):

Tester, Brandon

Abstract:

P,S. Jones High School in Washington was named by Peter Simon Jones, a native of Warren County, who taught for 22 years at at what was then the former Washington Colored Public School. The P.S. Jones Alumni Museum is currently under development on the former P.S. Jones campus. Interviewed is Alice Mills-Sadler.

Source:

Washington the Magazine (NoCar F264.W3 W37), Vol. 10 Issue 3, May-June 2021, p32-35 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

African American schools--Washington; Jones, Peter Simon (Educator); Museums--Washington

Record #:

43108

Author(s):

Tester, Brandon

Abstract:

Stuart Lannon and his crew of flow artists showcase the ropes of fire eating at pop-up performances a in washington and throughout eastern North Carolina.

Source:

Washington the Magazine (NoCar F264.W3 W37), Vol. 10 Issue 5, September-October 2021, p38-43 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

fire eating (flow arts)