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13103
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New Bern is the home of North Carolina's oldest chartered fire department. Much of the history of the department is in the New Bern Firemen's Museum, including Fire Horse Fred, one of the last horses to pull the fire company's wagon.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 78 Issue 6, Nov 2010, p42-46, 48, 50, il Periodical Website
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6932
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Created in 1955, the New Bern Firemen's Museum preserves two centuries of fire-fighting equipment used in the town and surrounding Craven County. The museum is the only one in the country that is dedicated solely to preserving and displaying its town's own fire-fighting equipment.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 72 Issue 7, Dec 2004, p36-38, 40, il Periodical Website
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43567
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After the civil war majority of the fire departments had dissolved in New Bern. This caused an issue because the city of New Bern still needed fire protection. Some of the few fire companies that were around was the Holden Hook & Ladder Company and the New Bern Steam Engine No. 1. These companies were helped by the union soldiers that stayed behind or were returning home to New Bern. At the same time confederate soldiers were returning to the area and they started the Atlantic Fire Company back up which was a rival to the existing fire companies. Around the same time the African American citizens of New Bern come together to help create the Harland Fire Company No.1 which was founded by Edward J. Richardson, henry H. Simmons, and John R. Good. The Harland Fire Company No. 1 consisted of seventy-five members and John R. Good was the foreman of the company.
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