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4811
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The Balsam Mountain Inn, a resort hotel at Balsam; the Richmond Hill Inn, a grand Victorian mansion in Asheville; the Holly Inn, a Pinehurst retreat; and the First Colony Inn, a coastal inn at Nags Head, all treasured landmarks, have been restored and returned to their former glories.
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8567
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In 1770, Captain John Collet's map of North Carolina showed a string of ordinaries from the Chowan River to the Yadkin River. An ordinary was a commercial building serving to satiate travelers during colonial times. By 1800, the term “ordinary†was replaced by “tavern,†to mean a place catering to social drinking, and later by “inn†as taverns began to provide overnight accommodations. Many businesses that were run by farmers, however, remained taverns due to a lack of space for lodging. Taverns sprang up every few miles in the towns of the colonial period and thrived until the train became the popular means of transportation. The Halifax ordinary, “Sign of the Thistle,†is where both the Halifax Resolves and the North Carolina Constitution were written over tankards of ale. Minstrels visiting the area came to entertain clientele. The building was remodeled and later called Eagle Hotel. The Marquis de Lafayette spent the night there on February 27, 1825. Both Andrew Jackson and James K. Polk visited another tavern, the York Tavern, in Rockford, North Carolina. By the end of the 1800s, the railroad had laid tracks in North Carolina and most of the taverns fell into disuse.
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14479
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In addition to providing accommodations for the traveler, early taverns also were usually a local social center, where people gathered for various pastimes and to discuss the topics of the day.
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14692
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Chunn's tavern embraced the spirit of the Wild West, notorious for drinking, fighting and vulgarity. The tavern's history stretched back to the late 18th century built on the French Broad River trail four miles west of Marshall, which ran through western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee. Chunn was a notorious character not only for the rowdy bar he owned but he was also a slave trader and thief himself. Chunn met his death while disguised as an African American attempted to rob a highway traveler.
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27992
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Taverns, which are also called inns or ordinaries, have historically been thought of as places where people met and drank. The role of taverns was much larger, actually, serving as places of refuge for travelers to New Bern. Taverns have also been centers for business, entertainment, and communication.
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Journal of the New Bern Historical Society
(NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 9 Issue 1, May 1996,
p25-33, bibl
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