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38118
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The small-town persona of the past included Main Street as the main street and Bijou Theatre. For Columbia, the cinema on the corner of Main and Elm Streets provided a major source of entertainment and helped define the way of life in the small town. Seven days a week, three times a day, and for nearly fifty years, the Columbia Theatre became a landmark in the community and backdrop for many locals on life’s stage.
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North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine
(NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 10 Issue 4, August/September 2018,
p28-31
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38137
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Celebration of the 225th anniversary of the town’s founding was seemingly incomplete without recognizing the anniversaries for the founding of two of its preservation resources. Site of the Theatre founded in 1938, the Columbia Theatre Cultural Resources Center can also be called a museum, with its preserving a record of Columbia’s traditional lifeways. A nonprofit that helped found the Resource Center, Partnership for the Sounds also helps to preserve Inner Banks ecosystems through advocacy and educational endeavors.
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North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine
(NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 10 Issue 6, December 2018,
p50-51
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38281
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The county seat of Tyrrell County is also the only town in the county, which was founded in 1793. It’s also defined as one is its identity as a singular town—one doctor, one lawyer, one pharmacy, one road. How it’s defined as two: Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds forming the second largest estuary in the country; two animals, the red wolf and red cockaded woodpecker, being protected species.
Source:
Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 80 Issue 6, Nov 2012,
p46-50, 52, 54, 56-58, 60, 62, 64-65
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Tyrell County--history; Tyrell, John, 1685-1729; Columbia; Columbia--history; Columbia--Economic conditions; Red wolf; Albemarle Sound; Pamlico Sound; Estuaries--North Carolina; Scuppernong River; Pocosin Arts Folk School (Columbia); Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge; Columbia Visitors Center; Partnership for the Sounds (Columbia); Black bear; Seafood industry
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41274
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Mailing methods in North Carolina have changed greatly since the 16th century, when ship captains coordinated letters' delivery. During the Colonial period, post offices were established in Edenton, New Bern, Washington, and Wilmington. Delivery conduits during the 19th century and 20th centuries included Terrell County's 21 post offices, located in places such as Springfield, Frying Pan, Kilkenny, and Jerry. Today, Columbia, site for the first post office, is the locale for the only post office serving Tyrell County.
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North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine
(NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 12 Issue 1, January 2020,
p42-44
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Post office buildings--North Carolina; Post office buildings--North Carolina--Tyrell County; Mailing--Colonial period--post offices--Edenton; Tyrell County--history; Mailing--Colonial period--North Carolina; Postal service--Reconstruction--North Carolina--women; Letter carriers--Tyrrell County--19th and 20th centuries