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The Center is located in Pine Tops and maintained by S&N Enterprises, a grower for Perdue Farms. The object is to provide business leader, schools and communities a place to experience the poultry production process.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , March 2024,
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43958
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Hammonds Hill Equal rights League was established in Edgecombe County in November 1866 as an outgrowth of the Freedmen's Convention in Raleigh in October 1866. The organization sought to counter citizenship limitations on African Americans then being imposed by the N.C. legislature, which had fallen back under control of pre-Civil War political forces. Hammond's League may be one of the best documented of its kind in North Carolina. A commemorative historical marker was dedicated in November 2023.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , January 2024,
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43957
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The Janie F. Allsbrook Local History Room at Edgecombe Memorial Library recently celebrated it first anniversary. Pam Edmondson is the local history librarian. Roman Lear is director of the library. All sorts of records make up the history including the M.S. Brown Collection photographic archives.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , January 2024,
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43959
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A structure associated with early textile manufacturing in Tarboro has been restored and moved to a location in rural Edgecombe County. In it final stages, Burlington Mills employed over 600 workers in Tarboro.
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(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , January 2024,
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44012
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DeBerry's Colonial Dining Room was a fixture in Tarboro from 1940s through the 1960s. Located across from the Town Common in a house thought to be one of Tarboro's oldest, the restaurant was featured in a 1959 Duncan Hines Travel Guide. Remembered are recipes like grated sweet potato pudding. Noted cook was Gussie Harrell. Historical documents related to the business have recently been added to digitalnc.org.
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(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , March 2024,
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44007
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Among the many developments that transpired in Edgecombe County was Carolina Telephone and Telegraph in 1896. County native Elias Carr was elected North Carolina governor in 1892. Tarboro's grand city hall opened in December of 1890. The structure was built by local craftsmen, including George Mathewson, an African American building contractor. a summary of the decade is given, including two 1890s vintage photos from the files of Edgecombe County Library.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , February 2024,
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44008
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The project costing $211,000 was funded through a variety of sources, including the American Rescue Plan Act, the Cannon Foundation, Edgecombe County, the town of Tarboro and private donations. Despite the many changes, the footprint of the 1955 era building remains the same.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , February 2024,
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44013
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A resident of Edenton and a 29 year career with the military, Buckhout is Republican congressional candidate running the year.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , March 2024,
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44050
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Over 400 women in Edgecombe County served as either a member of the army or the navy during World War II. Fortunately much information about them was recorded in a locally published newsletter, "The Home Front News". Of the group, three women have particularly interesting stories; namely, Beverley Bridgers, Mary Howard and Westry Battle. Bridgers met Eleanor Roosevelt on the day before the war began. Howard set up Red Cross centers and by the end of the war , Westry had become the highest woman officer in the U.S. Army.
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(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , April 2024,
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44051
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Schweberger is ranked number 1 player in the world on the Global Masters Series and has been playing disc golf since 1997.
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(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , April 2024,
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43863
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In 1811, Jerimiah Battle reported a total of 17 schools operating in Edgecombe County with 400 students. the first long-standing school in Tarboro was started in 1813. I eventually evolved into separate male and female academies. A report published by the Edgecombe County Board of Education noted construction of 14 schools for African Americans through the Rosenwald School fund.
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(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , August 2023,
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43867
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Stagecoaches provided the earliest form of public transportation in Edgecombe County. Their traverse through the county created what are todays main highway routes, including NC Highways 258, 33 and 42. A toll bridge across the Tar River was completed in 1758, before Tarboro's incorporation. the Tar River Steamboat Company was formed in 1848. Rail traffic began in 1860 with a spur line from Rocky Mount to Tarboro and more than 10 years later a completed line between Williamston and Tarboro.
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(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , June 2023,
p28-29, il
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43868
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The Tarboro River Bandits are in their fourth season. Wayne Turnage is current owner of the team. The fan base is now at 300 per game. A new facility is being planned to increase this.
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The county is currently needing more property to offer its global client base. The county's Kingsboro business park is already well-known and will reach its capacity in 2024. The Battleboro Business Park is is situated next to the CSXNCDOT intermodal terminal. The new park named Edgecombe East will be located off US Hwy 64 East.
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(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , June 2023,
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43870
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Weldon Mills Distillery opened in 2019 in a former 1892 corn mill in Weldon. In its brief existence , it is able to boast as being among the finest bourbon distilleries in the world. In 2021, it won the International Whiskey Competition's Best Cask Strength Bourbon Whiskey Award. tours with trolley service are provided to the public.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , February 2023,
p32-33, il
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