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15356
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New Bern and Craven County cooperatively purchased Fort Totten and the seven acres it occupied for the sum of $2,000. Spurred by enthusiasm from the Junior Woman's Club, organizers planned to restore the Civil War fortifications and transform the area into a public park. The area consisted of both Confederate and Union fortifications because of New Bern's capture in 1862.
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17095
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In New Bern there are many outstanding examples of the city's architectural past, many dating back to the Colonial days. These include the John Wright Stanly house, Smallwood-Ward home, the William Gaston home, and the Richardson home.
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15337
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James Davis ran the state's first printing press in New Bern, 1749. The General Assembly hired Davis as the official state printer. He was charged with printing money, journals about the assembly's activities, and the state's first newspaper called the North Carolina Gazette in 1751.
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Sidney Blackmer was a Salisbury native before moving to Hollywood where he pursued an acting career. His path to acting was difficult and did not begin until after a year in law school at the University of North Carolina, which he could not afford tuition for more than a year. After being recruited during World War I, he returned to theater where he worked his way up from stage hand to cast member. His most acclaimed work came from his portrayal of President Theodore Roosevelt in seven different movies.
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15466
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The youngest solider on either side during the American Civil War was a native North Carolinian, the late George H. Jacobs, of South Mills, who enlisted as a drummer boy in the Confederate army at the age of nine.
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15468
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Hog growers in the five eastern North Carolina counties of Craven, Carteret, Pamlico, Jones, and Onslow have formed a Cooperative Livestock Market Association, with headquarters in New Bern, and in the first twelve weeks they built up a strong market and made hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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15471
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One of the most popular resorts in North Carolina this summer will be the coastal state park at historic Fort Macon in Carteret County, where the battle-scarred, century-old fortress is now open to public inspection, following partial restoration by federal funds and the construction of a four-mile shore drive from the Atlantic Beach Causeway.
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15475
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Mrs. Lucy Mathilda Kenny, native North Carolinian, is said to be the only Confederate woman who fought through the American Civil War. She cut off her hair, took her squirrel rifle, and performed a valiant service to the Confederate Army. She died at the age of 112 years.
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In 1899, Gilbert S. Waters, a buggy manufacturer in New Bern, built one of the first gasoline cars in the country. His 1903 car still runs at about 30 MPH and gets 30 miles to the gallon. He couldn't create enough interest to obtain financial backing for his automobile ideas; otherwise North Carolina might have become a great auto manufacturing state.
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