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40393
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The author gives the interesting story about Edsel Sutherland (1922-1993) in WWII and discovered a half-sister from England she didn’t know she had.
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40503
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The Isaac Norfleet house in Tarboro, NC, serves as a lab of the Historic Preservation Program, for students to learn about historical building methods.
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43110
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"William Samuel Clark moved to Tarboro from his native Martin County around 1872 and opened a dry goods store. Over the years he would expand the store and inventory of a business that would last over 100 years, closing in 1985."
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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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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.