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42844
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Area planter Arthur Rhodes Founded what was to become Plymouth in 1787. It was the first incorporated town in the newly formed Washington County in 1807. The town saw significant military activity during the Civil War. Weyerhaeuser added greatly to the local economy in 1937. Selling a portion of this business in 2007 to Domtar led to an unfortunate 33 percent reduction in the workforce. Town historian Tom Harrison notes current rebranding efforts
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42671
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Guy and Magnolia Forbes launched Robersonville Furniture Company in 1959. the couple bought out the original business partners as well as the 1872 building in which the business is still located. Son Glenn joined the business in 1975.
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40944
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The first African American elected to Elizabeth City State Teacher’s College, Cooper was instrumental in Gates Training School becoming the first Gates County high school for African Americans. Respect earned from students and parents over a forty-year career also offered Cooper the privilege of an elementary school named in his honor.
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North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine
(NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 11 Issue 6, November 2019,
p12-13
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Black high schools--Gates County--Thomas S. Cooper; Gates Training School--black high schools--Gates County; Elizabeth City State Teacher's College--see also Elizabeth City State University; Elizabeth City State Colored Normal School--see also Elizabeth City State University ; Rosenwald, Julius, 1862-1932; Rosenwald Schools; Elizabeth City State Teachers College--Board of Trustees; Elizabeth City Colored Schools--Thomas S. Cooper ; T.S. Cooper Elementary School (Sunbury); Unincorporated areas--North Carolina, Eastern--Sunbury
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43750
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John Thompson has been the men's basketball coach for North Carolina Wesleyan University in Rocky Mount for the past 27 years.
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North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine
(NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 14 Issue 5, September 2022,
p12-14, il
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39485
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This article features Valley Pine Country Club, in southern Northampton County adjacent to Northeast Academy. It opened in 1967 and celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2017. Mike Ordnung is the current owner, Robert Robbins is the club Pro and Robert Harris, age 84, has been the groundskeeper since 1967.
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North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine
(NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 11 Issue No. 4, July 2019,
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39960
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This article features the Washington Underground Railroad Museum, created in 2016 in Washington, Beaufort County in a downtown caboose. The National Park Service named the Washington waterfront as Underground Railroad to Freedom site in 2014. The museum is run by Leesa Jones and gives a pictorial history of slavery in Washington and Beaufort County.
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North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine
(NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 11 Issue No. 1, January 2019,
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43116
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Located two miles off Interstate 95 on the Roanoke River is a music entertainment venue in two buildings. Bruce Tyler and Michael Hinderliter are mangaing partners.
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North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine
(NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 12 Issue 2, March 2020,
p22-24
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40976
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The home affiliated with Davie, who had a history of service in education, politics, and the military, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Renovation work decades later, taking place in three phases, is restoring his only house still standing to its glory.
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North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine
(NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 11 Issue 6, November 2019,
p20-22
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Davie, William Richardson, 1756-1820; Historic houses--Halifax County--William R. Davie House ; Revolutionary War--William R. Davie; North Carolina Historic Sites; Historic Halifax State Historic Site; Friends of Historic Halifax--William R. Davie House; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill--William R. Davie; National Register of Historic Places--William R. Davie House; Revolutionary War--Nathanael Greene--William R. Davie; Davie County--History; Davie County--Description and travel; William R. Davie Park (Charlotte)