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23348
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Previously in eastern North Carolina, July until late August has been a busy time for the tobacco farmer when the annual tobacco season came to a head. This activity was the center of life for tobacco farmers, as the barn would become a gathering place. By the 1980s this way of life had disappeared from the farms and with it a ritual in the life of the farmer. Times and technology changed the way of life into a new industry, which itself became derelict.
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23349
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The earliest information on undertakers in Greenville goes back to John Flanagan, a Pitt County carriage maker who established an undertaking business in 1866. Flanagan developed many partnerships and built several factories. The company changed hands in 1916 and 1932. Since then, there have been numerous undertakers and funeral businesses in the area including: Benjamin S. Sheppard, George Asa McGowan, Robert Greene, Jr., Edward S. Williams, A. A. Ellwanger, Marshall E. Clark, J. H. Boyd, Jr., Sam Short, F. G. Williams, Walter E. Flanagan, Isaaih Baker and Roderick and Donovan Phillips.
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23350
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The town of Whichard Station began in 1892 when the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad built a rail line in Pitt County, passing through the land of Willis R. Whichard. Whichard Station was a logging center for the Greenleaf Johnson Lumber Company.
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23351
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It was during the years 1840-1850 that the concept of putting locks and dams in the un-navigable Tar River came to fruition. It began in 1849 when the steamboat “Amidas” had trouble getting up the river due to debris. An Improvement Board was set up to clear the river for navigation. Col. W.B. Thompson proposed a series of locks and dams in order to obtain a sufficient depth in the channel, but due to cost by 1857 the State refused to pay anymore and the improvements were suspended and the materials sold. Lock remnants were still used as late as 1899. A partial dam was constructed in 1892 attached to the Tar River Bridge.
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23352
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Plank roads were introduced to North Carolina as an answer to the poor roads in the State. The Greenville and Raleigh Plank Road was a profitable, yet short lived venture that allowed stages and wagons to meet up with the steamboats at the Greenville Landing. The road’s construction began in 1851, and toll houses along the road proved profitable; but the road seems to disappear from the records until 1857 where it was considered in a wretched condition and too expensive to maintain. Marlboro and Walshville grew up on the road, but it disappeared from memory until several sections were uncovered during construction in 1908 and the 1980s.
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With the occurrence of the current economic downturn, past financial crisis should be remembered. The Panic’s of 1819, 1837, 1873, 1893, and 1907 were all caused by various changes in banking, railroads, currency and the like. The post-World War I recession hit Pitt County farmers hard, as did the Great Depression which brought a low point in Pitt County in 1931. Tobacco prices plummeted, until Dr. J.Y. Joyner intervened, poor families were fed at the Court House, and the East Carolina Teachers College raised vegetables and hogs to provide food for students, staff, and faculty. Many enterprises sprung up during these desperate times, including the use of the “Hoover Cart.”
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23354
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In 1758, Reverends Thomas Pope and Joseph Willis were sent by the Primitive Baptist Association in Philadelphia to Pitt County to establish a church. The first church was known as Red Banks Meeting House and it was located on the north side of the Tar River. The congregation outgrew the building and a new church was opened in 1802. Another new church was built by 1837. Numerous groups splintered from this church to form various Baptist groups throughout Pitt County. The congregation moved south of the river and had a church built there. In 1863, Red Bank Church was burned down by Union forces and a new one was built. A new church building was built in 1893 which is still standing today. The Church celebrated its 200th anniversary in 1958, and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
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23355
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The first Greenville Business Association was organized in 1889. A Retail Merchants Association was realized in 1903, followed by the Pitt County Merchants Association. An additional Greenville Merchants’ Association was organized in 1918, but fell apart due to the economic pressures of World War I. It was reorganized in 1925 and 1937, and by 1955 had 233 members in Greenville and 25 members in nearby towns. This organization did much for Greenville businesses.
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In 1962 the Greenville Chamber of Commerce and the Merchants Association agreed to merge after long histories, controversies, and services for both. The first Chamber of Commerce was formed in 1898 and was revived in 1906. Locals were unhappy with the organization and its lack of business enterprises, and in 1918 another Chamber of Commerce was formed, but ended by 1921. In June 1921, the Pitt County Chamber of Commerce was formed, which created chamber groups in each Pitt County community. The Chamber of Commerce was again reorganized in 1924 and 1932, and the Junior Greenville Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees) was added in 1939.
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23357
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Blackbeard had many connections in eastern North Carolina and supposedly had houses near Bath, Beaufort, Ocracoke Island, and Holiday's Island, as well as a lookout near Grimesland.
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Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd is well known for his six major expeditions into the Polar regions, but little is known about the several Pitt Countians that served under him on these treks. Only two names are known, Ross B. Hill and Lt. A.M. Tripp, who were both part of “Operation Highjump” in 1946-47.
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23359
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By the 1770s there were school teachers in Pitt County. In 1786 the Pitt Academy was incorporated in Greenville. In 1817, the Pleasant Grove Academy opened, and by the 1830s, the spirit of education had come to Pitt County and the state of North Carolina. Women’s academies and Common Schools were established across the State, and tax money was raised for the upkeep of schools and pay of the teachers. A pioneer of Pitt County education, Mrs. William Henry Smith, also known as Aunt Pollie Nelson Smith, began teaching area children in 1845, which eventually led to the development of a two story school house built in 1882. Despite the less than attractive conditions of these school houses, eventually every small community in Pitt County had their own, until 1938 when the schools were consolidated and these houses were sold off.
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Rochdale, also known as “Cobb’s Store” was once a small village located in Beaver Dam Township. About eight miles west of Greenville, J. C. Cobb erected a small store on his farm in 1872. The store grew and was joined by a post office, known as “Rochdale” in 1888. Rochdale was a farming community that centered around Smith’s School House, built by 1869, where religious, social, and political gatherings were held. Fleetingly recognized by the Norfolk and Southern Railroad, Rochdale faded from memory when Cobb’s Store was moved to Arthur.
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23361
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The tobacco industry began in Pitt County in the 1880s. In 1885, Leon F. Evans began to see the potential in growing tobacco. Although the first years of planting were discouraging, farmers continued to plant tobacco in Pitt County, and in 1891 a stock company was organized in Greenville to build a tobacco warehouse. The market grew, as did the factories, the city, and the wealth. Because of the tobacco industry, Greenville grew rapidly to become a thriving commercial and cultural center in eastern North Carolina. Tobacco money raised the standard of living, expanded business, and helped build schools and hospitals
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In 1920, Ernestine Forbes and Novella Moye organized the first Girl Scout Group in Greenville. Other groups soon followed and were sponsored and organized by local churches, schools, and clubs. Groups have continually participated in fundraising, clean-up work, sales, and parties. 1939 saw the first Girl Scout Advisory Council, and in 1941, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt came to Greenville and met the local Girl Scout Groups. In 1942, the black Girl Scout Leadership Association was formed as well.
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