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Born a free man in Northampton County in 1858, Dr. Manassa Thomas Pope grew up to be a prominent African American physician in Raleigh, a businessman, soldier, and politician. His Raleigh home, built in 1901, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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La Vere describes a tour of Revolutionary War sites, with stops at Tryon Palace in New Bern, Moore Creek National Battlefield, the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, and Kings Mountain.
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The North Carolina Museum of Forestry, located in Whiteville, is a satellite museum of Raleigh's North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. The museum's mission is to showcase the vast forest diversity of the state. Established in 2000, the museum includes samples of native tree species, petrified wood, and remnants of the state's turpentine industry. Currently housed in the old Pioneer Savings and Loan building in Whiteville, work is proceeding in the development of a multi-million dollar, 40,000-square-foot, two-story facility complete with a living forest both indoors and outdoors.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 74 Issue 11, Apr 2007,
p152-154, 156, 158, 160, il
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Bob Jenkins, a native of Sneads Ferry, spent much of his early life in Wilmington, before going off to study interior design. When he returned to Wilmington in the late 1960s, he found the downtown area had become seedy and catered to a coarse trade. Families had moved out, and many of the old historic homes were decaying or being torn down. Jenkins became a pioneer when he opened a design shop near the riverfront and purchased one of the historic homes nearby. Fortunately, he found other like-minded individuals who cared about revitalizing downtown and preserving historic buildings. Today more than three hundred blocks of downtown Wilmington are on the National Register of Historic Places, and the town is mentioned in the same breath as Savannah and Charleston. Jenkins retired in 1989, and is the owner and sole employee of Wilmington's Adventure and Walking Tours.
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Whiteville, the county seat of Columbus County, first appeared in written records in a 1733 land grant. The town was heavily involved in agriculture throughout its history, producing tobacco, timber, naval stores, and pecans. La Vere discusses the town's history and some of its interesting personalities. Attractions for visitors include the Pecan Festival, Guiton's Drug Store, the Vineland Depot, and the North Carolina Museum of Forestry.
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