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Record #:
31248
Abstract:
The name Branch Banking and Trust Company rings well in the ears of many North Carolinians. The institution, established in 1872, had grown into one of the state's leading financial giants, spreading across eastern North Carolina from Wilson. Furthermore, it was one of the only banks that didn't go 'busted' in North Carolina when the Great Depression hit in the early 1930s.
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Record #:
31421
Abstract:
As the last stand of the armed resistance of the Tuscarora Indian Nation in North Carolina, Fort Nohoroco raged in battle for four days before resistance ceased. The battle at Fort Nohoroco brought an end to the Tuscarora War which raged for a year and half in eastern North Carolina.
Source:
We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 23 Issue 7, December 1965, p15-18, 30, il, map
Record #:
31431
Abstract:
In 1711, North Carolina's non-Indian population was only 9500 comprised mostly of German Palatines and Swiss settlers who had arrived to establish a colony on the Trent and Neuse Rivers. The settlers made good progress near New Bern until the Tuscarora Massacre in September 1711. New Bern lay under siege for twenty-two weeks.
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We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 23 Issue 8, January 1966, p21-22, 28-30, il