Record #:

19548

Author(s):

Prokos, Christ

Abstract:

North Carolina natives David and Lori Sneed created the clothing and product brand Brackish Life with the mantra enjoy life simply. Through their sales, the Sneeds support several local conservation efforts which help preserve and educate people about the coastal waters of North Carolina.

Source:

Washington the Magazine (NoCar F264.W3 W37), Vol. 2 Issue 1, Nov/Dec 2012, p24-27, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--Culture

Record #:

21942

Author(s):

Prokos, Christ

Abstract:

The James Adams Floating Theatre was an attraction which cruised the coastal waters of the state and as far north as Virginia and as far south as Georgia. The boat, built in 1913 in Washington at a cost of $25,000, was owned and operated by James Adams a performer from Saginaw, Michigan. It could hold 850 people there were performances aboard every day. Novelist and playwright Edna Ferber used her 4-day experience on the James Adams to compose her novel, Show Boat, which was later turned in a Broadway musical.

Source:

Washington the Magazine (NoCar F264.W3 W37), Vol. 1 Issue 1, Nov/Dec 2011, p26-29, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

James Adams Floating Theater; Showboats; Theater--History--20th century; Washington--History; Ferber, Edna, 1885-1968

Record #:

21950

Author(s):

Prokos, Christ; Loughlin, Meredith [Photographer]; Martin, Lewis W., Jr.

Abstract:

Washington and Beaufort County provided eleven companies--five artillery, five infantry, and one cavalry--to the Civil War, as well as a state militia. Union forces captured the city in 1862 and held it until 1864 when they withdrew, burning most of the town behind them.

Source:

Washington the Magazine (NoCar F264.W3 W37), Vol. 1 Issue 3, Mar/Apr 2012, p20-24, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Washington, NC