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42764
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The Washington Area Historic Foundation has used the sale of annual Christmas ornaments to both promote area history and finance the organization's work. The Christmas ornament project began in 1996 and continues currently with exception of 2020, which year's selection will appear in 2021 due to the current COVID crisis.
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Washington the Magazine
(NoCar F264.W3 W37), Vol. 9 Issue 6, Nov.-Dec. 2020,
p26-32
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42836
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Currently, the watercraft industry employs 330 people in Beaufort County and accounts for a large portion of the county's tax base. it is likely shipbuilding was already in progress in Washington before its establishment in 1776. The city saw its first steamboat in 1835. To assist present industry needs, Beaufort County Schools are now offering boat building classes and Beaufort Community College is establishing a boat manufacturing program.
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Washington the Magazine
(NoCar F264.W3 W37), Vol. 10 Issue 2, March-April 2021,
p18-23
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42837
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The article features three women who have impacted the history of Washington; namely, Edna Ferber, author of the novel, Show Boat; Susan Dimock, Washington native and one of the first licensed female physicians in the country and Sarah Keys Evans, who eclipsed the famed Rosa Parks in a landmark civil rights case in 1955.
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Washington the Magazine
(NoCar F264.W3 W37), Vol. 10 Issue 2, March-April 2021,
p26-29
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42839
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Washington, North Carolina was originally formed in 1776 from a river settlement known as "Forks of the Tar". It was named in honor of George Washington 14 year before the creation of the nation's capitol. In 1969, the town began a major urban renewal project that included the present Stewart Parkway.
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North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine
(NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 12 Issue 4, July 2020,
p10-12
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43367
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Stone 43, an interior designer, recently purchased and is restoring the 1785 Hyatt in Washington N.C. The house is one of the three oldest standing structures in town. A Georgia native, she recounts the path leading to her current project.
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Washington the Magazine
(NoCar F264.W3 W37), Vol. 11 Issue 2, March-April 2022,
p16-25
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43368
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"Ford Worthy is a southern gentleman raised in Washington Park, Washington during the 1920s--1930s. I know of no one else his age who can recreate their Washington childhood experiences in such detail. Ford married my cousin, the late Isabel Blount Carter Worthy, also of Washington. I met with him, his grandson Thomas Hester and my son Samuel, at his home in Raleigh shortly after his wife passed away in October 2021.--Sam Mordecai, Washington native" The article is in the form of an oral history interview.
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Washington the Magazine
(NoCar F264.W3 W37), Vol. 11 Issue 2, March-April 2022,
p28-33
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43788
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The article summarizes briefly the history of the Fowle family business in Washington, NC in the 19th century. Samuel Richardson Fowle moved from Massachusetts's to Washington 1815. A ship owned by the firm, "Friends" ran aground off Hatteras Island. The sale of goods or "vendue" salvaged is recalled.
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Washington the Magazine
(NoCar F264.W3 W37), Vol. 12 Issue 3, May-June 2023,
p26-29, il, por
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