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14560
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A war happened in 1870 in Caswell County and could have resulted in civil warfare were it not for the fact that a federal judge in Elizabeth City saved the day.
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31722
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How two brother from Caswell County turned Fels-Naptha soap into a philanthropic empire. After dropping out of school, Joseph and Samuel Fels slowly amassed a fortune producing laundry and toilet soap. Joseph funded employment programs through the 1890’s depression; and when Samuel pasted in 1950, he left all his holdings in the company to the Samuel S. Fels Fund to fund scientific investigation.
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36392
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These are additional articles about raising tobacco in Martin County and How an Accident in Caswell County Really Changed Things!, written by the Skewarkians of Bear Grass School, Williamston, NC and appeared in their book, ‘Smoke to Gold.’
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