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11719
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Established in 1779 from plots of land taken from neighboring Hertford, Chowan, and Perquimans Counties, Gates County began as an agricultural community. Explored by the Secretary of the Province of Virginia in 1622 and visited by President George Washington in 1763, Gates County is host to the Chowan River as well as the Great Dismal Swamp.
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22711
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The Great Dismal Swamp is the center of Gates County, North Carolina's fame, known for its bounty of flora and fauna, and tales of runaway slaves. What is overlooked however, is that in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-centuries--before the American Civil War--nearly four hundred free people of color called Gates County and the Great Dismal Swamp home.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 91 Issue 2, April 2014,
p144-170, il, por, f
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35754
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A fragile wilderness could be found in Merchants Millpond State Park, on the southern edge of the Great Dismal Swamp. Despite its fragility, it had an important place and long history in the area. During the nineteenth century, the Millpond contained a gristmill, wheat mill, and sawmill. By the twentieth century, it had become the largest trading center in Gates County. Its present purpose: a viable habitat for animals such as river otters and plant species such as the water violet. As for the State Park’s benefits to humans, that included activities such as camping and backpacking, drawing and guided tours.
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37359
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This is an article from 1965 giving an overview of Gates County, NC history.
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37373
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Letter seeking assistance for her destitute family.
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37448
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Historical notes on Gates County, NC from 1584-1780.
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37544
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An early history of stores and buildings of the town of Drum Hill.
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37564
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The author gives a history of early Indian trails and roads through the county.
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38128
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The mystery around the Chowan River was two-fold: Lost Colonists of Roanoke Island; Dorothie, whose remains are believed discovered in Bennett’s Creek. Both parts of the mystery are examined in Don Upchurch’s In Pursuit of Dorothie, the Lost Colony Ship. Part investigation, part speculation, it explores a three-fold explanation for the two-fold mystery. The Dorothie transported the Colonists out of Roanoke, which means they survived beyond 1590, thus offering Croatan a meaning not related to death, but a new life.
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North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine
(NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 10 Issue 5, October/November 2018,
p30, 32-34, 36
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38486
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The house built before 1830, for Micajah Reid, one of Gates County’s oldest black families.
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