Record #:

18545

Author(s):

Goerch, Carl

Abstract:

Goerch journeys to Pender County and visits some of the interesting places there, including Moore's Creek Battlefield, Sloop Point Plantation, the Coastal Plain Test Farm at Willard, the Penderlea settlement, and the tree near Hampstead where George Washington had lunch beneath its limbs during his Southern tour.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 9 Issue 50, May 1942, p1-2, 18-20, il

Subject(s):

Pender County--Description and travel

Record #:

38244

Author(s):

Maurer, Kevin

Abstract:

Some veterans traumatized by their combat experience worked at the farm of Bill O’Brien, a who served in the Navy and Army National Guard. From the toil of the soil at Veteran Owned Veteran Grown Inc. came their healing of mind and spirit.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 38 Issue 9, September 2018, p14 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Farmers; Farms; Military service; Veterans; Veterans Issues; Veteran Administration; Veteran Owned Veteran Grown Inc.; War in Afghanistan, 2001-; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Burgaw--Description and travel; Pender County--Description and travel