Record #:

23009

Author(s):

Kammerer, Roger

Abstract:

The author regales us with such tales as the 12 foot moccasin killed near Boyd’s Ferry in 1884 after the Steamboat Wilson ran over it. It had been known in that part of the river for 100 years. In 1942, Capt. John Murphy recalled funny incidents from about 1900 when he ran the Steam Launch Bessie on the Tar River. In 1910, a tornado crossed Dickinson Avenue and struck and destroyed the Tar River Institute, a black theological school. The tornado then struck the Colored Graded School, picking it up, with Principal C. M. Eppes still inside. And finally, the story of a humorously poor circus that arrived in Greenville in 1874. .

Source:

Greenville Times / Pitt's Past (NC Microforms), Vol. Issue , Mar 26-Apr 8 1997, p6

Subject(s):

Pitt County--History