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The railroad helped Ararat in Surry County grow while the tobacco industry eventually led the town into decline. Ararat, a farming community, gained prosperity when the Atlantic and Yadkin Railroad connected the town to Greensboro in 1890. The town specialized in tobacco production and the railroad connection created a trading center in Ararat. The decline in tobacco production that happened after the Great Depression led to the town economy sinking as no industry's remained in the town.
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Mitchell F. Allen, Jr. is the president of the First National Bank of Eastern North Carolina. Allen took control of the bank in 1961 and operates the institution out of Jacksonville. The Allen family worked in the banking field since the 1920s, and Mitchell followed his father's footsteps by working as a bank manager since 1952. First National Bank plans to expand further into eastern North Carolina in the future.
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