Record #:

37164

Author(s):

King, Katie

Abstract:

Tarboro’s Town Common, established in 1760, currently has a place in town life as part of a park. Its original purposes, designated by the Colonial legislature, including livestock grazing and military drills. Purposes today include the inspiration for a product made by the Tarboro Brewing Company and site for the Happening on the Common each May.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 84 Issue 12, May 2017, p66

Subject(s):

Tarboro; Tarboro--History; Colonial period--North Carolina; Colonial period--Edgecombe County