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The history of North Carolina from pre-colonial history to the present, covers the experiences of the people who have lived within the territory that now comprises the U.S. state of North Carolina. Findings of the earliest discovered human settlements in present day North Carolina, are found at the Hardaway Site , dating back to approximately ...
The construction of a lighthouse at the mouth of the Cape Fear River was authorized by the Commissioners of the Cape Fear in 1789. The commission specified that the light be built "at the extreme point on Bald-head or some other convenient place near the bar of said river, in order that vessels may be enabled thereby to avoid the great shoal called Frying-Pan."
The plank road did much to improve the economy of Pitt County, North Carolina, and Wilson County, North Carolina. Stores were built along the route, and the small villages or toll gates of Walshville, North Carolina and Marlboro, North Carolina, were built to service the traffic. [7] Marlboro soon had two academies, one for boys and one for girls.
A statistical record of the progress of public education in North Carolina, 1870-1906 (1907) online; Coon, Charles L. Significant educational facts: North Carolina public school statistics for 1904-'05 (1906) online; Coon, Charles L., ed. The beginnings of public education in North Carolina: a documentary history, 1790-1840: Volume I (1908) online
Eden, North Carolina, and Cascade, Virginia: Rockingham County, North Carolina, and Pittsylvania County, Virginia: NC-39: North Carolina Route 1417 Bridge Abandoned Pratt truss: 1915 1983 SR 1417 Dan River: Danbury: Stokes
The Negro and Fusion Politics in North Carolina, 1894–1901; CSS Neuse; List of newspapers in North Carolina; List of defunct newspapers of North Carolina; North Carolina Constitutional Convention of 1835; North Carolina Digital Collections; North Carolina Digital Heritage Center
The State Archives of North Carolina, officially the North Carolina Division of Archives and Records, is a division of North Carolina state government responsible for collecting, preserving, and providing public access to historically significant archival materials relating to North Carolina, and responsible for providing guidance on the preservation and management of public government records ...
This is a list of structures, sites, districts, and objects on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina: . As of May 1, 2015, there are more than 2,900 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in all 100 North Carolina counties, including 39 National Historic Landmarks, two National Historic Sites, one National Military Park, one National ...