Roanoke Canal Trail. Photograph from VisitNC.com
Field trip opportunities
- 4-H Rural Life Center (Halifax)
- A great place to experience rural life in Halifax County in the early 1900's.
- Historic Halifax (Halifax)
- Contains brief information about the early settlement and later rebirth of the
town as well as the Revolutionary War. Find also a listing of special events.
- Medoc Mountain State Park (Hollister)
- Learn about the ancient mountain range that was once in this area and the
forces that wore it down to what is seen today when you visit Medoc Mountain
State Park.
- Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Park and Eco-Center (Scotland Neck)
- One of the best field trip opportunities in northeast North Carolina, Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Center provides educational tours and programs in the conservation of rare and endangered waterfowl.
- The Roanoke Canal Museum and Trail (Roanoke Rapids)
- Now a hiking trail, the Roanoke Canal "shows some of the best
preserved early 19th-century canal construction in the nation."
Learn more about Halifax County
Intrigue of the PastLesson plans and essays for teachers and students explore North Carolina's past before European contact. Designed for grades four through eight, the web edition of this book covers fundamental concepts, processes, and issues of archaeology, and describes the peoples and cultures of the Paleoindian, Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian periods. From the UNC Research Laboratories of ArchaeologyArchaeological sites open to the public
Native American sites Macon County: Nikwasi Mound A small platform mound maintained as a park by the city of Franklin. This mound was built during the Misissippian period. A Cherokee townhouse constructed...
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The pottery makers
Archaeologist Joffre Coe said North Carolina Indian history is like a motion picture whose reel burned. Flames broke story frames apart, sending snippets into the air that later settled on the ground....
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The Roanoke Canal Museum and Trail
Begun before 1819, and completed in 1823, the Roanoke Canal was built as the North Carolina segment of the ambitious Roanoke Navigation System. It was designed to connect the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia...
Medoc Mountain State Park
Not really a mountain at all, Medoc Mountain is really the core of an ancient mountain range. The area which was once farm land is being reforested and will in the future have Loblolly Pines and later...
Historic Halifax
“Located on the Roanoke River, the town of Halifax developed into a commercial and political center at the time of the American Revolution. During that time, the town was the scene of important political...
4-H Rural Life Center
Originally built in 1923 to be a county home, the 4-H Rural Life Center is a great place to see what life was like at the turn of the century. The buildings on the site include the original county home...
Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Park and Eco-Center
The Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Center is tucked away on the outskirts of Scotland Neck, North Carolina, and it is preparing to open its new Waterfowl Park & Eco-Center on October 7, 2006. This is a new chapter...
Archaeological sites open to the public
Intrigue of the Past
Republished with permission from the Research Laboratories of Archaeology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Intrigue of the Past: North Carolina's First Peoples results from a marriage...
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