Discover NC: Halifax County

Field trip opportunities in Halifax County

4-H Rural Life Center: A great place to experience rural life in Halifax County in the early 1900's.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Historic 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.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Medoc Mountain State Park: 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.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

The Roanoke Canal Museum and Trail: Now a hiking trail, the Roanoke Canal "shows some of the best preserved early 19th-century canal construction in the nation."; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Park and Eco-Center: 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.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

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Archaeological sites open to the public: A listing of field trip opportunities focusing on Native Americans as well as colonial times in North Carolina. Organized by county.; Format: article

A blooming cotton field in Halifax County, NC: A cotton field blooms in early November in Halifax County, North Carolina.; Format: image/photograph

A blue heron in flight on Lake Gaston: A blue heron takes flight on Lake Gaston in Warren County, North Carolina. Lake Gaston is also partially located in Northampton County, Halifax County, and part of Virginia.; Format: image/photograph

"Can the very spirit of freedom die out?": In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 7.15; Diary of Catherine Anne Devereux Edmondston, May 7, 1865, bemoaning the Confederate surrender. Includes historical commentary.; Format: diary/primary source

Catherine Edmondston and Reconstruction: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 9.7; Excerpts from the diary of Catherine Edmonston of Halifax County, North Carolina, 1865–66, in which she describes her frustration with emancipation and her family's attempts to control its former slaves. Includes historical commentary. Note: This source contains explicit language or content that requires mature discussion.; Format: diary/primary source; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

Drinking fountain on the county courthouse lawn, Halifax, North Carolina.: An African American boy stands at an outdoor drinking fountain. A sign on a nearby tree marks the fountain as "Colored."; Format: image/photograph

Ducks in a row at the Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Park: Ducks swim side by side at the Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.; Format: image/photograph

Eagle Tavern in Halifax, North Carolina: The Eagle Tavern in Halifax, North Carolina, is one of that town's surviving eighteenth-century structures.; Format: image/photograph

The Halifax Resolves: In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 3.10; After the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge, North Carolina's fourth Provincial Congress met at Halifax in April 1776, and resolved that the colony's delegates to the Continental Congress should support a move to declare independence. Primary source includes historical commentary.; Format: proclamation/primary source

The historic Roanoke Canal in Halifax County, NC: This is the historic Roanoke Canal in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina. The Roanoke Canal Museum is located in the building up the stairs at the right.; Format: image/photograph

Instructors taking a break from a lecture at the Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Park: Instructors take a break from a lecture at the Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Park. The park provides educational tours and programs in the conservation of rare and endangered waterfowl.; Format: image/photograph

Intrigue of the Past: Lesson 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.; Format: book (multiple pages)

Mallards taking off of Lake Gaston: Mallard ducks make a running start as they take off of Lake Gaston in Warren County, North Carolina. Lake Gaston is also partially located in Northampton County, Halifax County, and part of Virginia.; Format: image/photograph

Nannie Coleson, looper, at a textile mill in Scotland, Neck, N.C.: Eleven year old Nannie Colson can be seen working as a looper at the Crescent Hosiery Mill in Scotland Neck, North Carolina. Sitting in a chair in front of a hosiery machine, she is absorbed in her work. She is so short that she is at eye-level with the machine....; Format: image/photograph

North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction: Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina during the Civil War and Reconstruction (1860–1876). Topics include debates over secession, battles and strategies, the war in North Carolina, the soldier's experience, the home front, freedom and civil rights for former slaves, Reconstruction, and the "redemption" of the state by conservatives.; Format: book (multiple pages)

The pottery makers: In Intrigue of the Past, page 3.4; Archaeologists do a bit of shrugging when asked about the Woodland—that time and lifeway tucked between 1000 BC and AD 1000. Some things they readily understand, but others leave them wondering.

A Rainbow Lorikeet at the Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Park in Scotland Neck, NC: This is a Rainbow Lorikeet at the Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina. The park provides educational tours and programs in the conservation of rare and endangered waterfowl.; Format: image/photograph

Revolutionary North Carolina: Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the era of the American Revolution. Topics include the Regulators, the resistance to Great Britain, the War for Indpendence, and the creation of new governments.; Format: book (multiple pages)

A sunset on Lake Gaston: This is a sunset on Lake Gaston in Warren County, North Carolina. Lake Gaston is also partially located in Northampton County, Halifax County, and part of Virginia.; Format: image/photograph

Teaching about North Carolina American Indians: This web edition is drawn from a teachers institute curriculum enrichment project on North Carolina American Indian Studies conducted by the North Carolina Humanities Council. Resources include best practices for teaching about American Indians, suggestions for curriculum integration, webliographies, and lesson plans about North Carolina American Indians.; Format: book (multiple pages)