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The Asa Biggs House. Photograph from the Martin County Travel & Tourism website.
Field trip opportunities
- Asa Biggs House (Williamston)
- This house was the home of Asa Biggs, a former U.S. Senator and federal judge prominent in the politics of the day. The house is on the National Register of Historic Places and house the Martin County Travel & Tourism Bureau.
- Fort Branch - Confederate Earthen Fort (Greenmountain)
- Recognized by the state of North Carolina as a regional historic site, Fort Branch at Rainbow Banks was the cornerstone of the entire Roanoke Valley's defense during the Civil War.
- St. James Place Museum (Robersonville)
- This is a private folk art museum housed in the restored old Robersonville Primitive Baptist Church. It features pieces from the personal collection of Dr. Everette James, Jr., a native of Robersonville and former chair of Radiology at Vanderbilt University.
- The Daniel Stanton Mill (Williamston)
- Visit this historic mill to see how corn was ground into meal in the past.