Onslow County
Field trip opportunities in Onslow County
- Hammocks Beach State Park
- A visit to Hammocks Beach State Parks allows students to explore several different ecosystems - estuaries, maritime forest, and desert.
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- Montford Point Marine Museum
- Visit this museum which preserves the legacy of the Montford Point Marines, African American Marines who served with courage and pride from 1942 to 1949.
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- Onslow County Museum
- Learn about the history of Onlsow County and "retrace the area's progression from 65 million years ago to the present."
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- Papa's Farm
- Learn about the way farming was done a century ago at this working farm in Onslow County.
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- Sturgeon City
- What was once a wastewater treatment plant now offers educational opportunities to students and a home to the native sturgeon species which once spawned in the waters of Wilson Bay.
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Learn more about Onslow County
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- African American Marines, World War II
- Original title: "Negro Marines prepare for action. Breaking a tradition of 167 years, the U.S. Marine Corps started enlisting Negroes on June 1, 1942. The first class of 1,200 Negro volunteers began their training three months later as members of the 51st...
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- African American Marines, World War II
- Original title: "Negro Marines prepare for action. Breaking a tradition of 167 years, the U.S. Marine Corps started enlisting Negroes on June 1, 1942. The first class of 1,200 Negro volunteers began their training three months later as members of the 51st...
- Format: image/photograph
- The Great Depression and World War II
- Primary sources and readings explore the history of North Carolina and the United States during the Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945).
- Format: book (multiple pages)
- The impact of hog farms
- In Recent North Carolina, page 4.4
- Newspaper article about a 1995 spill of hog waste into the New River in southeastern North Carolina. Includes historical background.
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- Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.
- A lone blue heron and his seagull comrades on a pier in Onslow County, NC
- A lone blue heron joins a group of seagulls on a pier in Onslow County, North Carolina.
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- Montford Point Marines, 1959
- This is a photo of a group of Montford Point Marines from 1959. These men were Reserve Training PIO Office Staff. Montford Point Camp, located in Jacksonville, North Carolina, is now the site of a museum dedicated to the history of the African American Marines...
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- North Carolina History: A Sampler
- A sample of the more than 800 pages of our digital textbook for North Carolina history, including background readings, various kinds of primary sources, and multimedia. Also includes an overview of the textbook and how to use it.
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- North Carolina's wartime miracle: Defending the nation
- In The Great Depression and World War II, page 7.3
- In North Carolina History: A Sampler, page 2.10
- After the United States entered World War II, North Carolina became one of the leading states in the nation's growing military efforts. This article looks at the state's contributions and the war's impact on North Carolina.
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- By John S. Duvall.
- Recent North Carolina
- Primary sources and readings explore recent North Carolina (1975–present). Topics include politics, the economy, the environment, natural disasters, and increasing diversity.
- Format: book (multiple pages)
- Silhouetted pine trees in Jacksonville, NC
- Pine trees are silhouetted by a sky rich with scuds of cloud in Jacksonville, North Carolina.
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- Sunset in Jacksonville, NC
- This is a sunset in Jacksonville, North Carolina.
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- Sunset over dunes at Hammocks Beach, Bear Island
- This is the sunset over dunes at Hammocks Beach State Park, located on Bear Island in Onslow County, North Carolina. This barrier island is accessible only by boat.
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- Sunset over dunes at Hammocks Beach, Bear Island
- This is the sunset over dunes at Hammocks Beach State Park, located on Bear Island in Onslow County, North Carolina. This barrier island is accessible only by boat.
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- Troops being welcomed home at Camp Lejune in Jacksonville, NC
- Troops are welcomed home at Camp Lejune in Jacksonville, North Carolina.
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