Discover NC! Robeson County

Border Belt Farmers Museum

Fairmont, NC (http://www.lumberton-nc.com/attract_detail.php?a_recid=96)

Provider: Lumberton North Carolina Visitors' Bureau

Resource summary

• Appropriate grades: 3–8
• Subjects: social studies (North Carolina)
• Provider: Lumberton North Carolina Visitors' Bureau

More on the web

• North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services: Ag's Cool! Ever wonder why apples aren't grown near the ocean? Want to know how much tobacco is really grown in North Carolina? Want to know when North Carolina blueberries are in season? Interested in finding out how farming has changed over the years? All these questions and more are answered within AG's COOL with information, games, and teacher tips.
• Kids World Provides games, quizzes and information on nutrition, food safety, and more.
• Pitt County Tobacco Digital History Exhibit This exhibit documents the rise of the tobacco industry in Pitt County, North Carolina, around the turn of the twentieth century.

Find out why tobacco is still king in North Carolina. Early tobacco warehouses and farming equipment are on display in this converted Atlantic Coastline Railway Depot. Learn about the early years of other Lumberton, North Carolina industries such as railway, timber, and turpentine.

The museum, located in back of the post office, is open Monday through Thursday, 1 pm -5 pm and admission is free. Call 910-628-9216 for information and to arrange for a tour.

See: Celebrate Tobacco Barns from the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources Office of Archives and History.