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Field trip opportunities in Rockingham County

Betsy-Jeff Penn 4-H Educational Center: This 4-H Educational Center provides year-round programming, including team-building and environmental education to students in 2nd through 6th grades.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Chinqua-Penn Plantation: A virtual tour including panoramas, slideshows, and images of this historic mansion located in Reidsville, North Carolina named for the mini chestnut tree, chinquapin and its original owners, the Penns.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Haw River Festival Learning Celebration: Don't miss this fun and informative festival celebrating the Haw River, its history, and the creatures that live there.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Home of Governor David Settle Reid: This was the first frame house built in Reidsville and home to Governor David Settle Reid. It now houses the Reidsville Chamber of Commerce and is open for tours.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Karastan Rug Mill Tour: Visit this factory to see how oriental rugs are made from the design to the finished product.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

The Penn House: "Charles Penn was an important figure in Reidsville's tobacco industry and was largely responsible for developing the popular Lucky Strikes brand of cigarettes for American Tobacco." He and his wife owned this home in Reidsville which is now open for tours.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Rockingham County Historical Village: An original tobacco factory, a barn, a one-room school house, and a corn crib have been restored and make up the Rockingham County Historical Village.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

The Wright Tavern: Built in 1816, the Wright Tavern was in operation for over a century. It is a "rare example of a frame construction dog-run building and the finest existing example of this plan in North Carolina." It is open for tours by appointment only.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

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Chinqua Penn in Reidsville, NC: Chinqua Penn in Reidsville, North Carolina was built in the 1920s by Thomas Jefferson Penn (1875-1946) -- a businessman and farmer -- and his wife, Beatrice Schoellkopf Penn (1881-1965). The Chinqua Penn Plantation was named after the chinquapin, a chestnut...; Format: image/photograph

Historic Wright Tavern in Wentworth, NC: This is the historic Wright Tavern in Wentworth, North Carolina. The tavern was built in 1816 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It now houses the Wentworth Post Office.; Format: image/photograph

Mrs. Cora Graves, Reidsville, N.C.: Mrs. Cora Graves and her family are pictured standing on the front porch of their house. There are two dogs visible in the photo.; Format: image/photograph

Mrs. Cora Graves, Reidsville, N.C.: Mrs. Cora Graves and another woman are pictured seated in a bedroom, stringing tobacco bags.; Format: image/photograph

Mrs. Cornelia Neal: In Tobacco bag stringing: Life and labor in the Depression, page 2.11; NEAL, MRS. CORNELIA, (colored), age 66, husband 70; two children and four grandchildren living with her. INCOME: They raise some of their food and a little tobacco. HOME CONDITIONS: The house has eight rooms and there are 62 acres of land. they own 2 mules,...

Mrs. Cornelia Neal: Mrs. Cornelia Neal and two other women are pictured seated on a bed, stringing tobacco bags. There is a stove visible in the foreground.; Format: image/photograph

Mrs. Emma Mitchell: In Tobacco bag stringing: Life and labor in the Depression, page 2.9; MITCHELL, MRS. EMMA, (colored), aged 44; husband 58; have ten children, all of whom live with them at Reidsville, N.C. INCOME: Their income depends on farming and bag stringing. They raise practically all their food and only have to buy about $8.00 worth a...

Mrs. Emma Mitchell, Reidsville, N.C.: Mrs. Emma Mitchell is pictured inside of her house, seated next to her daughter, stringing tobacco bags.; Format: image/photograph

Mrs. Emma Mitchell, Reidsville, N.C.: Mrs. Emma Mitchell and her family are pictured standing on the front porch of their house.; Format: image/photograph

Mrs. Eugenia Allen: In Tobacco bag stringing: Life and labor in the Depression, page 2.10; ALLEN, MRS. EUGENIA, (colored); married and has three children and four grandchildren living with her; aged 51; husband aged 59. Reside at Reidsville, N.C. INCOME: They raise corn and tobacco to sell, and all the food they need. Taxes are about $35.00 a year...

Mrs. Eugenia Allen, Reidsville, N.C.: Mrs. Eugenia Allen is pictured seated on a bed in her house. One of her grandchildren is pictured in front of the bed on a tricycle.; Format: image/photograph

Mrs. Eugenia Allen, Reidsville, N.C.: Mrs. Eugenia Allen and one of her grandchildren are pictured standing on the front porch of their house. There is a chicken visible at left.; Format: image/photograph

Mrs. Flossie Johnson, Reidsville, N.C.: The Johnson family is pictured standing in front of their house.; Format: image/photograph

Mrs. Gertrude Maynard, Reidsville, N.C.: Mrs. Gertrude Maynard and her family are pictured in one of the bedrooms in their house.; Format: image/photograph

North Carolina in the New Nation: Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the early national period (1790–1836). Topics include the development of state government and political parties, agriculture, the Great Revival, education, the gold rush, the growth of slavery, Cherokee Removal, and battles over internal improvements and reform.; Format: book (multiple pages)

North Carolina's first public school opens: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 11.5; Announcement of the opening of the first free public school in North Carolina, 1840. Includes historical commentary about the North Carolina Public School Act of 1839.; Format: newspaper/primary source

Penn House in Reidsville, NC: The Penn House in Reidsville, North Carolina was the home of Charles and Stella Penn. It was built in 1908 and burned in 1931 and was rebuilt in 1932 in the Colonial Revival Style. The home is now owned by the city of Reidsville and is open for tours.; Format: image/photograph

Tobacco bag stringing: Life and labor in the Depression: Images and text from a report in the North Carolina Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill documenting tobacco bag stringing work in North Carolina and Virginia in 1939.; Format: series (multiple pages)

Window at Chinqua Penn in Reidsville, NC: This is a window of the Chinqua Penn home in Reidsville, North Carolina. The house was built in the 1920s by Thomas Jefferson Penn (1875-1946) -- a businessman and farmer -- and his wife, Beatrice Schoellkopf Penn (1881-1965). The Chinqua Penn Plantation was...; Format: image/photograph

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