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Wayne County
Field trip opportunities in Wayne County
- Aycock Birthplace
- This typical nineteenth-century family farm, birthplace of Governor Charles Brantley Aycock, includes the main house, separate open-hearth kitchen, corn crib, and smokehouses. Scheduled groups get a genuine hands-on experience making butter or dipping candles for a small fee.
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- Cliffs of the Neuse State Park
- Extending for 600 yards, this spectacular series of cliffs rises 90 feet above the Neuse River. Students will learn how these cliffs were formed and about the wildlife that live here when they visit Cliffs of the Neuse State Park.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Wayne County Museum
- Students will learn about the history of Wayne County as well as the influence of historic events on the people and way of life in the area.
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- Waynesborough Historic Village
- Visitors to this recreated village will feel as if the have stepped back in time. "Waynesborough's focus begins in 1701 with the first Tuscarora visit and ends in 1900 with a complete economic and social shift to Goldsboro."
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- An abandoned building in Eureka, NC
- This is an abandoned building in Eureka, North Carolina.
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- Cliffs of the Neuse in Seven Springs, NC
- These are the Cliffs of the Neuse in Seven Springs, North Carolina. The area around the cliffs is protected as a State Park.
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- Club members practicing shooting at Wildlife Conference
- This black and white photograph shows 4-H club members practicing shooting outside at the Wildlife Conference in Indian Springs, North Carolina. A boy and a girl are lying on their stomachs on a wooden shooting platform. They both are taking aim with rifles....
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- The fields of Goldsboro, NC, as seen from the window of a B-25
- These are the fields of Goldsboro, NC, as seen from the window of a B-25 warplane from World War II.
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- Remembering Patriot women: Mary Slocumb
- In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 5.7
- Story, perhaps fictional or embellished, about the bravery of a North Carolina woman whose home was taken over by British Army officers during the American Revolution. The story, written in the 1840s, suggests how southerners wanted to remember the Revolution and women's role in it. Includes historical commentary.
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- The Sudan Buccaneers in a parade in Wayne County
- These are the Sudan Buccaneers in a special "ship" in a parade in Goldsboro, North Carolina. The Buccaneers benefit sick children in Sudan through fundraising.
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- Trees in the Neuse River
- These are trees in the Neuse River, where it winds through Goldsboro, North Carolina and passes past the mouth of the Little River.
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