Wilson County
Field trip opportunities in Wilson County
- Imagination Station
- Slither and slide, hop and bop, run and jump, explore and discover Imagination Station where Science rocks and kids rule!
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- Science Fun for Everyone
- No need to go anywhere, Science Fun for Everyone will come to your classroom with hands-on, science-related experiments that make learning fun!
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- Tobacco Farm Life Museum
- This history museum provides "an informative insight into early 20th century farm family life."
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Learn more about Wilson County
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- Automobile up a tree
- Automobile up tree as warning to drivers in Wilson, North Carolina.
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- Charges of abuse
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 8.9
- Report of Freedmen's Bureau officials on charges of abuse of former slaves by their former owners in Wilson County, North Carolina, 1865. Includes historical commentary. Note: This source contains explicit language or content that requires mature discussion.
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- A church in the Old Wilson Historic District of Wilson, NC
- This is a church in the Old Wilson Historic District of Wilson, North Carolina. Wilson is host to a variety of interesting historic architecture.
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- A flower shop on a street corner in Wilson, NC
- This is a flower shop on a street corner in Wilson, North Carolina. It is part of the Old Wilson Historic District. Wilson is host to a great deal of historic architecture.
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- A house in the Old Wilson Historic District in Wilson, NC
- This is a house in the Old Wilson Historic District in Wilson, North Carolina.
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- Map of Wilson County, North Carolina, showing rural delivery service
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- North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction
- Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina during the Civil War and Reconstruction (1860–1876). Topics include debates over secession, battles and strategies, the war in North Carolina, the soldier's experience, the home front, freedom and civil rights for former slaves, Reconstruction, and the "redemption" of the state by conservatives.
- Format: book (multiple pages)
- Whirligigs at Windmill Farm in Lucama, NC
- These are huge whirligigs at Windmill Farm in Lucama, North Carolina. The whirligigs are made by artist Vollis Simpson and incorporate complex movement and sound as a integral part of the sculptures.
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- Whirligigs at Windmill Farm in Lucama, NC
- A band practices in front of huge whirligigs at Windmill Farm in Lucama, North Carolina. The whirligigs are made by artist Vollis Simpson and incorporate complex movement and sound as a integral part of the sculptures.
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- Wilson county 4-H Scholarship winner with an acre of corn
- In July of 1940, Levi Simmons, an African American student of the Menchew 4-H Club of Wilson County, was awarded the 4-H Club scholarship to A and T College. He is shown in this black and white photograph standing in front of an acre of ripe corn which was...
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- Wilson County winners feeding pigs
- On July 30, 1940, Levi Simmons, Minshew Club member in Wilson County was granted a second A and T College Club Scholarship for achievement in club work. His second project was raising 2 pigs. This black and white photograph shows Levi Simmons feeding his pigs...
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- Young people working in garden
- This black and white image, taken in 1941, shows 9 boys and girls working in garden in Wilson County, North Carolina. The children, who are tending vegetables, range in age from youngsters to teenagers. The older children are wearing wide brimmed hats are...
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