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Merchants Millpond State Park

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Creator
Emily Jack
Date created
May 24, 2008
Location
Merchants Millpond State Park, North Carolina
License
This photograph copyright ©2008. All Rights Reserved

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  • Colonial North Carolina: Colonial North Carolina from the establishment of the Carolina in 1663 to the eve of the American Revolution in 1763. Compares the original vision for the colony with the way it actually developed. Covers the people who settled North Carolina; the growth of institutions, trade, and slavery; the impact of colonization on American Indians; and significant events such as Culpeper's Rebellion, the Tuscarora War, and the French and Indian Wars. (Page 5.6)

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Merchants Millpond

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Lassiter Swamp at Merchant’s Millpond State Park, in the northeastern corner of North Carolina.

One of North Carolina’s rarest ecological communities, Merchants Millpond State Park is a unique mingling of coastal pond and southern swamp forest. A variety of reptiles, amphibians, and mammals such as beaver, mink and river otter make their homes here.