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Horne Creek Farm
Through educational programs ranging from white oak basket making workshops to an annual corn shucking frolic, Horne Creek Living Historical Farm provides a unique opportunity to learn about our rural past. Find a listing of special events and more information about the facilities at this living history farm.
http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/hs/horne/horne.htm
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- First-Person Narratives of the American South, 1860-1920 Includes hundreds of diaries, autobiographies, travel accounts, and memoirs dealing with life in the southern states before, during, and after the Civil War.
- American Centuries: View from New England A large American history library of full of primary resources, curricula, and interactive activities that will inspire students to learn about the 1700's, 1800's, and 1900's.
Related pages
- Historic Oak View County Park: This nineteenth century farmstead has been made into a county park and is devoted to interpreting the area's agricultural and rural heritage for the citizens of Wake County.
- Historic Johnson Farm: Students will feel as if they have gone back in time when they take a tour of this 19th century tobacco farm located near Hendersonville.
- Historic Rural Hill Farm - Center of Scottish Heritage: Students will go back in history when they visit Historic Rural Hill Farm.
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- Learn more about 20th century, North Carolina, Surry County, culture, farming, heritage, historic sites, history, rural life, and tobacco.
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“At Horne Creek Living Historical Farm, a multi-year project is under way to reconstruct the physical environment and seasonal work cycle of a North Carolina family farm from a century ago. Through educational programs ranging from white oak basket making workshops to an annual corn shucking frolic, Horne Creek Living Historical Farm provides a unique opportunity to learn about our rural past.”
Find a listing of special events and more information about the facilities at this living history farm. To schedule a visit, call (336) 325-2298,