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Union County Courthouse in Monroe, NC: This is the Union County Courthouse in Monroe, North Carolina. It was built in 1886 and is on the National Register of Historic Places.; Format: image/photograph

A red-tailed hawk at the Queens Cup Steeplechase in Union County: This is a red-tailed hawk at the Queens Cup Steeplechase in Union County. He was rescued by the Carolina Raptor Center after being hit by a car. The Raptor Center maintains volunteers in every nearby county, including Union, to pick up the injured birds and...; Format: image/photograph

Union Station Railroad Museum: The heritage of Moore County and the town of Aberdeen can be seen at this museum through its exhibits of memorabilia and artifacts.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Bluegrass musicians in Union Grove, NC: These are bluegrass musicians in Union Grove, North Carolina. Union Grove, located in Iredell County, was formerly the host of the Fiddler's Convention, which lasted from the 1920s to the 1970s. It is still host to the Old Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival,...; Format: image/photograph

A mushroom in the Uwharrie Mountains: This is a mushroom in the Uwharrie Mountains in Montgomery County, North Carolina. The Uwharries cut through Randolph, Montgomery, Stanly, and Davidson Counties, and their foothills lie in Cabarrus, Anson, and Union Counties. They are now protected as a National...; Format: image/photograph

Union attack on Fort Fisher, January 15, 1865: Map shows area surrounding forts Fisher, Buchanan and Anderson near Smithville, N.C. Fort Fisher, located on the peninsula formed by the Atlantic Ocean and the Cape Fear River, was the primary target of the Union assault. Details include locations of Confederate...; Format: image/map

Timeline of Reconstruction in North Carolina: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 9.2; Timeline of major events in North Carolina during Union occupation and after the Civil War, 1862–1877.; Format: timeline

The pedestrian bridge in Waxhaw, NC: This is a wooden footbridge over a train track in Waxhaw, North Carolina. The town is famous for the bridge and its somewhat unusual-looking water tower.; Format: image/photograph

The Bonsack machine and labor unrest: In North Carolina in the New South, page 3.7; When the Duke tobacco company adopted the Bonsack machine for rolling cigarettes, workers who had rolled cigarettes by hand were thrown out of work, and their replacements made less money.; Format: article

Aw Shucks Farms: Learn about animals and agriculture and take in the corn maze and pumpkin patch at this farm near Monroe, North Carolina.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

The Shelton Laurel massacre: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 6.9; In 1862, Union sympathizers and Confederate deserters from Madison County, North Carolina, raided farms to steal food and supplies. In response, the 64th North Carolina infantry rounded up fifteen men and executed all but two, though only five of the men killed had taken part in the raid.; Format: article

Old Burke County Courthouse and Heritage Museum: Students can learn about the history of Burke County and the sessions of the NC Supreme Court held on this site in the mid-19th century when visiting the Old Burke County Courthouse.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

War on the Outer Banks: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 3.2; Article describes action along the coast of North Carolina during the Burnside Expedition, 1862.; Format: article

The Kirk-Holden War: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 10.5; In response to Ku Klux Klan violence during Reconstruction, North Carolina Governor William Woods Holden declared martial law in Alamance and Caswell counties in 1870. The militia, led by former Union Col. George W. Kirk, rounded up Klan leaders in what opponents called the "Kirk-Holden War."; Format: article

Letters home: Students will write letters home, taking on the role of one of the sons of the "Gold Star Mothers" from Union County, NC.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Social Studies); By Meg Millard and Pamela Webb.

Protest at Piedmont Leaf Tobacco Company, 1946: Strikers from United Tobacco Workers Local 22 union on the picket line.; Format: image/photograph

Queens Cup Steeplechase in Mineral Springs, NC: These are excited spectators at the Queens Cup Steeplechase in Mineral Springs, North Carolina.; Format: image/photograph

A jockey at the Queens Chase Steeplechase in Mineral Springs, NC: This is a jockey at the Queens Chase Steeplechase in Mineral Springs, North Carolina.; Format: image/photograph

The Roanoke Island Freedmen's Colony: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 6.4; During the Civil War, former slaves freed by the Union army and African Americans who escaped to Union lines were given a village on Roanoke Island.; Format: article

The Battle of New Bern: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 3.5; The Battle of New Bern on March 14, 1862, won by Union General Burnside's forces, was the second of three major engagements on the North Carolina coast in the second year of the Civil War.; Format: article

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