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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.

Format: article/field trip opportunity

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."

Format: article/field trip opportunity

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.

Format: image/photograph

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.

Format: image/photograph

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.

Format: image/photograph

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.

Format: article/field trip opportunity

An abandoned building in Eureka, NC

This is an abandoned building in Eureka, North Carolina.

Format: image

North Carolina's first public school opens

In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 11.5

Announcement of the opening of the first free public school in North Carolina, 1840. Includes historical commentary about the North Carolina Public School Act of 1839.

Format: newspaper

Math problems for grade 8 geometry

In Problem centered math, page 6

Problem sets in PDF format that address objectives of the Measurement and Geometry strands of the North Carolina Standard Course of Study for Mathematics, Grade 8.

By Grayson Wheatley.

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.

Format: image/photograph

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....

Format: image/photograph

Revolutionary North Carolina

Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the era of the American Revolution. Topics include the Regulators, the resistance to Great Britain, the War for Indpendence, and the creation of new governments.

Format: book (multiple pages)

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

U.S. House of Representatives

In Election 2008, page 2.4

There are 13 congressional districts in North Carolina. A map of North Carolina's congressional districts is available from...

U.S. House of Representatives

There are 13 congressional districts in North Carolina. A map of North Carolina's congressional districts is available from...

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.

Format: story

Insurrections in North Carolina?

In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 9.7

Article from a Raleigh newspaper reporting alleged slave insurrections in North Carolina, and white responses to these rumors, following Nat Turner's Rebellion in 1831. Includes historical commentary.

Format: newspaper

1835 amendments to the North Carolina Constitution

In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 11.3

Amendments to the North Carolina state constitution passed in 1835. Includes historical commentary.

Format: constitution

Governor Aycock on "the negro problem"

In North Carolina in the New South, page 8.9

Speech by North Carolina Governor Charles Brantley Aycock, 1903, in which Aycock proclaims both the absolute supremacy of the white race and the importance of education for all citizens. Includes historical commentary.

Format: speech

Resources on the web

On the Streets of Goldsboro: 1870 – 1920s

Photographs of street scenes and businesses, combined with two books from the 1910s, re-create the experience of living in Goldsboro in the early twentieth century. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Wayne County Public Library