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Historic Halifax State Historic Site
Halifax County
In the spring of 1776, North Carolina's Fourth Provincial Congress met in Halifax and unanimously adopted a document called the "Halifax Resolves," the first official action by an entire colony recommending independence from England. Historic Halifax, one of North Carolina's State Historic Sites, interprets the first eighty-five years of the town of Halifax. The Historic Halifax Visitor Center has an audio visual presentation as well as displays and exhibitions on the history of the town. Visitors can tour several authentically restored and furnished on the grounds of the site, including the home of a Halifax merchant dating from 1760, the Eagle Tavern, the Tap Room, a Federal-style plantation dwelling, a law office, the town clerk's office, and the jail. There is also the Montford Archaelogical Exhibit, a shell building that was constructed over the excavation of Joseph Montford's house . There are walkways over the excavated foundation, and exhibits educating visitors about historic archaeology. NCDCR
Halifax County 4-H Rural Life Center: Halifax County Agricultural Museum, Allen Grove Rosenwald School
Halifax County
The Halifax County Agriculture Museum and the Allen Grove Rosenwald School are located on the grounds of the 4-H Rural Life Center in Halifax. The museum showcases the agrarian past of Halifax County with displays of farm equipment, tools, letters, photographs and other items. A farm tenant house provides a view of farm life in the early 20th century. The Allen Grove Rosenwald School was built in 1922 and used through the late 1950s. The school building maintains it's original shape and has the original desks. The museum, farmhouse, and Rosenwald School are open by appointment. halifaxnc.com/4hrurallife/4home.html
Medoc Mountain State Park
Halifax County
Medoc Mountain State Park
Roanoke River Paddle Trail & Canoe Camping Platforms
Jamesville, Martin County
An emerging destination in northeast North Carolina, the Lower Roanoke River and its tributaries offer a unique wilderness experience for kayakers and canoeists. Meandering through the Coastal plain to the Atlantic Ocean, the Roanoke spreads out through the largest intact bottomland hardwood swamp forest east of the Mississippi. The area is home to black bear, river otter, white-tail deer, bobcat, beaver, and mink. Over 200 bird species have been identified including bald eagles. It is a birdwatcher's paradise. The River is renowned for its abundance of striped bass, largemouth bass, black crappie, lunker catfish, gar and bowfin. Thousand year-old bald cypress trees and towering tupelos form a lush canopy overhead. Seven camping platforms off the river have been completed as part of Phase One of the development of this water trail by Roanoke River Partners. To complete Phase One, three more platforms will be constructed between Hamilton, Plymouth and up the Cashie River to Windsor with nearly 140 miles of water trail linking the platforms. Phase Two will extend the paddle camping trail up to Roanoke Rapids, increasing the trail total to 200+ miles. Reservations for the Trail can be made at Roberson's Marina in Jamesville. Visitors will be educated about the trail system, and will sign a liability waiver and a ''pack-in and pack-out'' waste policy agreement to be used with the platforms. A per-person rental fee is paid to hold the reservation and receive a permit. Call 252-794-6501 to reserve a platform and visit us at www.roanokeriverpartners.org roanokeriverpartners.org
Roanoke River Basin
Windsor, Halifax County, Martin County, Northampton County, Plymouth
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Roanoke Canal Museum
Roanoke Rapids, Halifax County
The Roanoke Canal, completed in 1823, was built as the North Carolina segment of the Roanoke Navigation System. It was designed to connect the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and Norfolk over a distance of 400 miles. The Roanoke Canal Museum, opening in early summer 2005, will explore the history of the Canal and the Roanoke Valley. The museum will be housed in a brick generator house built by the Roanoke Navigation and Water Power Company in the early 1900s. Locks used to lower loaded bateaux can be seen on the grounds of the museum. roanokeriver.com
Roanoke River: Larkspur Ridge Preserve
Halifax County
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Roanoke River
Windsor, Halifax County, Martin County, Northampton County, Plymouth
Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Center
Scotland Neck, Halifax County
The Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Center is the largest waterfowl collection in North America maintaining 2,500 birds. Since the late 1980s, the 9-acre facility has been dedicated primarily to propagation, especially endangered species. Currently, tours of the breeding preserve at Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Center in Scotland Neck, North Carolina is limited to members of the Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Society. However, plans are being implemented to expand the Center into an education-oriented destination for school children and visitors of all types. In 2004, an additional 19 acres was acquired by the North Carolina Zoological Society for the Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Center. Part of the new land will be developed into a visitors' area with a variety of exhibits showcasing waterfowl and other exotic birds. Plans include a two-story building that will serve as an education center and library, where numerous conservation-oriented programs will be presented. sylvan-heights.org
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