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edgecombe county

Features

Altered State: Photographer Watson Brown Preserves a Landscape

A retired city planner finds his calling photographing the barns and historic homes of Edgecombe County. His images preserve a fading landscape while helping us see it anew.

by David A. Graham
Columns

Ramblin’ Man: The Stream Less Traveled

Paddling down Swift Creek affords peerless views of flora and fauna — and multiple opportunities to carry your canoe over fallen trees.

by T. Edward Nickens
Restaurants

Blackbeard’s BBQ & C-Food

Those in search of tasty treasure can find it hidden in the heart of eastern North Carolina’s barbecue belt.

by Kristin Davis
Eastern

Tarboro Tradition: Coolmore Plantation

Coolmore Plantation is both a mansion and a museum. But to Joe Spiers, who lives here with his wife, Janet, it is both a connection to his family’s history and a structure that symbolizes his own endurance and strength.

by Brandon Sneed
August 2010

On the Square

In an old building in a small town, a world-class culinary husband-and-wife team’s thriving restaurant proves that Tarboro has a taste for quality.

by Kristy Woodson Harvey
Arts & Culture

Follow the Sound: African American Music Trail

Musical treasures dating back to segregation are there to be discovered in the far-reaching corners of eastern North Carolina. The newly conceived African American Music Trail will help you remember them.

by Karen A. Mann

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