Topics Related to New Hanover County

Oldest Federated Women's Club in state; chartered 1896; organized in house 6 1/2 miles southwest.

Established Sept. 23, 1867. Oldest daily newspaper in continuous publication in North Carolina. First office was 18 blocks N.W.

Acting governor, 1771; thrice Chief Justice, 1750-1766; President of the Council. Owned large library. Home 7 mi. S.E.

Founded in 1866; oldest men's social club in N.C. Guilford F. Dudley, first president. Building here in use since 1913.

Est. in 1852. Includes graves of Confederate leaders, officers, and soldiers, & victims of yellow fever epidemic of 1862. Six blocks N.

Planter. Developed peanut into profitable crop by scientific methods at his Porters Neck Plantation 2 miles east.

For the elderly. Grew from Ladies Benevolent Society, founded, 1845. First home, 1879, stood four blocks east.

Editor and humorist, creator of "Simon Suggs" and other characters of the Southern frontier. Born in this city, 1815.

Captain of Confederate cruiser "Florida" and ironclad "Albemarle." With U.S. Coast Survey, 1842-1858. Blockade-runner. Grave 14 blks. N.E.

Many Confederate naval vessels, including the ironclad "North Carolina," built here. Site lies across river on Eagles Island, 1/4 mile west.