NC -- Halifax -- Historic Halifax State Historic Site:
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- Description of Subject Matter: I saw this site on my way out of North Carolina. Halifax was established along a bend on the Roanoke River in 1760. It became a political hub for the state. In 1776, the Fourth and Fifth Provincial Congresses were held in the city.
British loyalists had been defeated at Moores Creek in February 1776. Flush with success, the congress met in April 1776. On April 12, they passed the Halifax Resolves, instructing their delegates to the Continental Congress to vote for independence if it came up. Thus North Carolina became the first state to official indicate it would favor independence.
After the war, the city slowly devolved. Even George Washington, who attended some functions there, noted in his diary that the place was in decline. Still a county seat, the town only has a couple hundred people living it.
In the 1950's, the town and then the state started trying to preserve the existing early buildings. They preserved a bar, a jail, and a printers building. Other historic structures were relocated to the historic town center. They started doing archeological digs and found the foundations for another large private home. Instead of trying to rebuild that one, they built a shell around the digs and you get a tour on flooring placed over the old walls.
I can't say it's a huge place. But the guide was really pleasant and took me to a number of the structures. (I was the only one who showed up for the tour that morning so she was flexible with the schedule.) The archeological digs were neat. I was happy to see the old printing press with its lines of type. (That must have been a horrible process.)
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