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Erected in 1778 by Le Chevalier de Cambray & Capt. de Cottineau to protect Cape Lookout Bay. Dismantled, 1780. Site four miles south.

First steamboat made in N.C. Built in 1818 by Otway Burns, privateer in War of 1812. Shipyard located 350 feet S.W.

Lawyer; member of N.C. legislature, 1881 & 1885. U.S. Congressman, 1897-1901. Born into slavery. Home stands 2 blocks N.

Free school advocate, 1749; Southern District treasurer, 1750-1765; member of assembly for 25 years. Grave located at "The Bluff" 4 mi. N.

Site of Union outpost captured by Confederate Generals Hoke & Pickett on February 1, 1864. The earthworks are 300 yards North.

In America to be called and held in defiance of British orders met in this town, Aug. 25-27, 1774, with 71 delegates present.

The largest Confederate salt works in Carteret County was 50 yards S. It was burned by Union forces in April, 1862.

Organized at Teachers’ Assembly Hall, nearby, July 24, 1897. Thomas Battle, first president.

On September 5, 1917, the Pamlico Co. School system inaugurated the first motorized school bus service in North Carolina.

Named for J. V. Hofmann. Research forest of 80,000 acres in Jones & Onslow counties. Acquired, 1934, for use by North Carolina State University.