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    • Cape Fear River - Eagles Island.

    • Cape Fear River - Eagles Island.

    • Cape Fear River, Eagles Island

    • A freighter passes Eagles Island. Eagles Island is located on the west bank of the Cape Fear River, directly opposite downtown Wilmington. The seven mile long island was named for Richard Eagles, a native of Bristol, England, who was granted a...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Cape Fear River.

    • Cape Fear River.

    • Cape Fear River, Eagles Island, Point Peter, Steamer

    • A steamer is in the river in front of Eagles Island. Point Peter is in the background. The Native Americans called the river, "Sapona," which is formed by the junction of the Haw and Deep Rivers in Chatham County, NC, and flows southeasterly...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Bellevue Cemetery (1)

    • Bellevue Cemetery (1)

    • Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, cemeteries, graves, family plots, 17th Street and Princess Place Dr., gravesites,

    • Bellevue Cemetery in a state of disrepair, many of the tombstones have fallen over, all need cleaning , weeds and vines taking over area.
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Bellevue Cemetery (2)

    • Bellevue Cemetery (2)

    • Wilmington, New Hanovery County, North Caroilna, cemeteries, tombstones, 17th St. and Princess Place Dr.

    • The terrible state of the cemetery is evident by the tall weeds which hide many of the graves and keeps them from being tended to. Shows a variety of styles of markers. Only 2 names are legible: Westbrook and Castine.
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Boy Scouts Camporee

    • Boy Scouts Camporee

    • New Hanover County, Jacksonville, Onslow County, Marine base, camping, scouting, organizations, camps, games, activities

    • Wilmington area boy scouts play a "Build-a-scout" game, where they climb on each others shoulders trying to get as many bodies as possible on a box. Two of the scouts have Troop 202 on their shirt sleeves. The camporee took place at Camp LeJeune,...
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Canal Drive, Carolina Beach

    • Canal Drive, Carolina Beach

    • floods and flooding, streets, Carolina Beach

    • Pete Peterson who lives in the 500 block of Canal Drive at Carolina Beach drove his car as far as he could and then walked the rest of the way out of the flooded area. He said many were trapped by the high water. Peterson was walking through the...
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Jennewein's Antiques

    • Jennewein's Antiques

    • Antiques, Wilmington, NC

    • Virginia Jennewein holds and antique hand bell and shows off some of the items that will be auctioned off in this weekends Jennewin Antique Show. The event, Friday night through Sunday, 6:00 p.m., will feature the Victorian two-drawer sewing table...
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Protesting against Mining

    • Protesting against Mining

    • protests, mining, Commissioners meetings, Brunswick County Government Complex, NC

    • Brunswick County Commissioners adjourned to the chambers after the public input about the proposed quarry excluding many who wanted to attend the rest of the meeting
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Rotting Fish

    • Rotting Fish

    • Fishing boats, fishing nets, dead fish, Carolina Beach, New Hanover County

    • Hundreds of dead, rotting fish still litter Carolina Beach after a spill Friday. A net from a fishing boat broke and released thousands of fish. The tide has washed many of the fish back out to sea but hundreds remain.
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • The Glenn

    • The Glenn
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    • Hotel designed by owner and manager Mrs. W. R. Yopp, (E. Naomi Mintz-Yopp, 1891-1972), and built by contractor A. B. Yopp. After her death, the hotel has remained in the family and continues to be operated by daughter, E. Naomi Yopp. Many...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Williams-MacMillan House

    • Williams-MacMillan House
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    • Property acquired in 1842 by NC State Grant to John Williams (1779-1855); bequeathed to his grandson, William Arthur Williams (1850-1917), timber inspector and Clerk for the County Board of Commissioners; and wife, Jane Iredell Meares (1855-1935),...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Brown-Lord House

    • Brown-Lord House
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    • Basement timbers indicate house was here prior to the American Revolution. Robert Wells purchased this property in 1773. John Brown married Annabella Wells and lived here for many years. Property inherited by Columbia Brown Lord in 1857. Remained...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Oakdale Cemetery

    • Oakdale Cemetery
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    • North Carolina's first "rural cemetery," incorporated as the Wilmington Cemetery Company by an act of legislature on March 4, 1852. The sixty-five acre site offered high land, picturesque topography, streams and native vegetation. Organizers were...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Bellamy Mansion Negro House

    • Bellamy Mansion Negro House
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    • Italianate style dependency built to house as many as nine slaves of Dr. John D. Bellamy, and wife, Eliza McIlhenny Harriss. After the Civil War, servants lived here. A rare example of an intact urban slave quarters, the outbuilding includes...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Conoley House

    • Conoley House
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    • Believed to be built by John J. Conoley (1818-1870), as his family residence. A merchant in the Saddlery business, he was a native of Halifax, Nova Scotia. In 1857 he was elected special magistrate, an office which he held for many years. Purchased...
    • Port City Architecture

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