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A Little History

"Four hundred years of European Heritage began when Robert Lane, Governor of the first English Colony at Roanoke Island, explored  the interior of "the Goodliest Land," and stepped ashore upon what is now Plymouth, NC, in the year 1584.

With Lane was the painter and artist John White who sketched what he saw, and mapped the Roanoke, Chowan and Alligator rivers, as well as the Albemarle Sound. John White's works were published in 1587 and again in 1590 in the de Bry editions printed in four different languages. Thus, the Native Americans in the Washington County area were exposed to the English three years prior to the "Lost Colony" of 1587 and 23 years before Jamestown in Virginia.

Nearly 300 years ago, about 1680, people were beginningto settle the area that is now Washington County. At that time this area was named Moratucke, a name originating  from the Indian tribe that once lived here.

Originally the Roanoke River was called the Moratucke River, and through the 1700s, both names were used interchangeably.The river was navigable to ocean going schooners and ships. Travel was closely tied to the river. All contact with the rest of the world came by water - news, necessities, food, new colonists, and the means whereby the produce of the land, water, and forest was shipped for cash money. Ours was a good, rich land with a fine growing season, abundant game and fruits and nuts of the forest thus allowing the people to prosper.

The town of Plymouth was established in 1787. It started out as a private enterprise much like one of today's subdivisions. An area of one hundred acres was set aside and divided into streets and lots.

Being on the Roanoke and near the Albemarle Sound, Plymouth's prime importance was as a port. During the early 1800s Plymouth was one of six main ports in North Carolina and ranked ninth in population among towns.

At the beginning of the Civil War, Union tactics called for blockading southern ports therefore Plymouth was blockaded. Union troops moved in and occupied Plymouth for a time before the Battle of Plymouth. Its strategic location led to heavy fighting causing the loss of many buildings. When the troops were gone and the war was over, tradition tells of eleven structures left
standing. Some of these, each with its  unique story, still stand today."

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