Took a ride about 28 miles east of Goldsboro on US-70 to check out Kinston, NC. I had read that there is a full scale replica of the Confederate ironclad ram CSS Neuse, a new Civil War visitors center, and quite a bit of work being done on both battles that took place there. I reported in detail on these in my Saw the Elephant Civil War blog. (Saw the elephant is a term soldiers used to describe battle conditions).
Lots of small businesses and farms including many with what appeared at first to be snow, but later proved to be cotton remnants.
I had a picture of a noted Kinston/Lenoir County man by the name of Simon Bright III which had been given to my mother at a reunion. Since he was not from Goldsboro, she felt he'd be best at a historic place in Kinston.
I saw a billboard for the Kinston-Lenoir County Visitors Center on the US-70 Bypass and went there.
The center was financed by the local Pepsi-Cola distributor (New Bern, about 30 miles further east was where Pepsi was invented).
They were more than happy to accept the picture and will either display it or turn it over to another historical agency in the area. If you are into Civil War stuff, this place is for you.
More to Come. --RoadDog
RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
The Shamrock Court Motel in Sullivan, Missouri. It can be yours for $125,000. Lots of possibilities. Actually, now you're too late. Missouri's Roamin' Rich bought it.
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