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Brunswick Town State Historic Site
Winnabow, Brunswick County

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1 NC Echo Thumbnail Brunswick Town State Historic Site
Winnabow, Brunswick County

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The visitor center at the historic site.

2 NC Echo Thumbnail Brunswick Town State Historic Site
Winnabow, Brunswick County

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The historic site has a lot of open space.

3 NC Echo Thumbnail Brunswick Town State Historic Site
Winnabow, Brunswick County

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The stone foundation of one of the houses that originally stood at Brunswick Town.

4 NC Echo Thumbnail Brunswick Town State Historic Site
Winnabow, Brunswick County

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One of the rooms of the house in photo 085005.

5 NC Echo Thumbnail Brunswick Town State Historic Site
Winnabow, Brunswick County

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Another archaeological ruin.

6 NC Echo Thumbnail Brunswick Town State Historic Site
Winnabow, Brunswick County

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The first recorded instance of a Crape Myrtle tree is from Brunswick Town in 1729. This Crape Myrtle (or Crepe Myrtle) tree is on the same spot as that first tree, and is probably the same tree.

7 NC Echo Thumbnail Brunswick Town State Historic Site
Winnabow, Brunswick County

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More archaeological ruins with Spanish moss hanging on trees in the background.

8 NC Echo Thumbnail Brunswick Town State Historic Site
Winnabow, Brunswick County

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The flat area in the center of the photo is actually an algae-covered pond. This pond is noted on the earliest maps of the area, from the early 1700s.

9 NC Echo Thumbnail Brunswick Town State Historic Site
Winnabow, Brunswick County

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A fox squirrel, native to the eastern part of North Carolina.

10 NC Echo Thumbnail Brunswick Town State Historic Site
Winnabow, Brunswick County

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Looking from Brunswick Town State Historic Site across the Cape Fear River to New Hanover County.