Tar River
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Yet historic Princeville, on the banks of the Tar River in eastern North Carolina, is one hurricane away from disaster.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2022
“If it floods this time, I think my family is out,” said Ms. Cobb, 50, who lives directly across the street from a dike along the Tar River.
From New York Times ● Sep. 11, 2018
Princeville town manager Daniel Gerald said water was also being pushed into town through a storm drain, “reverse-vacuumed in” under pressure from the Tar River.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 13, 2016
The Tar River isn’t expected to get as high this time.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 13, 2016
He did not give us Old Tar River, Uncle Ned, and O Susannah, but themes from Labitsky and Donizetti,—melodies which once heard are long remembered.
From The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy by Coffin, Charles Carleton
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