Tar River
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The town sits in a bend in the Tar River, 124 miles from the Atlantic Ocean at the edge of North Carolina’s coastal plain.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2022
Princeville was built at a spot where the Tar River veers through a 90-degree bend, creating a natural choke point when hurricanes flush the river with rain.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2021
The Tar River isn’t expected to get as high this time.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 13, 2016
The Tar River isn't expected to get as high this time.
From US News ● 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 Charles Carleton Coffin
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