Craven County Digital History Exhibit

New Bern, Fort Rowan

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Title: New Bern, Fort Rowan.

Creator: Reed, William Garrison

Subject: New Bern (N.C.)
                Fort Rowan (New Bern, N.C.)
 

Description: Reed described this photograph as follows: "FORT ROWAN, perhaps better known as the 'Star Fort,' from its shape. Located so as to command the railroad to Goldsboro', and on the line of entrenchments extending from the Neuse to the Trent River."

Date: October 1884

Type: Image

Format: 7-13/16x6 inches (199x150 mm)

Identifier: XXV.23

Source: Donated by William Garrison Reed, 1926.

Relation: One image from a collection of 48 /digital2/reed/images/ in a photo album.

Coverage: New Bern (N.C.)

Rights: Permission to use this photograph must be obtained from the New Bern-Craven County Public Library, 400 Johnson Street, New Bern, NC 28560. Must cite as: William Garrison Reed Photo Album, New Bern-Craven County Public Library.

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