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AIRPLANE VIEW OF MAIN BUSINESS SECTION AND RIVER FRONT, ELIZABETH CITY, N. C.
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Elizabeth City, N. C., located on Pasquo-
tank River, is one of the inost historic sec-
tions of the United States. Nearby are the
Dismal Swamp Canal surveyed by George
Washington, and Roanoke Island where in
1584 the followers of Sir Walter Raleigh
landed and where in 1587 Virginia Dare, the
first white child in America, was horn.
Also close is Kill Devil Hill, where the
Wright Brothers experimented with the first
aeroplane and at this place the government
has erected a massive monument in commem-
oration of them.