300 Years of History
Claims to Fame
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### Pepsi-Cola
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### Nicholas Sparks and *The Notebook*
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### First Permanent Colonial Capital of North Carolina
---> First State Capital
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Colonial Beginnings
- Founded in 1710 by Swiss settlers
- Named after Bern, Switzerland
- Governor Tryon
- Tryon Palace completed in 1770
"Revolutionary" Changes
- Royal Governor Martin fled New Bern in 1775
- NC's first state capital until 1794
- Visited by George Washington in 1791
- Tryon Palace burns down in 1798
Reconstruction
- Only Stable Office remained
- Highway and houses built over original Palace foundations
- Reconstruction began in the 1950s
- Reopened in 1959