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Option 1 – the Beer, Wine, and Sine Trail *please note that hours of each craft beverage location vary and that 6 to 8 hours won’t be enough time to explore all of the trail. We recommend you pick…

Option 1 - Visit the Ava Gardner Museum and Lunch at SoDoSoPa Ava Gardner Museum Exit 95 off I-95 Address: 325 E. Market St. Smithfield, NC 27577 Phone: (919) 934-5830 One of the greatest movie…

Option 1 - SoDoSoPa Exit 95 off I-95 Address: 146 S. Third St., Smithfield, NC 27577 Phone: (919) 205-1076 Whether from Tennessee, Texas, Georgia, Louisiana, or the Carolinas, southern BBQ is the…

Here in the 21st Century, Smithfield and Selma are towns looking much younger than their actual ages. Smithfield was founded in 1777 - more than two centuries ago. Selma was established in 1867,…

Settlers followed the Neuse River From time immemorial to the eighteenth century, there were Indian villages and Indian trails in the upper Neuse River region of North Carolina that became the land of…

How the railroad inspired our towns In the antebellum times of the 1840's, the most vociferous advocates of inland waterway transportation were reluctant to yield their enthusiasm to the burgeoning…

Media Contact: Ashby Brame abrame@johnstoncountync.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Smithfield, NC (July 15th, 2019) – There are now over 70 Johnston County farms and agribusinesses listed on the Visit NC…

Ingredients 1.25lb (about 2¼ - 2½ cups) Atkinson’s Cinnamon Flake Biscuit Mix 7.5oz Seedless Raisins 1 cup + 2/3 cup Warm Water (approximately) All-Purpose Flour 1/2 cup Powdered Sugar Hot Water…

Bone-in Pork Tenderloin Ingredients: 4-5 lb Bone-In Pork Loin 1/2 Gallon Water 1/2 Gallon Ice 1 Cup Kosher Salt 1/2 Cup Brown Sugar 2 Gallon Ziploc Storage Bag Redneck Scientific Competition Rub…

Contact: K. Todd Johnson Johnston County Heritage Center Phone 919-938-4708 todd.johnson@johnstonnc.com For Immediate Release Smithfield, NC, June 7, 2019: The Johnston County Heritage Center and…