Along the Banks of the Roanoke How We Built Our Lives Here.

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Along the Banks of the Roanoke How We Built Our Lives Here

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Along the Banks of the Roanoke

How We Built Our Lives Here

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We came here traveling along a natural highway that we call the

Roanoke River.

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We Built Homes With Local Timber

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Boats Were Essential to Life Along the River

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We Built Everything With Tools Like These

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Tools of 200 Years AgoHow Many Do We use Today?

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Could you build this without power tools?

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All of these things without electricity?

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Remember you must use manual tools!

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No lights, no ‘phone, no AC!

Oil lamps! No electronic communication!

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Electricity at work for us!Without electricity and the people who do this work, we

wouldn’t have the world we have today!