Local Legends in Tarboro, North Carolina

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Tar River

Tarboro, NC

The Tar River at Tarboro, North Carolina, carries one of the state's oldest legends: the Banshee of the Tar, said to wail along the water since a miller was killed by British soldiers during the Revolution. River walkers still speak of cries and mist-shapes on summer nights.

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