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The Hoofprints of Bath

In 1705, Bath Town became North Carolina's first town. Today it is but a sleepy little town on the Pamlico River in Beaufort County. But long ago, it was a busy port town, and Blackbeard the Pirate wasn't its only unscrupulous resident. Jessie Elliott came from England and settled near Bath, where he married and had a son. He was a gambler and a heavy drinker, and seemed to care more about his chestnut mare than anything else. He believed she was better than any other horse in the country.

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