Inmates in the Old Beaufort Jail in 1829 could hardly be called pampered. The county spent about 49 cents a day to care for the inmates in the unheated cells.
In 1768 after Connecticut businessman Colonel James Richardson was shipwrecked off the Outer Banks he explored the area and decided to make his home in the lands of the Cape Fear River basin.
This Museum commemorates the ground breaking achievements of the brave African American men of the 1940s who were transformed into United States Marines at Montford Point.
The Montford Point Museum on the base at Camp Lejeune forever captures the proud history of African American Marines who trained here during World War II.