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  • Ask and Answer for Oct. 17

    This week's question

    What was the name of the first Civil War-era freedman's school in the occupied South?

  • Ask and Answer for Oct. 10

    This week's question

    What funeral home operator became the city of Beaufort's first black councilman since George A. Reed was made a warden in 1897?

    From last week

    Question: What former state senator and Beaufort Gazette publisher helped secure a grant to build a Carnegie Library in Beaufort in the late 1910s?

    Answer: Sen. Niels Christensen helped secure a grant to build a Carnegie Library in Beaufort in the late 1910s.

    First to answer correctly: Tommy O'Brien

    Send your answer to features@beaufortgazette.com, and we'll recognize in print the first person who responds correctly. You can also submit your northern Beaufort County trivia questions to features@beaufortgazette.com. If we select your question, we'll publish your name.

  • Ask and Answer for July 11
    This week's question: The mother of what future Academy Award winner was the female lead in the motion picture "The Great Santini," which was shot in Beaufort?