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14-530: In 1923 North Carolina Governor Cameron Morrison became interested in establishing official port facilities for the state and pushed for the creation of the State Ship and Water Transportation Commission to study the matter. The body produced a report which recommended that the state government fund the development of port facilities. The following year it was replaced by the Ports Commission, which

28-513: A deep 42-foot navigational channel, nine berths, four post-Panamax, and three neo-Panamax container cranes. Modern transit and warehouse facilities and the latest cargo management technology produce a broad platform for supporting international trade. The Port of Morehead City is a breakbulk and bulk facility located four miles from the Atlantic Ocean. The port is equipped with nine berths and multiple gantry cranes. Storage offerings include

42-480: A dry-bulk facility with a 220,000-ton capacity warehouse and a 177,000-square-foot warehouse for housing commodities like rubber, paper, steel, and lumber. Altogether there are more than one million square feet of storage. The Charlotte inland port is a 20-acre dry port site located along the CSX rail lines near the intersection of NC 16 and I-85 . It serves as a distribution point for intermodal containers connecting

56-523: A later stop. He advised Russell to hide in the baggage car to avoid being lynched, which he did. In 1900, he was elected to the North Carolina Senate for one term. With the backing of Sen. Furnifold Simmons and the help of race-baiting tactics employed by A. D. Watts , Morrison defeated O. Max Gardner in the 1920 Democratic primary for governor. In the general election, he defeated Republican nominee John J. Parker . Morrison

70-710: A second time to Sara Virginia Ecker Watts , the widow of George Washington Watts . Their wedding ceremony was held at Harwood Hall . With his second wife, Morrison built Morrocroft , a large estate in Charlotte. A ten-story residence hall on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is named in Morrison's honor. His home at Charlotte, Morrocroft, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. A library in Charlotte

84-511: The Civil War, including the only black newspaper in the city, and killed an estimated 60 to more than 300 people. The governor of North Carolina, Daniel Lindsay Russell , was forced to flee from Wilmington to Raleigh. Morrison boarded Russell's train in Maxton, North Carolina in the company of a small band of Red Shirts and warned Russell that a more hostile band of Red Shirts were waiting at

98-713: The Democratic primary runoff to Robert R. Reynolds . Morrison was later elected to one term in the United States House of Representatives from 1943 to 1945. He again lost a Democratic primary for a U.S. Senate seat in 1944, to Clyde R. Hoey . He died in Quebec City in 1953. Morrison was married twice. His first wife, Lottie May Tomlinson, gave birth to four children but only one, Angelia Lawrance Morrison , survived infancy. Tomlinson died in 1919. In 1924, while serving as governor, Morrison married

112-1049: The I-85 and I-77 corridors to the CSX rail line and the Port of Wilmington. An 11-member of Board of Directors governs the North Carolina State Ports Authority. Of the Board, six members are appointed by the Governor, the North Carolina General Assembly appoints four, and the North Carolina Secretary of Transportation fills the last position. North Carolina Ports is a corporate body receiving no direct taxpayer subsidy. Cameron Morrison Cameron A. Morrison (October 5, 1869 – August 20, 1953)

126-665: The North Carolina State Ports Authority in 1945 to develop and improve harbors at Wilmington, Morehead City, Southport , and other coastal areas. Improvements began in 1949, and new piers and storage areas were completed in 1952. In the 1990s and early 2000s, the authority oversaw a $ 440 million project to deepen the Cape Fear River shipping channel and purchased Radio Island in Morehead City. The Port of Wilmington offers terminal facilities serving container, bulk, breakbulk, and ro-ro (roll-on/roll-off) operations. It offers

140-567: Was an American politician and the 55th governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1921 to 1925. He was born in 1869 in Richmond County, North Carolina . In 1898, Morrison participated in the Wilmington insurrection of 1898 , a violent coup d'état by a group of white supremacists. They expelled opposition black and white political leaders from the city, destroyed the property and businesses of black citizens built up since

154-471: Was held on November 2, 1920. Democratic nominee Cameron A. Morrison defeated Republican nominee John J. Parker with 57.2% of the vote. Both were attorneys in private practice at the time. Only the Democratic Party held a primary election for the gubernatorial nomination at the time. Because no candidate won an absolute majority in the first round on June 5, a second primary (or "runoff")

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168-530: Was inaugurated on January 12, 1921. He came to be called "the Good Roads governor" for his support of a modern highway system. Morrison also presided over various reforms and pushed for increased funds for public education, while also battling the teaching of the theory of evolution . He was later appointed to serve as a United States senator for the state of North Carolina (after the death of Lee S. Overman ) between 1930 and 1932, but lost his seat in

182-489: Was named after Morrison, but was renamed in 2020 due to Morrison's ties with the Red Shirts and white supremacy . A residence hall at North Carolina A&T State University was also named after Morrison, but the name was removed in 2020. 1920 North Carolina gubernatorial election Thomas W. Bickett Democratic Cameron A. Morrison Democratic The 1920 North Carolina gubernatorial election

196-768: Was supposed to oversee the work. A statewide bond referendum for $ 8.7 million to develop the facilities failed to pass in November 1924, and the commission disbanded. Despite this, the coastal cities of Wilmington and Morehead City pursued their efforts to improve port facilities, and the North Carolina General Assembly incorporated the Morehead City Port Commission in 1933 and the Wilmington Port Commission in 1935. The General Assembly established

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