Area Activities & Attractions
Downtown La Grange
Tour and walk through area shops that have been here since the early time of the Town, and the newly opened businesses. The Downtown area has a healthy mix of retail, business and food service businesses to satisfy anyone’s preferences. For more information contact (252) 566-3186 to reach the La Grange Chamber of Commerce.
The CSS Neuse Ironclad
The CSS Neuse was one of 22 ironclads commissioned by the Confederate navy. Having a wide, flat bottom, the vessel resembled a river barge. When completed, the twin-screw steamer was plated with iron armor and measured 158 feet long and 34 feet wide. Delays in construction, low water, and lack of ground support prevented the gunboat from entering combat below Kinston. When Union troops occupied Kinston in March 1865, the Neuse was burned by its crew, resulting in a large explosion in her port bow, which sank the vessel. For information visit this link: http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/hs/neuse/neuse.htm
The Kinston Indians Baseball Team
The Indians, or K-Tribe as they are nicknamed, play their home games in Historic Grainger Stadium.[6][7][8] Their longtime scoreboard operator Delmont Miller is one of the Carolina League’s most unique characters.[9] The Indians’ mascot is a dog named Scout.[10] Scout can usually be found in an Indians jersey and baseball cap, but has also been known to don a Superman t-shirt or an aloha shirt depending on the antics he is performing. Scout replaced an earlier Native American mascot who was named Tom E. Hawk. One of the K-Tribe’s former coaches was Man Soo Lee who was a Triple Crown winner and former home run champ in the Korean Baseball Organization. You can find more information by visiting http://www.kinstonindians.com
La Grange Public Library
Through a partnership with the Neuse Regional Library and the Town of La Grange, the La Grange Public Library offers patrons a wide variety of books, periodicals, internet and computer resources, and other materials. The Library is located at 119 East Washington Street. The library’s hours of operation are as follows:
Monday: 9:00 am - 8:00 pm, and Tuesday through Saturday from 9:00 am - 6:00 pm.
