The road to the Cypress Grill, in the two-stoplight town of Jamesville, North Carolina, scurries down ... leads to the coffee-with-cream-colored Roanoke River. Here the river flows swiftly through ...

Local guide Heber Coltrain led attendees on a river trip — via map and a slide presentation — pointing out some of the history and lore of the storied Roanoke River.