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4428
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In 1794, John Beam bought land in what is now Cleveland County and began farming. The family would farm the property, now on the National Register of Historic Places, for over 100 years. The authors describe the site's architectural and archaeological features, look at the placement of the farmstead on the Piedmont landscape, and describe farm changes during the 100 years of Beam family ownership.
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North Carolina Archaeology
(NoCar E 78 S55 S6), Vol. 47 Issue , Oct 1998,
p66-82, il, bibl
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852
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Robert Rice Reynolds was a US Senator from Asheville who served from 1933 to 1945.
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The North Carolina Association of Educators had its start in Morehead City in June 1887. Teachers stayed for two weeks at the convention, which was to provide rest and relaxation from the schoolroom. At least 1700 attended the convention the first year, of which 900 stayed at the Atlantic Hotel. Afternoons were filled with boat rides and swimming, while the evenings featured lectures from noteworthy North Carolinians, such as the governor, the president of UNC, the superintendent of public instruction, and various university professors.
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When Charles Salter's cow and calf went missing on Bogue Banks, North Carolina in 1917, Salter suspected wrongdoing. John Wheeler Glover was known for his intolerance of animals roaming on his land. When Salter confronted him, an argument ensued. Both men pulled their guns and killed each other simultaneously. Because there were no witnesses, the shootout has left many questions unanswered. We will never know if Glover killed Salter's animals.
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Judge William B. Rodman's anecdote about an Italian officer seeking the Italian Embassy and a confusing travel advertisement in the NEW YORK TIMES are examples of lighter moments that arise when Washington, N.C. is mistaken for Washington, D.C.
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James McAllister and Williamson Fuller were both born in Fayetteville in the mid-19th-century. McAllister's wife was a slave owned by a distinguished Cumberland County family which included his friend Fuller. McAllister was so grateful for their friendship that he willed his property to Fuller. Fuller combined the five thousand dollars he received for selling the property and his own five thousand dollars worth of Bethlehem Steel Co. stock to create the “James McAllister Fund.†It is not a charity; monies are distributed annually as Christmas gifts to “recognize colored people who live in close community and harmony with both races.â€
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Abram van Wyck Budd received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania and could have had a good life as a big city doctor. Yet he chose to come to Egypt in Chatham County in 1855 as a coal company surgeon. He later served in the Confederate Army, returning after the war to Egypt, where for the next sixteen years he traveled the backwoods, treating those too poor to help themselves. He later moved to Lockville on the Cape Fear River, where he died.
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Enhanced by Raleigh's first centennial celebration, the North Carolina State Fair of 1892 was \"the social event of the year.\"
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3353
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Elizabeth City newspaper editor W. O. Saunders' visions for the Outer Banks included the Wright Memorial, Lost Colony pageant, and bridging Oregon Inlet, but it was a 1934 article on 400 Pasquotank County outhouses that brought him national fame.
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Through her prominent position in Washington, DC society, Mrs. Rose O'Neal Greenhow was able to gather information of value to the South during the Civil War. Imprisoned by the North, then later deported to Richmond, she went to Europe in 1862 to try to win support for the Southern cause. On her return in 1864, her ship ran aground off Wilmington, and she drowned attempting to reach shore.
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North Carolina has a number of state symbols--state bird, state flower, state song, etc. Arthur wants North Carolina to have a state fish--the herring--and he presents his arguments on its behalf.
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In May 1791, George Washington visited Charlotte, North Carolina and found it to be an unimpressive and ‘trifling place.’ This article discusses why the President felt that way and how the city has since changed.
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Spanish captain Francisco de Miranda recorded in his diary his 47-day trip to North Carolina in 1783. His writings give insight into the infant North Carolina communities of the time.
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Bicycling in the late 19th-century brought not only a new form of transportation to the state, but also a change in the social order of men and women.
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24458
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The author presents women from North Carolina during the Revolutionary and Civil Wars and how they participated in protecting their state and property. For example, some women spied on British troops for American soldiers during the Revolutionary War.
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