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In the 19th-century, many people vacationed at elaborate resorts located near mineral springs, where days were passed in dining and socializing. Among the best-known resorts were Jones Springs in Warren County and Hot Springs in Madison County.
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Benjamin Smith of Brunswick County led a memorable life - Revolutionary War soldier, fifteen-term state senator, and benefactor of the University of North Carolina - yet he died a pauper and was buried in an unmarked grave.
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German immigrant Francis J. Kron was the southern Piedmont's first educated doctor. A physician of many interests, horticulturist, educator, and gourmet, he practiced in the Stanly County area until his death. His restored home stands in Morrow Mountain State Park.
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Druggist Caleb Bradham concocted soft drinks at his New Bern store. One was called Brad's Drink, and in 1898, it became Pepsi Cola. Although he made millions, fluctuating sugar prices contributed to his bankruptcy in 1923.
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The Lumina, built in 1905 by Hugh MacRae, was three stories tall, lit by 1,000 candles, and 25,000 square feet of fun, swimming, and dancing at Wrightsville Beach. Special trains ran from Wilmington, and it was \"the\" place to be up to the 40s. It was torn down in 1973.
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Hugh MacRae's interests were varied and visionary. Among them were the creation of the resort town of Linville, pioneering the electrical industry, building the Lumina at Wrightsville Beach, and agricultural and mining ventures.
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In Sedalia in 1902, Charlotte Hawkins Brown founded a unique private school for Afro-Americans, the Palmer Memorial Institute. She was 19. It became one of the finest schools for Afro-Americans in the nation. In 1987, it was designated a state historic site, the Charlotte Hawkins Brown Memorial.
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Gov. John Motley Morehead, born on July 4, 1796, was one of the state's most visionary leaders of the early 19th-century. Among his many ideas were a highway system, a port at Beaufort, the North Carolina Railroad, schools for the blind and deaf, and navigable rivers.
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Born near Falkland in Pitt County, Dr. Richard Henry Lewis was a much-recognized pioneer in public health in the state during his fifty-year medical career.
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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,
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In 1905, Lunsford Richardson, a Greensboro druggist, went into business to sell his own medicines. The company became a huge success, and one of the products, Vicks VapoRub, is still famous worldwide after 92 years.
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Laying track to take the Western North Carolina Railroad from Old Fort to Asheville was a feat of engineering. Begun in 1877, the task included building seven tunnels and overcoming steep mountains to bring the first train through on October 3, 1880.
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For championing the cause of rural mail delivery, U.S. Congressman John Steele Henderson of Salisbury is called the father of R.F.D. mail. One of the first routes in the country began in his home county of Rowan, at China Grove, on October 23, 1896.
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Estelle Lawson Page wanted to be a doctor but was prevented by her father. She turned to golf, becoming one of the nation's best golfers and winning over twenty-two tournaments. She was one of the five original members of the N.C. Sports Hall of Fame.
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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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