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30995
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In Pender County, North Carolina, a farmer is growing a quantity of his green grass feed without soil, cultivation, or fertilizer. J.G. Fussell of Penderlea uses electricity in a unique grass incubator--called hydroponics--creating a near perfect growing season for all 12 months of the year. Cost of operating the incubator is nominal and supplies a sufficient quantity of feed for 14 sows.
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7761
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Two prominent families were brought together when Henry Flagler and Mary Kenan wed in 1901. Flagler was one of the founders of the Standard Oil Company and founder of the Florida East Coast Railway System. Kenan also came from a well-known family. Her brother, for example, was famous for discovering carbon gas for home lighting before the electric light was used, and he built the first electric light plant in Chapel Hill. Henry Flagler died in 1918 (sic) and left their $4 million mansion named “Whitehall,” in Palm Beach, Florida, to Mary. She established the Kenan Professorship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her siblings inherited the estate after her death and began a long tradition of philanthropy in North Carolina, including major funding for the Kenan Stadium and Kenan Memorial Auditorium.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 54 Issue 4, Sept 1986, p16-17,28, il, por
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11942
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On its golden anniversary, Carolina Power & Light Company (CP&L) recalls some of the whimsies of a half century. The author recalls some of CP&L's three, original, small holdings and its customer base of only 1,500. In addition to memories of a meager start, the company's half-century of records is recalled, including a service area of 30,000 square miles, and 403,000 customers.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 26 Issue 4, July 1958, p11-12, il
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2710
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Horne Creek Farm, established by Thomas Houser between 1875 and 1880 in Surry County, has been selected by the Div. of Archives and History to be the first living history farm. Chosen from 5,000 entries, it was designated a State Historic Site in 1987.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 55 Issue 8, Jan 1988, p22-23, il, por
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7735
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In 1766 or 1767, David Caldwell established what became known as the Log College in present day Greensboro. Many of the men who attended the school transferred to Princeton and UNC-Chapel Hill, which is why it gained the nickname “grandfather of U.N.C.” The school closed in 1822, two years after Caldwell retired at the age of ninety-five. By 1976, the North Carolina Society for Preservation of Antiquities was able to save a twenty-acre site, which included the Log College. The site was also developed into the Bicentennial Garden, which includes paths and historic markers.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 54 Issue 1, June 1986, p16-17, 33, il, por
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31041
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The natural spring once touted as the southeastern North Carolina's most promising resource is not the center of a new and novel development. Bouncing Log Spring has become Boiling Springs Lake, Inc; the 14000 acre coastal oak and long leaf pine area is being transformed into a budding housing development surrounding a 350 acre man-make lake.
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7847
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In 1968, North Carolina opened its first welcome center on Interstate 85. By 1986, there were eight welcome centers on the major highways that were visited by fifty million tourists each day. The Travel and Tourism Division of the state was aware that tourism was ranked the third largest industry. The division boasted that the welcome centers made tourists feel comfortable while they were educated about the state.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 54 Issue 10, Mar 1987, p8-9,31, il
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