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Sparta, county seat of Alleghany County, is OUR STATE magazine's featured Tar Heel town of the month
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Lexington, county seat of Davidson County, is OUR STATE magazine's featured Tar Heel town of the month. The city, known as the \"Barbecue Capital of the World,\" attracts over 100,000 people yearly to its Barbecue Festival. Other places to visit include the Bob Timberlake Gallery, the Childress Vineyards, and The Candy Factory.
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Up to the age of 50, Earline heath King had been a color tinter of photographs, a singer for conventioneers, and a homemaker supporting her husband's career as a painter. King always signed her maiden name in the lower case. Her husband Joe was a well-known painter, and one of his commissions was to paint a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. At age 50, she reluctantly took a course in sculpting, and a new career was born. Her sculptures have been shown in England, Italy, and across the country. Twenty-two pieces of public art, including statues of Bowman Gray and Winston Churchill, are on display in her native Winston-Salem. At age 93, she has seven commissions awaiting her attention.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 75 Issue 1, June 2007,
p174-176, 178, 180, il, por
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The Quilt Trail Project, which began in Tennessee, has crossed the border into six North Carolina mountain counties. The project honors the long standing tradition of quilting. Grant money and private donations finance the design, construction, and installation of these decorative, highly colorful signs that depict classic and original quilt patterns. The designs are displayed on the sides of barns and other buildings.
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For thirty years, Salisbury weaver Whitney Johnson Peckmen wove tapestries. Now she has moved into a medium using unique materials; she paints on gourds. Peckman uses tall, shapely Zucca gourds which she buys from a grower in California.
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Reenactments of battles gained popularity when the United States celebrated its 1976 bicentennial. Reenactments started for the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in Greensboro in 1981. In March 2006, the 225th anniversary of the battle will take place with a variety of activities, including the reenactment. Cissna discusses the battle and talks with a number of reenactors.
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After time with the Army medical corps, banking, and Winston-Salem's Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, a chance encounter created in genealogist Mel White a passion for tracing African American family trees. He gathered data on Happy Hill, an historically African American residential section near Old Salem. This led to a major exhibit, “Across the Creek from Salem: The Story of Happy Hill, 1816-1952,†in The Gallery at Old Salem. In 2005, White left his job at Old Salem to pursue his in interest in African American genealogy. To date, he has built a database containing over 20,000 names.
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Smithfield has sat at a crossroads for its 200-year history. Transportation systems determined much of its success. First came a ferryboat and public house, then the railroad, and finally an interstate highway. Tobacco and cotton fueled the economy at one time, but as they declined, successful pork and sweet potato industries replaced them. The town's attractions include a new museum dedicated to the late movie star Ava Gardner, who grew up there; a reviving Neuse River waterfront; and shopping destinations along Interstate 95, including Carolina Premium Outlets.
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Salisbury, established in 1755, is the county seat of Rowan County. The town welcomes growth and is business-friendly, but at the same time does not want to compromise its small-town values and quality of life. A former mill town, Salisbury's economy rests on locally-based businesses, like Food Lion, Cheerwine, and Power Curbers. Many of the historic structures in the downtown area are preserved. Visitors can take an informative trolley tour and see sights including the Old Presbyterian Bell Tower, Rowan County Museum, the Old Drug Store, the Utzman-Chambers House, and the Salisbury National Cemetery, which contains the remains of over 5,000 Union soldiers who died at the Salisbury Prison.
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On November 10, 2003, Congress designated twenty-five counties western North Carolina and the Qualla Boundary as the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area. Cissna discusses how this designation affected the region.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 74 Issue 5, Oct 2006,
p160-162, 164, 166-167, il
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Danbury, county seat of Stokes County, depends on the county government; some industry; agriculture; some bits of history (like the Moratock Iron Furnace); and natural attractions, including Hanging Rock State Park, for its economic base.
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