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Carl Ernest Duckett, born in Swannanoa, North Carolina in 1923, served as the Central Intelligence Agency’s top science official. A collection of declassified documents unveiled Duckett’s role as a key player in high-tech espionage at the height of the Cold War, which he quietly helped win. Duckett oversaw secret programs including U-2 surveillance flights, the agency’s CORONA spy satellites, and its Glomar Explorer mission to raise a sunken Soviet nuclear submarine from the ocean’s depths.
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The late Samuel J. Ervin, Jr. was the United States Senator whose investigation of the Watergate affair and related abuses led to President Richard Nixon’s political demise. As both the public record and declassified papers show, Ervin was willing to wade into some of the country’s most vexing questions of law and order. Born in Morganton, North Carolina in 1896, Ervin played a key role in the 1954 deliberations about Senator Joseph McCarthy, and laws regarding Americans’ rights to privacy and freedom from government meddling.
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There has long been a plentiful demand for native Western North Carolina gems and minerals. Alan Schabilion’s family business, Emerald Village in Little Switzerland, is a thriving tribute to the Spruce Pine Mining District, an area that has claimed more than seven-hundred mines that have yielded more than one-hundred different gems, minerals, and rocks. These minerals have been a crucial part of the region’s natural history, culture, and economy.
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Efforts were being made to improve health outcomes for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The Tribal Health Assessment (THA) noted widespread incidences of chronic diseases and mental illnesses. These health issues are being combatted through measures such as the construction of a new hospital and the Healthy Roots program, offering fresh vegetables grown at two local youth gardens
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 79 Issue 1, January/February 2015,
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42728
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Buncombe County native, Henry Vance Pickens, a Confederate veteran, joined with partners to incorporate the French Broad Steamboat Company in 1880. He secured Congressional assistance to have the French Broad dredged and in 1881, the first steamboat on the river the Mountain Lily made its maiden voyage.
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During the nation's golden era of amusement parks (1950s-70s, North Carolina became a mini mecca of distinctly themed parks. discussed are; Tweetsie Railroad, Land of Oz, Santa's Land, Gold City, Ghost Town in the Sky, Cherokee Wonderland and Frontier Land.
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Camp Catawba, a boys' summer camp in rural Watauga County was founded by Vera Lachmann, a native of Berlin. The camp closed after the summer of 1970.
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"For a few decades, at least, the kingdom thrived as one of the only independent enclaves of its type in the American South. But then, almost as suddenly as it appeared, the Happy Land became a veritable lost colony." In exchange for needed farm labor, Serepta Davis sold the group of former slaves 180 acres of her planation that became the nucleus for "The Happy Land".
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Hunter, former vice-president of sales with Brevard based Sylvan Sport launched Black Folks Camp Too in 2019 as a for profit enterprise engaged in assisting outdoor gear companies and government tourism agencies in promoting outdoor recreation to more Black folks.
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"As the nation celebrates Frederick Law Olmsted's 200th birthday, witness the creation--and evolution--of his visionary Biltmore landscapes." Olmsted's work in designing the grounds and surrounding views of Biltmore is discussed at length. Several events are planned this year to honor the renowned landscape architect.
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