Record #:

2772

Author(s):

Lewellen, Faye

Abstract:

Ginseng, first exported in 1794, was a profitable product of the state's western mountains. Still popular today, 10,000 pounds were exported in 1993 at $300 a pound.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 63 Issue 10, Mar 1996, p14, il

Subject(s):

Exports; Ginseng--North Carolina, Western

Record #:

2488

Author(s):

Lewellen, Faye

Abstract:

When imports of mica, a mineral of great strategic value to American military production during World War II, were cut off, the western part of the state became the nation's mining center for this critical mineral.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 63 Issue 4, Sept 1995, p17-18, il

Subject(s):

Mica mines and mining--North Carolina, Western; North Carolina--History--World War, 1939-1945--Equipment and supplies

Record #:

2084

Author(s):

Lewellen, Faye

Abstract:

Jonathan Worth, North Carolina's first post-Civil War governor, endured strong opposition from the state's unionists to his efforts to provide artificial limbs to those Confederate soldiers who lost limbs in battle. His tireless efforts were successful.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 62 Issue 8, Jan 1995, p36-37, por

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Worth, Jonathan, 1802-1869