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23642
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Black Mountain College was the brain child of John A. Rice, Jr. and was considered one of the most forward-thinking higher learning liberal arts centers of its time. The college supported a thorough inclusion of the arts in its education program.
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23661
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Olive Dame Campbell was a teacher in the 20th century who worked to record and preserve the songs of Appalachian culture.
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23665
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The Fontana Dam in Swain and Graham Counties in North Carolina was built to supply energy for defense industries during World War II.
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WNC Magazine
(NoCar F261 .W64), Vol. 2 Issue 9, November/December 2008,
p52-55, il
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23725
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Miles discusses the suffering and loss of North Carolina's regiments during the battle of Gettysburg.
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WNC Magazine
(NoCar F261 .W64), Vol. 2 Issue 1, January/February 2008,
p100-111, il
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23736
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The 496-mile Blue Ridge Parkway is a paradigm of landscaping and engineering genius. The authors discuss the history of the parkway and some of the more notable stops.
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23742
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Following the Revolutionary War, a group of far western North Carolina counties attempted to create their own State of Franklin. It had its own governor, legislature, and state capitol but failed to survive statehood.
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22418
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After Daniel Boone, North Carolina's most famous mountain man was Big Tom Wilson, who was a noted guide, tracker, bear hunter, and master story teller who lived in Yancey County. However, it was leading a search party to find Elisha Mitchell's body in 1857 that brought him nationwide fame. Mitchell's claim that Black Mountain was the highest in the Appalachians had been challenged and he fell to his death remeasuring the mountain. Black Mountain was later named Mt. Mitchell in his honor when his claim was proven.
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22449
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The cultivation of tobacco was not unique to Eastern North Carolina comes to mind. The cash crop was also grown in the state's western mountains where those who worked in tobacco faced numerous difficulties.
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