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15236
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An engineer's misunderstood message caused the collision of two trains near Linwood Station in Davidson County disrupting the tour of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Ordered to pull into a siding to allow passage of the show train, the engineer then pulled his freight train back onto the tracks, unaware that a second show train was following. Myers recounts the aftermath of the collision.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 79 Issue 5, Oct 2011, p56-58, 60, 62, il, por Periodical Website
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16543
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Myers recounts the history of Badin, located in Stanly County. It began with an English engineer's idea to build dams on the Yadkin River to generate power. Seven years later the project went bankrupt, and the French took over. When WWI broke out, the French went home to fight. ALCOA bought the project and ran it for the next one hundred years, becoming Badin's major employer with its aluminum plant. The plant closed in 2010, but the four dams continue to generate power for the area.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 79 Issue 12, May 2012, p58-60, 62, 64, 66, il Periodical Website
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16202
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An accidental discovery by John Reed's son in 1799 Cabarrus County started the nation's first gold rush. Gold would be discovered in the following years in thirty-four of the state's one hundred counties. For the next fifty years, until the big gold strike in California in 1849, the state led the country in the production of gold.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 79 Issue 10, Mar 2012, p48-50, 52, 54, 56, 58-59, il, por, map Periodical Website
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16600
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As the 20th-century began, rabbit hunting was a popular sport in Chatham County. Rabbit meat was also a tasty and popular dish, and found its way onto local menus as well as those in hotels in New York City, Baltimore, and other northern cities. The desire for rabbit meat eventually died down but recently it has been making a comeback in a number of places since 2010.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 79 Issue 11, Apr 2012, p58-62, 64-66, il, por Periodical Website
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