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The Shay locomotive will run along a new line from Topton to Robbinsville as part of a new vacation retreat. The Graham County tourist attraction winds through the Nantahala National Forest and provides a scenic experience of the North Carolina Mountains. The Graham County Railway Company Inc. purchased a 40 acre tract and employs a 'Sidewinder' Shay double engine to pull the train.
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Set to replace the last lightship in North Carolina, the new Texas tower lighthouse station will be built 34 miles southeast of Southport, in 46 feet of water. The new tower will stand 88 feet above the low mean water line, securely anchored into the hard clay beneath the sea floor. Constructed by J. Ray McDermott, a New Orleans based Company, the new tower will cost $1,569,000 to build.
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Chosen for the flowers, weather, and charm existing throughout the city, Tryon, North Carolina was deemed one of the four prettiest towns in the United States by New York Times column writer, Don Culross Peattie. Inspiring a similar article, specifically related to equally awe arousing towns in North Carolina, Old Trudge mentions Southern Pines, Blowing Rock, Chapel Hill, Beaufort, and Belhaven as equal contenders in the prettiest towns debate.
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No longer restricted as places to visit in the summer, beach resorts are becoming more popular as year round homes. The same social clubs, churches, and organizations available to inland folk are more available in beach towns, drawing in a larger number of semi-retired or retired persons. Specifically mentioning Kill Devil Hills, Kitty Hawk, and Nags Head, the author notes the downsides as well as benefits of living on North Carolina's Outer Banks.
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The demand of sport fishing charters in North Carolina is dwindling do to an increase in private boating. A professional fishing guide, arranged by county, is included in this article. Details on the following counties are listed: Dare, Ocracoke, Carteret, Sneads Ferry, Swansboro, New Hanover, Southport, and a section titled, \"further west.\"
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Travelers this year will enjoy some new attractions, as development for tourism takes center stage in North Carolina. Southport's Boiling Springs Lake will be a new place for travelers to visit in July, with the construction of a motel and adjacent golf course with club house.
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Pinehurst, defying the usual fate of old resorts, shows no sign of decay and decline, but has grown in popularity and prosperity over the years. Its growth continues with its connection by scheduled airline from Raleigh, tapping both the east and Midwest airlines. This year for the first time, the corporation will inaugurate s summer season, making Pinehurst a year-round resort.
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North Carolina, which only a few years ago had no lakes west of the Bladen group, now has dozens of large ones, and four more are about to added. The lake created by the Tuckertown dam should be full this spring, measuring seven miles long, containing 3,000 acres, located on the Yadkin between Stanly and Montgomery Counties. Other new lakes will follow, Including Lake Norman on the Catawba, and the lake created by the Gaston Dam of Vepco on the Roanoke River.
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The Fontana Resort, modern by most standards, is the third resort on the site and its history extends back before the turn of the century. Capital of the lumber empire in the 1890s, a railway transformed it into a boom town, later boasting a profitable copper mine, and a large dam. The second Fontana village was built to house construction workers for the TVA dam, and was eventually abandoned. It has now been rebuilt, modernized, and expanded to become one of the state's largest vacation facilities.
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The state's first exclusive lake-residential development is being carved out of a luxuriant jungle in Eastern Carolina. Called Shawnee Acres, it lies on the shore of Lake Waccamaw in Columbus County, just 48 miles from the ocean. Rigid instructions have been imposed to guarantee the finest lake-shore development in the state, the most effective being the price of lots ranging from $5,000 to $7,000.
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North Carolina boasts the largest sport-fishing fleet on the eastern coast operated by one man, Ottis Purifoy. Purifoy's \"Lucky Seven,\"Âoperated out of Morehead City, is comprised now of nine boats with another currently being built. In addition to providing boats and guides, Purifoy has a fish house where he can clean and ice the catch, providing an outlet for his commercial fishing business as well.
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Boiling Springs in Brunswick County is noted as the largest real estate development in North Carolina, already selling over 2,000 building lots. The Brunswick County landscape is dominated by the presence of 50 lakes and ponds, the longest 2.5 miles long. Homes designed especially for senior citizens are anticipated, likely making Boiling Springs popular among retirees.
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According to the author, a \"Historical Triangle\" should be created in southeastern North Carolina, as the area between New Bern, Wilmington, and Morehead City have a variety of attractions appealing to the tourist. The tour could take in Tryon Palace in New Bern, followed by a tour of Wilmington, finishing with Ft. Macon in Morehead City.
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In visiting a new area, people often ask about the location of good restaurant fare and entertainment, eliciting the response from most locals that there is little good to eat or fun attractions. The fiction that high-priced eating places will draw immense local crowds persists, and continues to trap enthusiastic people into making foolish investments. Drawing on the local restaurant fare and available leisure activities, a list of fine motels, outdoor dramas, and travel improvements aid the local and tourist alike in finding acceptable alternatives in North Carolina.
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Asheville's new and unusual visitor attraction, the Colburn Mineral Museum, was started with the collection of the late Burnham S. Colburn totaling over 500 pieces. Now housing more than 2,000 minerals, the collection features many stones native to North Carolina, including Hiddenite, a rare mineral found only in Alexandria County. Among the oddities of stones is a piece of flexible sandstone able to bend at an angle.
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