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12901
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Incorporated in 1869 and named for Lafayette's home near Paris; La Grange, North Carolina is a railroad-born town sustained via farming and tobacco production.
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Born in Siam in 1811, as Siamese twins, Chang and Eng Bunker arrived in America in 1819. Brought to the New World on a sailing ship captained by a man named Coffin, the Bunker brothers began an exhibition tour, stopping in North Carolina along the way. While in North Carolina, in 1839, the brothers met Adelaide and Sarah Yates, whom they married four years later. The Bunkers settled in Wilkes County and lived between Europe and America until their deaths, 17 January 1874.
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Tweetsie was the nickname given the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railway, which ran between Boone and Johnson City until 1940. The Tweetsie negotiated 66 miles of track carrying almost anything from chestnuts to iron ore. In 1946 the rail was taken up for scrap during the war, but some of her legacy remains as Gene Autry added the last engine to his collection and at least two box cars serve as refreshment stands and diners.
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Washington, North Carolina had been struggling with dwindling industry and the development of nearby towns such as Kinston, which challenged Washington's commerce. Upon hiring Bill Patterson as Chamber of Commerce Secretary, a survey of suitable industries and special advertising were put in place to entice businesses to move to Washington. Kinston shirt manufacturers, Samsons Inc., relocated to Washington and eventually, upon trying to improve water, sewage, and other facilities, the National Spinning Company signed an agreement with Washington as well.
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Banks are making it more convenient for patrons to visit. Banking is becoming modern and competitive. Branches and tellers are springing up all over larger cities, some with air-conditioning, attractive furnishings, and drive-up windows. New services are also available such as automatic savings and college tuition savings plans.
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13166
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With an estimated 2,800 individuals comprising North Carolina's Cherokee Indian Nation, the indigenous peoples of the state were at one time considered the most progressive tribe in America.
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Old Wilkesboro, the first town and county seat, was settled in 1788, with scattered activity, but great men of North Carolina's history have graced the streets of this quiet town. Across the river, North Wilkesboro has demonstrated a boom in city-building and growing industry.
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Caldwell County is named for Dr. Joseph Caldwell, who was a math professor (1796) and later president (1806) of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Pleasants lists towns in the county, including Lenoir, Granite Falls, Rhodhiss, Hudson, and Globe, and gives information on how they were named and how they grew.
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Eighty years before Boston's celebrated tea party, Brunswick's resistance to Britain took play in open daylight, was led by the most prominent men of the community, with arms in their hands, who defied His Majesty's governor, his navy, and his tax collectors. Today, Old Brunswick is a ghost town on the banks of the Cape Fear River.
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13249
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Old towns and new thrive in the new awaking of eastern North Carolina. Carteret County is developing with new ports, but fishing is still king. Pleasants details the little cities of Carteret County.
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13277
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The Outer Banks have been called North Carolina's most pronounced geographical curiosity. Pleasants details the history and the changes that have occurred on the Outer Banks.
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13283
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Slowly, but steadily, modernistic highways are speedily replacing the original antiquated system.
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13288
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The secret of many of Haywood County's distinctions and achievements is Canton. The not-so-concealed secret of Canton is Champion Paper & Fibre Company. And the secret to Champion's success is Reuben Robertson, manager, president, and chairman of Champion's board.
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Gaston County, formed in 1846, was named for William Gaston (1778-1844), a member of Congress and a judge on the North Carolina Supreme Court. Pleasants provides brief historical summaries on the towns comprising Gaston County: Bessemer City, Belmont, Mount Holly, Cherryville, Dallas, Stanley, Cramerton, East Gastonia, Lowell, McAdenville, High Shoals, Lucia, Crowder, Dellview, and Ranlo.
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A Tar Heel was considered by President Woodrow Wilson to be the best qualified man in the United States to be President. David Franklin Houston was born in Monroe in 1866 and served in Wilson's cabinet for 8 years as Secretary of Agriculture and Secretary of the Treasury.
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