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11711
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Colonel Will Thomas, a famous North Carolinian trader and Native American advocate, became the first white chief of the Eastern band of the Cherokee Tribe. Noted for assembling a legion that guarded the mountain passes against invaders from the west during the Civil War, Thomas additionally served as land owner of the Cherokee territory, preserving the area for a reservation as well as augmenting the territory through land purchases.
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13423
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From the mountains of Roan come firs, spruce, balsams, and pines. In the Sandhills the business of pines, cones, holly, and other evergreens is growing. Clarendon Gardens at Pinehurst have the largest collection of holly trees in the south, and the coast offers cedar, holly, mistletoe, and yaupon.
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13575
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At a time when the General Assembly is reconsidering the North Carolina liquor laws, Pleasants chronologically recounts the, \"never ending legislative controversy\" surrounding alcohol within the state.
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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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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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15708
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Pleasants examines the status of today's Cherokees, who live on their reservation in Western North Carolina.
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11271
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Herb Williams purchased some military surplus that he turned into a fortune. Williams purchased an old military facility water works at Camp Davis in Onslow County. He later discovered that the area he had bought for pennies from the government performed very well as a breeding area for frogs. He then created a new North Carolina industry around frog legs and sold frog legs nationwide at $2.75 a pound in other states.
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12739
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After Senator Ben Sumner of Rutherford called for more honest reporting in Raleigh, newspapermen began asking if the profession should not look into these charges to determine their validity. Sometime later, the Raleigh News & Observer was accused of quoting out of context, and factual errors. In addition to newspapermen, several women, editors, and owners of local newspapers, began researching the accusations.
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13441
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The boundary dispute in the 1740s between North and South Carolina found Anson County caught in the middle. Continued confusion over land rights resulted in forced land seizures, and land holders refusing to pay taxes to North or South Carolina. The dispute and confusion continued until after the Revolutionary War.
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Edward I. Weisiger is president of Carolina Tractor and Equipment Company. Three businessmen founded the company in Salisbury in 1926 to sell Caterpillar equipment, making it one of the oldest Caterpillar dealers in the country. Weisiger assumed the presidency from his father in 1965.
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12580
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Replacing the Cape Fear light on Smith Island, the 142' tall Oak Island Lighthouse is the brightest in the western hemisphere. Established as a working light on 15 May 1958, and built by W. F. Brinkley and Son, the Oak Island Lighthouse marks the entryway into the Cape Fear River.
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13545
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The richest strike every made in North Carolina is not copper or gold, but $25,000,000 worth of black tungsten taken from the Hamme mine in Vance County.
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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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13694
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Three races of Native Americans populate Robeson County; they are the Doegs, Melange, and Malungeons. The author suggests that this can be attributed to inter-racial procreation between Native Americans and the lost colonists from Roanoke.
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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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