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The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, located on the border of western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee, is America's most visited national park. Funded by the United States Government and donations on behalf of John D. Rockefeller, the Great Smoky Mountains national park encompasses 507,159.16 acres.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 22 Issue 5, July 1954, p13-14, il
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30408
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Across North Carolina, you are in convenient driving distance to take in the many attractions of autumn in the state. Surf fishing on the coast, golf in the Sandhills, and hiking and handicrafts in the western mountains offer residents and tourists an abundance of fall activities.
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30760
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From Cherokee to Clingman's Dome in the Great Smokies Park in North Carolina, bears are one of the main attractions, and there are many chances to see them. But the National Park Service urges tourists to keep a safe distance for the sake of both the bears and the humans.
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24628
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The author discusses popular tourism activities in Tryon, North Carolina, including participating in hunting on horseback.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 27 Issue 22, April 1960, p17-20, il
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30879
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Edenton, North Carolina was the setting for a Revolutionary Tea Party in 1774, but it is also a treasure-trove of homes and public buildings that survive from the days of the town as colonial capital of the state.
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10299
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The Penland School of Handicrafts, at Penland, is marking its twenty-fifth anniversary. Founded by Lucy Morgan as a weaving school, it has grown from a small beginning to the largely and most widely known strictly crafts school in the country. Over the past twenty-five years, students from forty-seven states and thirty-seven foreign countries have been enrolled.
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30436
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Golf tops the list of North Carolina's winter resort attractions. Lodges like Pinehurst--a winter golf capital--provide quality accommodations and food to golfers at a low price. And although golf is a major attraction to winter resorts, horse racing and skiing also draw large crowds.
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30770
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Giant trees, clean streams, and no traffic noise bring tourists to the Giant Forest, part of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park near Cherokee, North Carolina. Towering over 3,000 feet in elevation, the Giant Forest is a one of a kind wilderness, offering trails for the amateur and experienced hikers.
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30800
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Spring brings peak activity to North Carolina's big mid-south golf and riding resorts. Horse training centers for training and conditioning of horses for race or show is another multi-million dollar industry in the North Carolina's tourism appeal. Steeplechase races, harness horse races, hunter trials, and horse shows provide visitors a glimpse of the full racing and show circuits.
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We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 16 Issue 2, June 1958, p34-35, 39, por
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30779
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From late winter to early summer, flowers are in display across North Carolina. From the southeastern coasts to the Blue Ridge Mountains, festivals, garden tours, and flower shows highlight the spring blossoms as their patterns of blooming spread across the state.
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30895
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Dare County, on the North Carolina Outer Banks, is a land of firsts. It is the place of England's first colonization of the New World, and the place of the first successful flight. Both of these events are commemorated for visitors through Fort Raleigh and the outdoor drama of the Lost Colony and the Wright Brothers National Monument.
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30718
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North Carolina's vacation-lands are offering new and more tourist attractions, better highways for access, and more accommodations from mountains to sea. New links to the Blue Ridge Parkway and a new bridge across the Croatan Sound are just a few of the new access routes, while expanded golf courses, modern motor courts, and special attractions are bringing in tourists across the state.
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12631
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Towering 6,684 feet above sea level, North Carolina's Mount Mitchell is the highest peak in Eastern America. On the summit is a North Carolina State Park in which no point is less than a mile above sea level. From many points along the Blue Ridge Parkway, there are superlative views of Mitchell and its rugged neighboring peaks in the Black Mountain Range between Asheville and Spruce Pine.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 26 Issue 5, Aug 1958, p51-52, il
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30819
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Just off the scenic motor routes, North Carolina's mountains offer hiking up some of the tallest peaks in the eastern United States. Over 1000 miles of marked trails for amateurs to the professional lead through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests, even connecting the Appalachian Trail from Maine to Georgia.
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30594
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St. Patrick's Day will be the opening day of the 1956 hunt racing and steeple chase season. The season will open in North Carolina with the Stoneybrook Hunt Race Meeting at Southern Pines, North Carolina. Sanctioned since 1953, the Stoneybrook race attracts well known horses, riders, owners and trainers from all over the United States.