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8897
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The whaling industry began along the North Carolina coast during the 17th-century. Prized for their oil and bones, whales were hunted primarily between February and April as they migrated toward northern waters. Whaling was a community activity. Men would man the ships and bring in the catch while women and children waited onshore readying scrapping knives and tending fires to boil the oil from blubber. In 1899 a hurricane ravaged Camp Lookout. The hurricane, and a dwindling whale population, ended North Carolina's whaling industry.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 51 Issue 8, Jan 1984, p22-23, il, por
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9271
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In 1585, Sir Walter Raleigh sent Sir Richard Grenville and Ralph Lane to explore the New World. The 108 men landed on Roanoke Island in North Carolina where they would celebrate the first English Christmas.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 46 Issue 7, Dec 1978, p23-24, il
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9590
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A two hundred mile stretch of trail ran from Paint Rock bordering Tennessee to the Saluda Gap on the edge of South Carolina. Because seventy miles of the trail was difficult to travel, especially for cattle, a new road from the Saluda Gap to the Tennessee line was purposed in 1827. This became known as the Buncombe Turnpike, and it increased business greatly and lifted the economy of western North Carolina. By the 1870s, the railroad began moving west, and the stock driving was replaced by the more lucrative transport of corn and other cash crops.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 44 Issue 10, Mar 1977, p9-11, il
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24526
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The author recounts the importance of salt in North Carolina’s economy since the 1700s. During the American Revolution, salt was scarce, prompting towns on the coast of North Carolina to build their own salt works for local production.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 45 Issue 4, September 1977, p16-18, 39, il
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9112
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By 1700, ships from the New England Whaling Fleet took advantage of beached whales along North Carolina's coast, using the carcasses to make oil. By 1885, a town of over 500 people lived in Lookout Woods, later called Diamond City, chiefly to whale live specimens. Most of the whales killed were Right Whales, yielding an average of 200 barrels of oil each. Due to a decreased number of whales swimming off the coast, whaling in North Carolina ended around 1899.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 44 Issue 1, June 1976, p14-16, il
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9133
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During the Colonial Period, North Carolina accounted for three fifths of all naval stores shipped from the American colonies to England. Naval stores include tar, rosin, turpentine, and pitch. In 1705, England, no longer dependent on Sweden and the Baltic countries for stores, passed the Naval Stores Bounty Act, authorizing large payments for the goods from the colonies. Although the turpentine industry boomed in the 1840s and 50s, the Civil War was devastating to the industry which never fully recovered after the war.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 44 Issue 5, Oct 1976, p14-16, il
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9183
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By the 1720s, rice was becoming a staple crop in North Carolina. In 1860, the rice yield from the Lower Cape Fear region reached eight million pounds. Swamp land had to be cleared to plant rice and slaves were used to cultivate and harvest the crop. Although rice continued to be grown after the Civil War, rice-growing in North Carolina came to a cessation in the 1890s.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 44 Issue 7, Dec 1976, p14-16, 39, il
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24547
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Early in the settlement of North Carolina, indigo was an exciting and valuable crop for colonists. This article discusses the history and importance of the crop and methods of production.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 43 Issue 12, May 1976, p18-19, 27, il
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9386
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John White, the second Caucasian artist in America, was an explorer and competent mapmaker commissioned by Sir Walter Raleigh to publicize the new domain of Queen Elizabeth. In 1585 White painted many landscapes, fauna and floral studies, and scenes of the daily lives of the Native Americans.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 42 Issue 9, Feb 1975, p9-11, il
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12297
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Once a busy place used by two railway systems, the Apex Depot had closed by 1969. The railroad company donated the building to the town. As the town's centennial approached, a community effort was launched to turn the old building into the Apex Community Library, and by late 1972 it was ready to open.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 41 Issue 2, July 1973, p14-16, il
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10832
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The Appalachian, mountain, or plucked dulcimer--the adjectives are interchangeable--is not the same instrument as one called by that name in the Bible (Daniel 3:5). Nor is it the trapezoidal harp-like forerunner of the piano, as described in Webster's Dictionary. The mountain dulcimer is an entirely homogenous and unique handmade creation, distinct from any other stringed instrument. The mountain dulcimer, with two to eight strings, most commonly three, large tuning pegs and a fretted fingerboard, has a borrowed name but is a decidedly original instrument that was very likely spontaneously developed in the Appalachian Mountain region.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 35 Issue 3, July 1967, p9-11, 43, il
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16462
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The Appalachian, mountain, or plucked dulcimer is not the same instrument as one called by that name in the Bible. Nor is it the trapezoidal harp-like forerunner of the piano described in Webster's Dictionary. The mountain dulcimer seems an entirely homogeneous and unique handmade creation, distinct from any other stringed musical instrument.
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15376
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Folks living in the mountains of western North Carolina were portrayed in a romantic light of simpler people living a simpler life. Classic stereotypes were of tall, bearded men hunting, fishing, and making moonshine while their barefoot wives tended to house and home. In this piece, a different perspective is given about those living in the mountains of western North Carolina and that in fact the population was educated, living in homes and not just cabins, and had a greater grasp of the world beyond the mountains.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 3 Issue 9, July 1935, p6-7, 22, il
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