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Where the Deep and Haw rivers join to form the Cape Fear River, the town of Haywood once stood. Established in 1796, the town was named for John Haywood, who served as the state treasurer of North Carolina from 1787 to 1827. Haywood was proposed as the permanent home of the state capital, and in 1792, it was proposed as the home for the University of North Carolina. Daniels recounts the history of the town from its founding in 1796 to its demise in the20th-century.
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21344
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In 1912, the US Army sent a convoy of trucks on a 1,500 mile trip from Washington, D.C. to Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indiana. The purpose was to determine if automotive vehicles could replace the army mule. Captain (later Brigadier-General) Alexander Williams, a native of Cumberland County, was the leader of the convoy that tackled the terrible roads and winter weather in North Carolina. The overall route passed through seven states and took fifty days. Getting through North Carolina took three weeks. Daniels recounts the journey.
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7073
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The Tar Heel Junior History Association is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary in 2003. During its history the association has played a leading role in promoting the study of state and local history in the schools. The authors discuss some of the association's landmarks over the past fifty years, including the General Assembly's passing legislation ( Bill #207) establishing the association in April 1953, the start of the TAR HEEL JUNIOR HISTORIAN magazine in 1963, and the opening of a gallery in 1995 in the North Carolina Museum of History to showcase award-winning student projects.
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