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Teresa Pennington, a self-taught artist who currently lives in Waynesville, tried several mediums before she found the one which fit her hand-colored pencils. Terrell discusses the life and work of this artist whose many pictures capture western North Carolina.
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William Sherley \"Bill\" Williams, born in Tryon in 1787, was one of the West's most colorful characters. A consummate mountain man, he was a friend of Kit Carson, Jim Bridgers, and Jeremiah Johnson. He was also a preacher, trapper, guide, and scout. He was killed in a fight with Ute Indians.
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George Beverly Shea, 94, has been the featured soloist on the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association team for fifty-six years. Shea, who lives in Montreat, is profiled in this OUR STATE article.
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On August 30, 1916, Winston-Salem and Asheville, two baseball teams in the North Carolina State League, made baseball history by playing the shortest 9-inning game on record - 31 minutes. Thomas Wolfe was the batboy for the Asheville team. The feat lay hidden for fifty years until it was accidentally discovered by Dick Kaplan, a sports writer for the Asheville Citizen.
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Terrell describes the first airplane flight made in the mountains around Asheville on April 18, 1911. Both the pilot, Lincoln Beachey, and the plane arrived by train. Eight years later, Henry Westall, a local man who had flown in World War I, became the first man to fly out of the mountains and back in again. Westall flew roundtrip from Asheville to Morganton.
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Babe Ruth was in the twilight of his career when he came to Asheville with the New York Yankees to play exhibition games against the Asheville Tourists of the Class B Piedmont League on April 7 and 9, 1931. Huge crowds turned out to see him. Babe and the Yankees had come to Asheville twice before, but he had been unable to play. Rain washed the games out in 1926. Terrell recounts the 1925 visit when Babe's stomachache and reports of his death garnered more news than the games.
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This article presents six North Carolina dining establishments which represent excellence in the restaurant trade. Each is its own place, distinctive and outstanding in its own way, and together demonstrating that the realm of North Carolina extends from collards to caviar.
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