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1.Digital Heritage: Fences and Fence Laws by The Laurel of Asheville Vol. 13 Issue 11, November 2016
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36563
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Traditionally, lands unfenced meant lands were free for anyone, owners and not, to use for hunting, fishing, and grazing. The Civil War, with its attendant population growth and rise of commercial farming, helped to bring about fencing laws and end to open range. Pictured was the type of fence that dotted the Appalachian landscape by the 1890s.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 13 Issue 11, November 2016,
p122
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36568
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Familiar is how flooding from hurricanes affects Eastern North Carolina; Western North Carolina received relatively little attention. Illustrating the impact the flood of 1916, generated by two hurricanes that crossed this region, is the photo depicting Asheville’s experience. Also noted is the great amount of rainfall, among the heaviest recorded in United States history.
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42799
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North Carolina's Universities are stewards of some very special items. Special finds are noted at the following: UNC-Chapel Hill, NC State University, Wake Forest University, Johnson C. Smith University, Appalachian State University, Shaw University and Duke University.
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42802
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The James E. Cheek Learning Resource Center on the campus of Shaw University in Raleigh holds an interesting archive concerning the school's past. Henry M. Tupper founded the institution shortly after the Civil War in 1865. Ella Baker, the First Lady of Gospel music was a graduate of Shaw. Another institution, North Carolina A&T University began on the Shaw campus in 1891, later moving to Greensboro, N.C. where it is now the nation's largest HBCU.
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