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Record #:
8938
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Burnsville, county seat of Yancey County, is Our State magazine's Tar Heel town of the month. The town was named for Otway Burns, a privateer during the War of 1812. Mining mica and gems, flax cultivation, wild ginseng collecting, and logging supported Burnsville during the 19th-century, but retail and tourism industries propel the town's economy today. Tourist attractions include the McElroy House, NuWray Inn, DK Puttyroot and The Orchid Tearoom, and Lil Smoky's Drive-in & Restaurant.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 75 Issue 1, June 2007, p18-20, 22-23, il, map Periodical Website
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24366
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The experience of Mickie Davis, a Burnsville citizen who works in the Outboard Marine Corporation factory exemplifies wider trends of changing industry in North Carolina, in which the textile industry is giving way to the transportation and communications industry.