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36181
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Explained by this local historian, whose work experience included museums and a library, were reasons for the layout of streets in Fayetteville. She concluded the layout can be confusing for even town natives. What was easier for her to explain were name origins for roadways such as Green Street and Ottis F. Jones Parkway.
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24767
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In 1950, there was a famous golf match in Fayetteville. Two of the best amateurs at the time, Wake Forest College senior, Arnold Palmer and his playing partner, Harvie Ward from Tarboro faced off against two local pros, Fairley and Archie Clark. The largest crowd ever gathered at Highland Country Club in Fayetteville to watch this game.
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CityView (NoCar F 264.T3 W4), Vol. Issue , Jan/Feb 2016, p51-52, 54, il, por Periodical Website
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24499
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The Fleishman family has held a prominent position in Fayetteville since the early twentieth century. This article details the family history of the Harry Fleishman branch of the family, most of whose descendants were doctors, lawyers, and business people.
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CityView (NoCar F 264.T3 W4), Vol. Issue , Nov/Dec 2015, p48-51, il, por Periodical Website
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31593
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: In southeastern North Carolina the remains of what could have been ossuary burial practices have been observed since the late 1800s. In 1884 J. A. Holmes observed that the burial mounds in Duplin, Sampson, Robeson, Cumberland, and southern Wake counties had certain common characteristics. In this article Hogue outlines methods for analyzing the skeletal material found in these ossuaries.
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33673
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While attending the Cumberland County Fair, Bladen County farmer J.W. Smith was asked to assist in handling a hot air balloon while it was being inflated. As the winds began to pick up, everyone let go and smith’s foot was caught in one of the lines and the balloon carried him up and put him down over two miles away.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 5 Issue 11, Aug 1937, p5, 18
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