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22528
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This addendum to the earlier article of the same name in the July 1917 issue gives a more personal biography of Henderson as a lawyer in early North Carolina.
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The North Carolina Booklet
(NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 17 Issue 2, October 1917,
p60-89, il
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12892
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The visit of William Bartram in 1776 to Western North Carolina was recorded in his book, Travels. In this second installment, The State offers an account from Bartram's encounters with local Cherokee people.
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12954
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The sixth part in a series presented by The State, this article offers further excerpts from the classic travel journal of John Lawson, describing his trip along the North Carolina frontier in 1700.
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24838
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Tourism agencies call Western North Carolina “The Land of the Sky,” but few know the history of how the phrase was coined. In 1875, Salisbury author Frances Fisher Tiernan. known professionally as Christian Reid, published “The Land of the Sky; or, Adventures in Mountain By-Ways,” which was set in Western North Carolina. The book was extremely popular and within a few years, the title became a common marketing phrase for hotels and other businesses in the region.
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24123
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Hart Square is a historic site in Catawba County that consists of buildings collected from farms and ridges throughout Western North Carolina and the Piedmont. The village portrays the life of average people in nineteenth and early-twentieth century Western North Carolina and hosts a number of events to keep this history alive.
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9629
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Although his name is more often linked with the state of Kentucky, Daniel Boone and his family lived in the western part of the state from 1751 to 1775.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 43 Issue 6, June 1979,
punnumbered, por
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7.Following the Footsteps of Daniel Boone by Wright, Renee North Carolina Vol. 64 Issue 7, July 2006
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7973
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Daniel Boone came to western North Carolina in 1752 at the age of eighteen and remained there for twenty-one years. On August 14, 1756, he married Rebecca Bryan, a marriage that would last fifty-seven years. In 2006, each of the sites in the state associated with him are holding special events in his honor. Living history reenactments, family festivals, exhibits, and trade fairs are planned for Salisbury, Boone, Wilkesboro, Statesville, Bethabara, and Boone's Cave Park.
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24617
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As part ten of The Civil War: Life in North Carolina series, this article describes the interstate slave trade in North Carolina, the movement of male slaves to the western part of the state, and what the imminent end of the Confederacy meant for slaveholders, as well as slaves.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 82 Issue 5, October 2014,
p213-214, 216, 218-220, il
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24778
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Several writers describe the industries at work in each region of North Carolina. The Eastern, Triangle, Triad, Charlotte, and Western regions are all featured.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 36 Issue 1, January 2016,
p40-55, il, por
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22603
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A uniquely North Carolina food is known as livermush. Made of pork liver, head parts, and cornmeal, livermush from Mack's Liver Mush and Meat Co. or Jenkins Foods is a staple in western North Carolina's economic and cultural history.
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23930
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In 1784, the state of North Carolina offered to cede the land from the North Carolina-Virginia border to Georgia, and from the Appalachian mountains to the Mississippi River and form a new state called \"Franklin.\" The article examines the intentions of those urging for Franklin's establishment and the nature of government and politics in post-Revolutionary North America.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 92 Issue 2, April 2015,
p123-144, il, por, map, f
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2344
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Though land was cheap, rugged mountains, the lack of good roads, political conflict with the east, and isolation were challenges to those who came to the mountains to farm, start businesses, or search for gold.
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24615
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NASCAR has its roots in North Carolina, for it began with mountain moonshiners who rigged to cars fast enough to run from the law and turned into a race culture following the end of Prohibition. With the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, and a number of older speedways throughout the western part of the state, North Carolina continues to cultivate the rich NASCAR culture.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 82 Issue 5, October 2014,
p176-186, 188, 190, 192, il, por, map
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24496
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Fly-fishing has long been a popular pastime in North Carolina, particularly in the mountains. The history of the western North Carolina sport dates back to the nineteenth century.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 79 Issue 6, Nov/Dec 2015,
p14-19, il
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24722
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This article discusses how western North Carolina got its immortal name, The Land of the Sky. Francis Christine Fisher (1846-1920), writing under the name Christian Reid, penned the name in her travel book with the same title.
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