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3223
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Heritage tourism, or visiting an area for cultural enrichment, is growing six times faster than regular tourism. To handle this growth, the state has set up a non-profit organization, North Carolina Heritage, Inc.
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3224
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Alex McLeod Patterson, rear admiral retired, died October 22, 1996. He was a former staff member of the N.C. Division of Archives and History. One of the services he inaugurated was the microfilming of original county and municipal records.
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3274
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The N.C. Division of Archives and History's new site on the World Wide Web, http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/, offers information on the division, historic attractions, preservation and conservation, and research and records.
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3323
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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. He was well known for his marksmanship and hunting skills.
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3324
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The N.C. Division of Archives and History announced on March 3, 1997, the discovery of what is thought to be the remains of the QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE, Blackbeard's flagship. The ship sank in June, 1718, two miles off Beaufort Inlet.
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3338
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James Iredell, Sr., is one of only two North Carolinians ever appointed to the United States Supreme Court. His dissenting opinion in the case of Chisholm v. Georgia was the basis for the Eleventh Amendment.
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3452
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The writings of three former slaves, Allen Parker's RECOLLECTIONS OF SLAVERY TIMES, William H. Robinson's FROM LOG CABIN TO PULPIT, and William H. Singleton's RECOLLECTIONS OF MY SLAVERY DAYS, portray the late antebellum period and the Civil War.
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3644
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In December, 1969, the state submitted its first property nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. On July 4, 1997, the Church of the Immaculate Conception and the Michael Ferrall Family Cemetery in Halifax became the 2,000th nomination.
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3645
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The 1997 General Assembly enacted new state tax credit laws to make rehabilitating historic buildings and residences more attractive. The goal is not to preserve them as museums but to preserve them for continued use.
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3854
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On March 7, 1998, at Durham's Hayti Heritage Center, the North Carolina African American Network on Historic Preservation was established. The organization seeks to preserve buildings and sites that are relevant to African-American history.
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3855
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Archie K. Davis, retired Wachovia banker, died in Winston-Salem March 13, 1998. Among his many accomplishments are a doctoral dissertation on Henry K. Burgwyn, Jr. and establishment of the Thomas Whitmell Davis Fund to support the North Carolina Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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3948
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The five-year restoration of the John Hay House, ca. 1805, at Tryon Palace Historic Site in New Bern is complete. The house stands on its original Eden Street location. Hay, a native of Scotland and a skilled artisan, came to New Bern around 1800. The house will be used to interpret his life.
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3949
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Samuel P. Townsend retired from the N.C. Division of Archives and History on October 1, 1998, ending a career of thirty-nine years. Townsend held a number of positions in the division, and, since 1975, had been administrator of the State Capitol Visitors Services Section.
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4091
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In the fall of 1998, Hurricane Bonnie brought ashore on Currituck Beach a 58-foot shipwreck remnant. The Underwater Archaeology Unit of the State Historic Preservation Office has documented the remains extensively. The vessel is thought to have been steam-powered and to have gone down in the late 19th-century.
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4381
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Hurricanes Dennis and Floyd, plus subsequent flooding, battered many of Eastern Carolina's historic sites and museums, but most survived. The CSS Neuse in Kinston was the most severely damaged. Other sites suffering damage were Fort Fisher, Brunswick Town, the Aycock Birthplace, and Historic Halifax.
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