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6255
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Unexplained and unsolved mysteries have occurred in North Carolina over the centuries. One of them is the Brown Mountain Lights seen in Burke County as wavering, mysterious lights, rising above the mountain ridge, hovering, then fading away. To this day, no one has found an explanation for them.
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Tar Heel (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 6 Issue 5, Sept/Oct 1978, p19-20, il, map
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6256
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Charlotte musician Arthur Smith is the subject of this TAR HEEL interview. Smith has been in show business for over forty years. He has composed over 1,500 songs, recorded 300 singles and sixty albums, and worked on five motion pictures. His syndicated country-western music television show is seen daily all over the Southeast.
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Tar Heel (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 6 Issue 5, Sept/Oct 1978, p30-32, 63-64, por
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6257
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Latta Place, the home of Scotsman James Latta in Mecklenburg County, was a thriving cotton and corn plantation around 1800. Deadwyler describes the architecture of the house, a Federal \"row house\" style seldom seen in either North or South Carolina at the beginning of the 19th-century.
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Tar Heel (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 6 Issue 6, Nov/Dec 1978, p7-8, 46, il
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6258
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Seventy-five years after the Wright Brothers flew at Kitty Hawk, a new form of flying dominates the skies there - hang gliding. Ames discusses this exciting new sport; Francis Rogallo, the inventor of hang gliding; and John Harris, who operates a hang gliding school.
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Tar Heel (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 6 Issue 6, Nov/Dec 1978, p18-20, 22, 24, il
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6259
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Ray recounts the battle of Monroe's Crossroads, which took place on the morning of March 10, 1865, on land now occupied by Fort Bragg. The battle was one of the largest cavalry charges of the Civil War. Three thousand Confederates charged a Union encampment of two thousand soldiers.
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Tar Heel (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 7 Issue 1, Jan/Feb 1979, p43, map
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6260
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Twenty square miles of land in the Piedmont, touching Moore, Montgomery, and Randolph Counties, have become famous in recent years for reviving the art of traditional pottery. The first known potter was J. D. Craven, who settled there in 1857. Of the forty or so shops that operated in the region, only a half dozen remain today. Moose discusses the potters and their craft.
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Tar Heel (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 7 Issue 1, Jan/Feb 1979, p45-47, il, map
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6261
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Julian Shakespeare Carr made a fortune off his Durham tobacco enterprise, Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco. He also built a magnificent home there, Somerset Villa, for the then enormous sum of $125,000. Webb discusses Carr and his home.
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Tar Heel (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 7 Issue 1, Jan/Feb 1979, p27-28, 61, il, por
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6262
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Joseph Wallace King of Winston-Salem paints under the name of Vinciata and possesses an international reputation. King has painted a number of portraits of famous people, including Queen Elizabeth II and Richard Nixon. He has even served as a legislator from Winston-Salem to the North Carolina General Assembly. Carr discusses King's life and work.
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Tar Heel (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 7 Issue 1, Jan/Feb 1979, p30-31, 61, il
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6265
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Charlotte painter Charles Roy Smith is profiled in this TAR HEEL article. His work ranges from landscapes to people in various activities. Smith is known for his close-up style, paintings that force you to focus in on the subject. His paintings sell for between $100 and $2,000, with an average being $500.
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Tar Heel (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 6 Issue 6, Nov/Dec 1978, p50-51, il, por
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6267
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Valdese, in Burke County, was settled by Waldenses, French-speaking Protestants who came to the area in 1893. Ghigo summarizes their history in Europe and describes this bit of old Europe in the Carolina hills.
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Tar Heel (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 7 Issue 1, Jan/Feb 1979, p23-24, il
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6270
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The Town Creek Indian Mound, a state historic site near Mt. Gilead in Montgomery County, is one of the most important Native American sites in the area. The site represents the northernmost reach of the Mound People along the eastern seaboard. The authors discuss the activities at this on-going archaeological site.
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Tar Heel (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 7 Issue 1, Jan/Feb 1979, p11-12, il
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6528
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Established in 1970, Raven Rock State Park is one of North Carolina's newest parks. It is located along the Cape Fear River and takes its name from the flocks of ravens that roosted there years ago. Its main feature is Raven Rock, which reaches a height of 152 feet and juts out at a forty-five degree angle above the river. Clemmons describes the location, length, and difficulty of the park's six hiking trails.
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Tar Heel (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 7 Issue 3, May/June 1979, p46-47, il
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6529
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Lee recounts the history of Blowing Rock from its humble beginnings as a farm community in the early 1800s to its present-day status as a mecca for tourists and vacationers. A number of famous people have visited there, including Pearl Buck and Margaret Mitchell, and Presidents Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, and Dwight Eisenhower. The town takes its name from a rocky cliff which overlooks John's River Gorge 3,000 feet below and from the Indian legend about the rock.
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Tar Heel (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 7 Issue 4, July/Aug 1979, p20-22, 31, il, map
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6530
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Sessoms profiles Kristi Overton of Greenville, who, at the tender age of nine years, is making her mark in professional waterskiing. She started on skis at the age of four and a half, could slalom (one ski) at five, and was on trick skis at six. In 1978, as the youngest competitor ever in the Nationals, she won fourth place honors behind the Junior Girls Champion, who was an experienced skier three years older than Overton.
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Tar Heel (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 7 Issue 4, July/Aug 1979, p45, il
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6531
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In 1921, off the coast of North Carolina, the schooner Carroll A. Deering fell victim to the treacherous waters of Diamond Shoals. Lifesavers from four stations responded, but heavy seas and strong wind prevented their boarding the ship for four days. When they did, rescuers found the crew had vanished without a trace. Only three ship's cats were found. The vessel was built at Bath, Maine, in 1919, and was 255 feet long. Total value was $275,000.
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Tar Heel (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 7 Issue 5, Sept 1979, p18, 51, il