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This article by the late Chief Justice, was first published in the \"North Carolina Booklet,\" July, 1902. Many reasons were assigned as to why bloody outbreak of Indians occurred in 1711 including, the steady encroachment of whites on hunting grounds, conflicts between whites themselves, or instigation by outside parties. The Indians could muster quite a number of men and were lead mostly by the Tuscaroras on the 22nd of September.
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The Toy House was built in 1924 as home for the Tyron Toymakers and Woodcarvers, a project started by Eleanor Vance and Charlotte Yale, who wanted to help the native population through development of their crafts. The Toy House sold unusual carved furniture, frames, and wooden toys. A fire later destroyed tools, patterns, and supplies, leaving the house empty and waiting. The Guilberts of Boston, sold their home in suburban New England to reopen the Toy House and begin the process again of making over fifty different toys, ideas coming from many sources including adult customers memories.
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Banks are making it more convenient for patrons to visit. Banking is becoming modern and competitive. Branches and tellers are springing up all over larger cities, some with air-conditioning, attractive furnishings, and drive-up windows. New services are also available such as automatic savings and college tuition savings plans.
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This section of the map shows the northwestern limits of the cartographer's knowledge for the time period. It goes up to the Blue Ridge and stops. The map displays Mulberry Fields as the location of modern Wilkesboro. Today's South Mountains were then called Montague Mountains, and the 'Indian Road' running past Table Rock down to the Catawba River probably was the trail known as the Nickajack Trail.
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In 1954, passports were issued to 5,642 North Carolinians, which is an increase of over 300 percent of foreign travel over the last five years. And according to the World Travel Service of Charlotte, the sort of North Carolinian that is traveling is the housewife. The easing of world tensions, travel restrictions in many countries, increased cross-Atlantic sailings and flights, and the urge to see the world are all prompting North Carolinians to travel abroad.
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deLue, the travel editor of the Boston Globe, continues his trip through eastern North Carolina, this time stopping in the historic city of New Bern to visit Tryon Palace. Here he learned from restoration experts the detective work it took to discover how the Palace was built and how it really looked.
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