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North Carolina has been one of the nation's leaders in the production of homemade pottery for more than two centuries. In Catawba Valley, only one pottery craftsman remains. Burlon B. Craig of Henry opens his kiln only three or four times a year, and collectors come from all over the country to buy his pieces. Five-gallon jugs that now sell for $20 once sold for only $.50. Craig still digs his own clay and refuses to use commercial glazes on his pottery. An entire chapter of the POTTERS OF THE CATAWBA VALLEY, published in 1980 by the Ceramic Circle of Charlotte, is devoted to Craig.
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A recent addition to the state parks system, the Hemlock Bluffs in Wake County attract a large number of visitors. Discovered in 1971, the area is approximately three acres in size and is the only place south and east of the Appalachians where native hemlocks grow. The temperature in the bluff area is about ten degrees lower than surrounding areas, a perfect temperature for hemlocks to grow. A partial listing of 113 wildflowers growing in and around the bluffs was compiled by Rodney Flint.
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Maymont, a huge house in Cramerton, was built by Stuart Cramer in 1917. The house has thirty-eight rooms, gigantic fireplaces, and a pool so deep that it once served as a reserve water supply for the town. A mill and industrial community grew up around the house, and Cramer, who bought many local mills, became the textile leader of the area. Senator George Tinkham of Massachusetts spent many months at Maymont, and area residents claim he predicted the war with Japan before it occurred. Although the house was bought by Burlington Industries in 1940 and began to sink into disrepair, Ray Andrews and his wife currently rent the house and are slowly restoring it.
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The Davis School of LaGrange, a military boarding school, closed in 1890 due to an outbreak of meningitis and the subsequent deaths of several students. Luckily, Winston town leaders were able to raise enough money to bring the Davis School to Winston. The school reopened in Winston with 200 cadets in the fall of 1890. The first year commencement exercises included a speech from future U.S. Senator F. M. Simmons. By 1894, the student body included students from Brazil, Cuba, and thirty-five different states. Despite the school's growing success, the Panic of 1893 led to an economic depression, and left parents unable to pay tuition. The school closed before the second half of the term began in 1897.
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