Record #:

2762

Author(s):

Leake, Linda L.

Abstract:

The River Circle Tour gives travelers a feel for the Cape Fear River region around Wilmington: historic sites, including Fort Fisher and Brunswick Town; and such present-day features as the visitor's center at CP&L's Brunswick power plant.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 63 Issue 10, Mar 1996, p22-26, il

Subject(s):

Cape Fear River--Description and travel; Wilmington--Description and travel--Tours

Record #:

2770

Author(s):

Weekes, Bill

Abstract:

Pearson's Falls Glen in Polk County is a 308-acre botanical wonderland of over 200 species of trees and plants. The glen is named for Charles William Pearson, who discovered it early in the 1900s.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 63 Issue 10, Mar 1996, p4, il

Subject(s):

Natural areas--Polk County; Pearson's Glen Falls

Record #:

2771

Author(s):

Dugan, Gene

Abstract:

Settled by mid-19th-century squatters, Salter Path is an unincorporated town in the middle of Carteret County's Bouge Banks. A court order in 1923 limited the town to 84 acres and property to descendants of residents only.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 63 Issue 10, Mar 1996, p10

Subject(s):

Salter Path--Description and travel

Record #:

2772

Author(s):

Lewellen, Faye

Abstract:

Ginseng, first exported in 1794, was a profitable product of the state's western mountains. Still popular today, 10,000 pounds were exported in 1993 at $300 a pound.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 63 Issue 10, Mar 1996, p14, il

Subject(s):

Exports; Ginseng--North Carolina, Western

Record #:

2773

Author(s):

Tomblin, Carol

Abstract:

Beaufort, in Carteret County, boasts nine bed-and-breakfast inns that range from historic homes, like The Cedars, to waterside inns, such as the Beaufort Inn.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 63 Issue 10, Mar 1996, p20-21, il

Subject(s):

Bed and breakfast accommodations--Beaufort; Tourist trade--Beaufort

Record #:

2774

Author(s):

Huffman, Steve

Abstract:

Located in the southern Piedmont, the Uwharrie Lake Region covers parts of seven counties and contains the nation's oldest mountains. Largely overlooked by tourists, the region is now being promoted to attract them.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 63 Issue 10, Mar 1996, p27-28, il

Subject(s):

Uwharrie National Forest; Tourist trade--Uwharrie Lakes Region

Record #:

2775

Author(s):

Hallman, Speed

Abstract:

Woody Durham, a familiar radio sports broadcaster across the Southeast, is celebrating twenty-five years of broadcasting University of North Carolina football and basketball games.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 63 Issue 10, Mar 1996, p30-32, il, por

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Basketball; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Football; Durham, Woody Lombardi, 1941-; Radio broadcasters--Chapel Hill

Record #:

2776

Author(s):

Arthur, Billy

Abstract:

Eustace and Mary Sloop passed over a big-city medical career, choosing instead to bring health care and hope to impoverished people in Avery County for 50 years. Mrs. Sloop told their story in her 1953 book MIRACLE IN THE HILLS.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 63 Issue 10, Mar 1996, p33-35, il

Subject(s):

Sloop, Eustace Henry, 1878-1961; Sloop, Mary T. Martin, 1873-1962; Physicians--Avery County; Medicine, Rural--Avery County