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for Coastwatch Vol. Issue , Nov/Dec 1996
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3089
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In the 1890s, the state harvested over 2.5 million bushels of oysters yearly. However, a combination of ecological, economic, and management factors reduced the harvest to 42,000 bushels barely a hundred years later.
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3141
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Christmas tours of New Bern's Tryon Palace and other historic sites, including the John Wright Stanley House, give visitors a feel for Christmas celebrations from the 1770s onward.
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3142
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In 1798, fire destroyed Tryon Palace in New Bern, only twenty-eight years after its completion. In the 1920s, citizens began to work for its reconstruction, and on April 9, 1959, the palace opened to the public.
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3143
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B.J. Copeland, director of the North Carolina Sea Grant Program for twenty-three years, is retiring. His leadership developed the program into one of the top ones in the nation.
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3144
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In 1955, bobcats were found mostly in coastal and mountain counties. Since then their range has expanded to include all the state's one hundred counties.
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