Record #:

2623

Author(s):

Crawford, Don

Abstract:

Opened in 1994, Brevard's Jim Bob Tinsley Museum is a collection of Western Americana artifacts, research, and books. Tinsley received the 1982 Western Heritage Award for his western studies.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 63 Issue 7, Dec 1995, p4, il

Subject(s):

Museums--Brevard; Jim Bob Tinsley Museum (Brevard)

Record #:

2624

Author(s):

Stewart, Al

Abstract:

Best known as the birthplace of country music star Randy Travis, Marshville, in Union County, also boasts a 2,000-employee turkey plant and an auction barn.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 63 Issue 7, Dec 1995, p10, il

Subject(s):

Record #:

2625

Author(s):

Arthur, Billy

Abstract:

In 1873, near Como, in Hertford County, James Henry Gatling, brother of the Gatling gun inventor, launched a flying machine. Had the motor been lighter, he might have been the first to fly.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 63 Issue 7, Dec 1995, p14-15, il

Subject(s):

Gatling, James Henry, 1816-1879; Inventors--Hertford County--Biography; Aeronautics--Hertford County--History; Hertford County--History

Record #:

2626

Author(s):

Bradsher, Bethany

Abstract:

Near Asheville, The Cove, also called the Billy Graham Training Center, conducts religious activities, including weekly seminars on Christian life that over 5,000 people attended in 1994 and a youth camp for ages 9 to 18.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 63 Issue 7, Dec 1995, p16-17,19, il

Subject(s):

Billy Graham Training Center (Asheville); Retreats--Asheville

Record #:

2627

Author(s):

Taylor-Todd, Jean

Abstract:

With over 5.5 million Christmas trees harvested in 1995, the state ranks third in sales nationwide. Avery County produces over one million of the total and calls itself the \"Fraser Fir Capital of the World.\"

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 63 Issue 7, Dec 1995, p20-24, il

Subject(s):

Christmas tree growing, Western

Record #:

2640

Author(s):

Whitfield, Pam

Abstract:

When Mae Blake and J. Walton Graves bought and restored the Sloop Point Plantation in Pender County, they had no idea the North Carolina Division of Archives and History would declare it, at 269 years, the state's oldest standing structure.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 63 Issue 7, Dec 1995, p25-27,29, il

Subject(s):

Plantations--Pender County--History; Historic buildings--Pender County; Sloop Point Plantation (Pender County)

Record #:

2641

Author(s):

Sagert, Kelly B.

Abstract:

Born in Pineville, James K. Polk, the nation's eleventh President, was the first dark-horse candidate to win the office. He made just four campaign promises and kept them all.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 63 Issue 7, Dec 1995, p30-31, por

Subject(s):

Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849; Presidents--United States--Biography

Record #:

2642

Author(s):

Weekes, Bill

Abstract:

Buffalo Bob Smith, a pioneer in children's television, and his sidekick Howdy Doody, now make their home in Flat Rock.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 63 Issue 7, Dec 1995, p32-33, il, por

Subject(s):

Smith, Buffalo Bob; Television programs for children; Television personalities; Howdy Doody Show (Television program)