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for Our State Vol. 93 Issue 10, March 2026
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"In this Wayne County town, residents don yellow and green to celebrate the bloom that put them on the map." When created in 1867, Freemont was originally called Nahunta. In the mid 1950s, the towns garden club initiated a beautification effort with two bushels of daffodil bulbs. Residents were inspired by the work and soon areas all over town were being planted with this early spring favorite. Freemont held its first Daffodil Festival in the late 1980s.
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"These six small-batch soap makers use local ingredients -- from Ocracoke figs to Foothills moonshine -- and foolproof family recipes to make every scrub, soak, and lather feel like home." Businesses discussed are Willow Hill soap Company in Canton, Milk Street Soap on the Outer Banks, Farm & Field Soap Company in Wallburg, Hank E. Panky Farm in Selma, Moonshine Mountain Soap Company in Catawba and Lux & Lye in Boone.
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44699
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"What began as a fix for gummed-up textile machines has grown into a family-run company with a devoted following, still made in the same quiet corner in Rockingham County." The Charlie Soap Plant is located on the banks of the Mayo River. Charlie Southerland produced an oil originally intended for knitting machines. Later the oil was redeveloped as a soap.
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44697
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According to town historian Robin Lattimore, Rutherfordton's Man Street has been around since 1790. Half a century after the Revolution, Christopher Bechtler came to Rutherfordton and opened what became the most significant private mint i the nation's history. A list of specific attractions in the town is noted by the author.
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44700
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"After decades of pollution brought an Onslow County waterway to the brink, citizens, scientists and Jacksonville city leaders worked together to restore their river." The New river is entirely contained in Onslow County. Twenty-five years ago it was so polluted that any visible life had almost disappeared.
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44696
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Spanish moss is not a parasite. It only requires trees or objects like trees for physical support. It is one of North Carolina's most misunderstood plants. Like many orchids, it's an air plant.
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"At Friendswood Brooms in Leicester, the craft of broom making is passed down, hand to handle, through generations." Marlow Gates is owner of Friendswood Brooms.
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