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31704
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As the first state to declare July 4 a holiday, North Carolina has a long history of kicking up its heels in celebration of U.S. independence. New Bern held the first celebration in 1778 after congress declared it a national holiday. It wasn’t until nearly 90 years later that any other state made the date official.
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How two brother from Caswell County turned Fels-Naptha soap into a philanthropic empire. After dropping out of school, Joseph and Samuel Fels slowly amassed a fortune producing laundry and toilet soap. Joseph funded employment programs through the 1890’s depression; and when Samuel pasted in 1950, he left all his holdings in the company to the Samuel S. Fels Fund to fund scientific investigation.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 59 Issue 3, Aug 1991, p14, il
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4578
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H. H. and C. S. Brimley, immigrant English boys, came to Raleigh in 1880. Herbert became an outstanding taxidermist and worked for the Museum of Natural Science for sixty years, fifty-one as curator and director. Clement was an entomologist for the Agriculture Department and published the first catalog of insects in the South, The List of Insects of North Carolina. The Brimleys were the state's most influential naturalists, whose work left a lasting mark on the state. They are remembered in an exhibit at the new North Carolina Museum of Natural Science in Raleigh.
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In 1794, John Beam bought land in what is now Cleveland County and began farming. The family would farm the property, now on the National Register of Historic Places, for over 100 years. The authors describe the site's architectural and archaeological features, look at the placement of the farmstead on the Piedmont landscape, and describe farm changes during the 100 years of Beam family ownership.
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