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Public transportation entered a new phase on February 1, 1889, when trolley service began in Asheville and later across the state. Though popular, equipment costs and rising upkeep, plus the automobile's popularity, led to its end in 1948.
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John Branch of Enfield, in Halifax County, was one of the state's most active political figures. He was governor of this state and Florida, secretary of the Navy under Andrew Jackson, and a member of the state legislature and both houses of Congress.
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George Denny of Washington, one of the pioneers of radio broadcasting in the 1930s and 1940s, created one of the country's first successful talk shows, \"America's Town Meeting of the Air.\"
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Women in the 19th century had limited opportunities for higher education. Onslow County's Giles sisters - Mary, Theresa, and Persis - were persistent in their quest for a college education, and in 1878 became the first women graduates of Trinity College.
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In the 19th-century, many people vacationed at elaborate resorts located near mineral springs, where days were passed in dining and socializing. Among the best-known resorts were Jones Springs in Warren County and Hot Springs in Madison County.
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Benjamin Smith of Brunswick County led a memorable life - Revolutionary War soldier, fifteen-term state senator, and benefactor of the University of North Carolina - yet he died a pauper and was buried in an unmarked grave.
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German immigrant Francis J. Kron was the southern Piedmont's first educated doctor. A physician of many interests, horticulturist, educator, and gourmet, he practiced in the Stanly County area until his death. His restored home stands in Morrow Mountain State Park.
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Druggist Caleb Bradham concocted soft drinks at his New Bern store. One was called Brad's Drink, and in 1898, it became Pepsi Cola. Although he made millions, fluctuating sugar prices contributed to his bankruptcy in 1923.
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The Lumina, built in 1905 by Hugh MacRae, was three stories tall, lit by 1,000 candles, and 25,000 square feet of fun, swimming, and dancing at Wrightsville Beach. Special trains ran from Wilmington, and it was \"the\" place to be up to the 40s. It was torn down in 1973.
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Hugh MacRae's interests were varied and visionary. Among them were the creation of the resort town of Linville, pioneering the electrical industry, building the Lumina at Wrightsville Beach, and agricultural and mining ventures.
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In Sedalia in 1902, Charlotte Hawkins Brown founded a unique private school for Afro-Americans, the Palmer Memorial Institute. She was 19. It became one of the finest schools for Afro-Americans in the nation. In 1987, it was designated a state historic site, the Charlotte Hawkins Brown Memorial.
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Gov. John Motley Morehead, born on July 4, 1796, was one of the state's most visionary leaders of the early 19th-century. Among his many ideas were a highway system, a port at Beaufort, the North Carolina Railroad, schools for the blind and deaf, and navigable rivers.
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Born near Falkland in Pitt County, Dr. Richard Henry Lewis was a much-recognized pioneer in public health in the state during his fifty-year medical career.
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Uncle Fed Messer was born in Lincoln County, August 12, 1792. At the age of five his family moved to Haywood County where he spent the remainder of his life. When he died on February 18, 1907, at the age of 114, he had done what few people have ever done - lived in three centuries -the 18th, 19th, and 20th.
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Benjamin Cleveland was born in Virginia in 1738 and moved, in 1769, to Rowan County. He was a prominent figure in the early history of the area. However, it was as the leader of soldiers from Wilkes and Surry Counties at the Battle of Kings Mountain that he won lasting fame. After the war, he moved to South Carolina and became a county judge.
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