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Published for the first time in 1828 by John Christian Blum, BLUM'S ALMANAC is the oldest continually published magazine in the state. The content and format have remained the same through the years, including items like sun risings and settings, household and health hints, farming help, and proverbs on moral precepts.
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For the Norfolk and Southern Railroad to cross the Albemarle Sound in the 1880s, it was more efficient to float the entire train instead of unloading the freight onto the barge. In 1910, a five and a half mile bridge was built, making it the longest in the world. This allowed trains to cross the Albemarle in eighteen minutes rather than two and a half hours. By 1986, the seventy-six year old bridge was reaching its limits. Because it cost $19 million to strengthen the supports, the state considered floating the train across the water as it did in the past.
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W.O. Saunders, newspaper publisher and editor of the Elizabeth City THE INDEPENDENT, was a leading advocate for identifying North Carolina as the birthplace of English civilization in America and of aviation in the world. Saunders predicted that the Outer Banks would be a tourist destination if bridges were built over the inlets. He also wrote the play “The Lost Colony,†which would be performed for years to come on Roanoke Island. During his lifetime, Saunders was never recognized for these visions. Walking the streets of Elizabeth City and New York in pajamas to protest the practice of wearing three piece suits in the summer, however, did not go unnoticed.
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“Pictures compliment the written word,†says Jerry W. Cotton, archivist at the North Carolina Collection in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Started in 1928 by Mary L. Thornton, there were only 135 prints by the end of the first year. But by 1986, there were between 150,000 and 200,000 prints, including pictures of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Wright Brothers' flight, and the Union occupation of New Bern in the Civil War. There are also two special collections, Thomas Wolfe and Mrs. Bayard Wooten. These were created separately because they contained so many photographs. Archivist Jerry W. Cotton and curator Dr. H.G. Jones encourage people to donate their old photographs to the collection so they can be preserved and made available to the public.
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One of the biggest upsets in a U.S. Senatorial campaign was in 1932 by Robert R. Reynolds over Cameron Morrison. Reynolds was against prohibition and for government regulation of liquor. Know as the “good roads governor†and a champion of public education, Morrison was so confident in the loyalty of his followers that he made virtually no campaign in the primary. But the people of North Carolina were critical of his abundant wealth through marriage, so Reynolds won by more than 100,000 votes, the largest margin in North Carolina history at that time.
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James McAllister and Williamson Fuller were both born in Fayetteville in the mid-19th-century. McAllister's wife was a slave owned by a distinguished Cumberland County family which included his friend Fuller. McAllister was so grateful for their friendship that he willed his property to Fuller. Fuller combined the five thousand dollars he received for selling the property and his own five thousand dollars worth of Bethlehem Steel Co. stock to create the “James McAllister Fund.†It is not a charity; monies are distributed annually as Christmas gifts to “recognize colored people who live in close community and harmony with both races.â€
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When Charles Salter's cow and calf went missing on Bogue Banks, North Carolina in 1917, Salter suspected wrongdoing. John Wheeler Glover was known for his intolerance of animals roaming on his land. When Salter confronted him, an argument ensued. Both men pulled their guns and killed each other simultaneously. Because there were no witnesses, the shootout has left many questions unanswered. We will never know if Glover killed Salter's animals.
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Thomas Dixon was the well-known author of “The Birth of a Nation.†But his brothers and sisters were also noteworthy North Carolinians. His brothers, Frank and Amzie, were ministers and lecturers. His sister Delia was the first woman to practice medicine in North Carolina. And his sister May was a lecturer and author of the controversial “Strange Death of President Harding,†as well as a contributor to newspapers and magazines.
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Joe Hartley claimed to have walked more miles than anyone history. In his ninety-five-year life-span, Hartley calculated his mileage to be more than 200,000. Hartley founded \"Singing On The Mountain\" at Grandfather Mountain and wrote WALKING FOR HEALTH AND TRAVELING TO ETERNITY. He was a public speaker, a farmer, a market gardener, a sheep and cattle drover, an ice cutter, a nursery caretaker, a fish and game protector, a fire warden, and a trail and fire lane builder.
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The North Carolina Association of Educators had its start in Morehead City in June 1887. Teachers stayed for two weeks at the convention, which was to provide rest and relaxation from the schoolroom. At least 1700 attended the convention the first year, of which 900 stayed at the Atlantic Hotel. Afternoons were filled with boat rides and swimming, while the evenings featured lectures from noteworthy North Carolinians, such as the governor, the president of UNC, the superintendent of public instruction, and various university professors.
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Jules Gilmer Korner was known for the home he built in Kernersville in 1880, called \"Korner's Folly.\" He was a well-known portrait painter, photographer, and creator of decorative art found in many homes, theaters, and public buildings. He did commercial work, and to separate the aesthetic from the commercial, Korner chose the pseudonym Reubin Rink. Under this name he became an outdoor advertising pioneer and made Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco a household word by painting Bull Durham bulls on barns, billboards, and boulders all across the country. Some were as large as 80 x150 feet and could be seen a mile away.
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In 1908, pioneer and adventurer Mrs. Bayard Wootten of New Bern and Chapel Hill became the first photographer in the state to take pictures from an airplane. She also became the first female commissioned officer in the N.C. National Guard at Camp Glenn in 1910. Her pictures of the deterioration of Camp Bragg near Fayetteville led to its rebuilding and the establishment of Fort Bragg. Mrs. Wootten started her artistic photography in the 1920s photographing of the women attending the Penland School of Crafts, which her cousin had founded. Her photographs were the main features in books, magazines and murals for public buildings. Before her death in 1959 at the age of 83, Mrs. Wootten had taken well over half a million photographs, however only 100,000 negatives and prints survived a studio fire, and are now kept in the North Carolina Collection at UNC Chapel Hill.
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13.Discipline Was No Problem at Bingham School by Arthur, Billy The State Vol. 53 Issue 10, Mar 1986
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As head principal at the Bingham School in Asheville from 1860 to 1927, Colonel Robert Bingham was called North Carolina's greatest schoolmaster. Though he confined disobedient students to solitary confinement in a guard house, inflicted bodily punishment on them with leather straps, and encouraged them to 'fight out' their differences, the students considered Bingham just and fair. He strived to teach the boys devotion to truth, honor, and courage. The students reportedly bore their punishments good-naturedly and without a feeling of disgrace in front of classmates. The military school's code and tradition were started by Colonel Bingham's grandfather, who established the school in Wilmington in 1793. It moved to Pittsboro, the Oaks, and Mebane in Orange County, and finally to Asheville in 1890. Colonel Robert Bingham's educational creed was to 'make men of boys.'
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The relationship between Democrat and Republican has long been tense. In this feud, however, there have also been moments that have produced anecdotal humor. Arthur provides small stories from North Carolina politicians and businessmen, such as W. W. Kitchin, Ralph Fisher, and Robert W. Winston. These anecdotes show that in the serious world of politics, humor does exist.
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Robert “Beau†Hickman grew up in Warrenton, North Carolina. He became well known in Washington D.C. as an enjoyable socialite. Hickman quickly learned to live off his popularity. He charged fees to those who wanted to listen to his stories or enjoy his company. Hickman's story was told in the 1879 booklet Life, Adventures and Anecdotes of ‘Beau' Hickman. After living from his friends' financial support, Hickman died penniless.
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