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Ann DerGara, an artist and gallery owner, started a unique public art project in Brevard eight years ago. Local artists created sculptures of animals that were common to that area of the state and placed them around the downtown area. Today, there are fifteen animals, including a red wolf, elk, fox, and bear, scattered around a ten-block area.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 77 Issue 1, June 2009, p54-56, 58, 60, il Periodical Website
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7929
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Brevard, county seat of Transylvania County, attracts visitors with its small-town warmth, strong arts scene, and spectacular natural beauty. There are 250 waterfalls located in and around the town. The town mascot is a white squirrel, and Brevard celebrates a White Squirrel Festival annually. The Brevard Music Center attracts serious music students nationwide who study and perform with nationally recognized musicians during the seven-weeks summer season. Baer discusses Brevard's downtown restoration program, the new $7.5 million library, Brevard College, and economic conditions in the town.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 74 Issue 2, July 2006, p18-20, 22, 24, 26-27, il, map Periodical Website
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10536
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Canton, which lies 18 miles west of Asheville in Haywood County, is OUR STATE magazine's featured Tar Heel town of the month. It was a paper mill town during the 20th-century, and with the paper industry declining, town leaders and citizens are seeking new ways to attract visitors. Things to do there include the Pigeon River Scenic Walking Trail, the Rough Creek Watershed, downtown shops, and the Colonial Theatre.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 76 Issue 7, Dec 2008, p24-26, 28-29, il, map Periodical Website
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10890
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Baer describes a bird watching weekend in Hickory. Almost two hundred types of birds visit Riverbend Park, making it an idea place to watch. Places to stay and places to eat are listed.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 76 Issue 10, Mar 2009, p104-106, 108, il Periodical Website
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8714
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In 1904, Horace Kephart left his job as a librarian in St. Louis and his estranged wife and six children, settling in the mountain wilderness of North Carolina where he hoped to recover his spirit and rediscover his gifts. He first lived in the Hazel Creek area of Swain County and later moved to Bryson City, the county seat. Two of his books, CAMPING AND WOODCRAFT and OUR SOUTHERN HIGHLANDERS, are considered classics in their fields and are still in print one hundred years later. In his later years, he was active in promoting the establishment of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Mount Kephart was named for him in honor of his work for the park.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 74 Issue 10, Mar 2007, p164-166, 168-169, il, por Periodical Website
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11026
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The Daniel Boone Native Gardens in Boone was designed to preserve Appalachian flora on a three-acre site. The garden is one of three public gardens in the state overseen and supported by the Garden Club of North Carolina, Inc.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 76 Issue 11, Apr 2009, p86-88, 90, il Periodical Website
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9824
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The North Carolina Natural Heritage Program, a unit of the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, seeks to identify the rarest examples of plant and animal life in the state and designate where they are located as significant natural heritage areas worthy of protection. Inventories of plants and animals are being conducted in the state's counties. To date, eighty of the one hundred counties have been inventoried, six are in the process, and fourteen are on the waiting list.
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10145
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Baer discusses the work and creations of Carmen Grier, who lives near Bakersville in Mitchell County. Grier uses vibrant fabrics to create wall hangings and wearable art in the form of scarves.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 76 Issue 1, June 2008, p176-178, 180-182, il, por Periodical Website
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