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8419
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Built in the 1790s, the Dismal Swamp Canal connects Elizabeth River in Virginia to the Pasquotank River in North Carolina. George Washington and five associates began the canal to transport juniper and cypress out of eastern North Carolina. Later, Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, built in 1835, competed against the Dismal Swamp Canal. Traffic along the Dismal Swamp Canal peaked around 1900. Since 1928, the canal has been under the control of the Army Corps of Engineers. Today, the canal is facing a cut in federal funds. Congressman Walter D. Jones is heading the fight to keep the canal open. He expects a tough road over the ensuing years owing to large federal deficits.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 52 Issue 12, May 1985, p12-14, il
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2761
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Marshal Michael Ney, who was executed in 1815, was one of Napoleon's greatest soldiers. New evidence supports the legend that he escaped to the United states and was living in Rowan County at the time of his death in 1846.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 55 Issue 7, Dec 1987, p30-31, il
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2823
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In the summer of 1917, Ernie Shore of Winston-Salem achieved a baseball rarity, as he pitched a perfect game for the Boston Red Sox. He was later sheriff of Forsyth County for thirty-six years.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 56 Issue 6, Nov 1988, p14-15, por
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9035
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Using a standard waffle iron, Abe Doumar created the first waffle ice cream cone at the St. Louis Exposition in 1904. After developing a four-iron waffle machine, Abe traveled to state fairs in North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. He opened stands at Ocean View Amusement Park in Chesapeake Bay which his brother, George, took over in 1920. George opened a drive-in restaurant in 1933 which his two sons still operate today. Despite the invention of mechanized cone makers, the Doumars continue to make cones by hand.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 46 Issue 4, Sept 1978, p20-21, 36, il, por
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8107
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Legend has it that Daniel Boone lived in a log cabin near the Yadkin River in Davidson County and took refuge from Indians in a nearby cave. Now called Boone's Cave State Park, this 110-acres park falls short of the 400-acre minimum for a state park. The state says there is no real evidence that Daniel Boone ever occupied the territory and is ready to stop funding of the park. A local dentist named Dr. Wade Sowers has been collecting historical material to prove Boone did actually live there. A second replica of Boone's cabin was built by the Daniel Boone Memorial Association after the first was burned by vandals. A park office was added, as well as restrooms, a picnic area, and wooden steps leading down to the cave. But the state's interest in the park is waning and it stopped counting visitors in 1983. Both the state and surrounding counties agree that the territory is part of North Carolina's heritage and should be preserved.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 53 Issue 7, Dec 1985, p18-20, por
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