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10754
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At least ten forest monarchs of North Carolina have made the Sylvan \"social register\" originated in 1940 by The American Forestry Association. As presently listed by the association, the largest Carolina hemlock, shortleaf pine, red spruce, holly, sourwood, hornbeam, witchhazel, rosebay, and yellow poplar trees in the country can be found in North Carolina.
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Barter between the early Carolina traders and the Cherokees and other tribes was well organized, and its total annual volume amounted to \"big business\" in the Carolinas. Prior to 1715 the names of some 100 Carolina traders were noted in the public records, and many more appeared there between 1715 and 1750. Best known, perhaps, of these early traders was James Adair, an Irishman, who landed in America in 1735 and was the only trader to write a book about his experiences. Other traders known to have successful interactions with the Cherokees include Thomas Nairne, Price Hughes, Eleazer Wiggan, Joseph Cooper, Robert Dunning and David Dowie.
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10877
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Ashton describes the North Carolina connection of Mary Baker Eddy, discoverer of Christian Science and founder of the world religion of that name. She arrived in Wilmington as a young bride on February 1, 1843 and was widowed in 1844 when her husband died there of yellow fever.
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The Roan Mountains on the border of Tennessee and North Carolina are famous for circular rainbows, known as Anthelions. Mentioned in Margaret W. Morley's THE CAROLINA MOUNTAINS, these rare rainbow formations have only been found in the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Scottish Highlands.
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The famous Bailey Deer Park, started by James and Polly Bailey in 1875 as a private enterprise some two miles northwest of the present town of Spruce Pine, was the first wildlife preserve established in western North Carolina. To do it, they had to fight and win against resentful hunters. The only reminders of the park left today are a 15-bed wing added in 1959 to the Spruce Pine Community Hospital and a 1,200-acre development, Deer Park Lake Estates, opened soon thereafter.
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A theory advanced some time ago by Dr. F. W. Went, Director of the Missouri Botanical Gardens in St. Louis, offers the explanation that the blue haze commonly seen over the Blue Ridge Mountains is due to the presence of organic matter which drifts into the atmosphere from trees and plants growing on the mountains.
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This is an excerpt from the newspaper Raleigh News and Observer about some superstitions regarding love and marriage.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 15 Issue 1, May 1967,
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10379
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This article discusses the presence of sapphire sources in Jackson and Macon Counties. Locals found the stones in abundance during farming, but the actual discovery waited until late in the 1850s. This region has provided large minerals to major science museums throughout the U.S.
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Aquamarine, the sparkling, blue-green birthstone for March, is found and mined in about twelve North Carolina counties. The best-known mine is the Wiseman Mine on Carter Ridge near Spruce Pine. The deposit was discovered there around 1894.
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11314
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North Carolina's diverse vegetation and ecosystem are an important part of the state's appeal. Springtime marks the beginning of growth for the state as the Juneberry and Shadbush blossom. Native plants and trees such as the Dogwoods, Redbuds, and other fauna grow abundantly throughout the state. These numerous plants are an attractive element of North Carolina.
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North Carolina is the only state where significant quantities of emeralds have been found in the country. J. Adlai D. Stevenson, a prominent Statesville merchant and mineral collector, discovered the first emerald in Alexander County in 1875. Discoveries in Mitchell and Cleveland Counties followed shortly thereafter.
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Topaz, an aluminum fluosilicate that crystallizes in the orthorhombic system and rates as an 8 on the Mohs scale, has been found in North Carolina. The Mineral Resources Division of the N.C. Department of Conservation and Development has noted the most extensive occurrence of Topaz in the state to exist on Bowlings Mountain.
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Varying in size and weighing up to 4.33 carats, at least fourteen known diamonds have been found in North Carolina. The first announced diamond find occurred in 1843 in Brindletown Creek, Burke County. Other finds have come from Mecklenburg, McDowell, Lincoln, and Cleveland Counties.
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Deemed by the United States Geological Survey as the most notable location in the United States where rubies have been commercially mined, North Carolina is a rich source for rock hounds as well as the American Prospecting and Mining Company for gem extraction. Found in Clay, Mitchell, Buncombe, Haywood, and Macon Counties, rubies found in North Carolina are in general, of the pigeon-blood variety, equal in color and brilliance to that of the Burma ruby.
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North Carolina is home to several unique and rare trees, among them - Abies fraseri, Tsuga caroliniana, Crataegus roanesis. These trees are under control of the United States government in some areas and are an important part of North Carolina's ecosystem. Logging of these trees is restricted, and permits are required.
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