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Randleman, located in northern Randolph County, is OUR STATE magazine's Tar Heel town of the month. The town has a rich heritage and has preserved a \"number of structures full of character and history.\" For years textiles drove the economy but have since declined. Now Randleman looks forward to the completion of the long-awaited Randleman Dam and Lake and the predicted economic boom to follow.
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Burgaw, the county seat of Pender County, is OUR STATE magazine's featured Tar Heel town of the month. Comer discusses the history of this town of 3,800 people and things to see and do there.
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Roxboro, located in Person County. is OUR STATE magazine's Tar Heel Town of the Month. Comer discusses a number of the town's sites, including the National Register Historic District, and famous people who lived there, such as Enos Slaughter, St. Louis Cardinals major league baseball player, and Robert Lester Blackwell, the first North Carolinian to win the Medal of Honor in World War I.
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Troy, the county seat of Montgomery County, is OUR STATE magazine's Tar Heel Town of the Month. Comer discusses a number of features of this close-knit town of 4,205 individuals, including the historic 1921 courthouse, and other sites; Capel Rugs, a main employer; and preservation efforts.
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Denton in Davidson County is this month's OUR STATE magazine Tar Heel Town of the Month.
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Spruce Pine is OUR STATE magazine's featured Tar Heel town of the month. The town, located on the North Toe River in Mitchell County, is one of the most important mining locations in the world. The county has other gems as well, including four of the ten North Carolina Living Treasures, the Orchard at Altapass, and a number of events celebrating mountain traditions, such as the Hillbilly Heritage Festival.
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New Bern, in Craven County, is OUR STATE magazine's featured Tar Heel town of the month. Comer takes the reader on a tour of the town that was the state's first capital and that is the state's second oldest city.
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Roanoke Rapids in Halifax County is OUR STATE magazine's featured Tar Heel town of the month. The town recently marked its 100th anniversary in 1997. The textile mills that once powered the economy are gone. The largest employer now is a paper mill with a workforce of 600. Comer recounts the town's history, which includes the state's largest historic district, with over 1,100 properties, and current restoration efforts.
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Luther Ashby of Hudson makes a line of Appalachian folk toys whose origins date back three or four hundred years, their designs copied, improved upon, and passed on to the next generation. His business, Pioneer Folk Toys, produces 24 items, including flipper-dingers and Gee-Haw Whimmydiddles.
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