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Sold on 7 August 1753, Lord Granville of the Carolina Colony sold 98,985 acres of land to the Moravians for their new settlement. The Moravians put down 500 pounds sterling towards the land and paid an annual rent through 1788 of 150 pounds. The quit-rents were purchased in 1788 for 1,000 pounds, transferring ownership of the Wachovia tract to the Moravians.
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12915
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Arriving in the Yadkin Valley in fall 1753, the Moravians utilized a variety of local tree resources for food, tools, fuel, and buildings. Some of these species include poplar, hickory, walnut, chestnut, ash, oak, beech, and pine.
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The Moravians arrived in the Yadkin Valley in 1753. Davis discusses the use they made of the forest there. Hickory provided fine firewood and food from the nuts. Yellow poplar gave them boards for their buildings. The chestnut could also be used as a substitute for coffee. Before an apothecary shop was built, drugs came from the forest floor and included snake root as an antidote for venom and carpenter leaf for fresh wounds.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 23 Issue 12, Dec 1959,
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24647
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The author highlights some of the popular fishing spots on the North Carolina coast and discusses when various seasons begin.
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11946
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For North Carolinians, the miracle of the first flight is that it somehow occurred in this state. Wilbur and Orville Wright needed a place where their wings could be spread wide and where the winds would lift those wings into soaring flight. After consulting with weather stations, and Kitty Hawk postmaster Captain William J. Tate, North Carolina became the chosen spot for their first flight.
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12179
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Thirty years ago, fishing was good in North Carolina, but the catch was small sized and no foundation existed for a sport fishery capable of attracting sportsmen from other areas. A few dreamers speculated on the possibilities of sport fishing far off-shore. Late in the 1920s a few adventurous souls pushed beyond the eastern horizons in small commercial fishing boats, catching large sailfish and other species, eventually proving that North Carolina is a haven for sport fishermen.
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12642
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Although many were convinced sport fishing in North Carolina was futile, others persisted, encouraging a growing number of charter boatmen. By 1946, there were approximately 20 cruisers designated for offshore fishing working out of North Carolina ports. Their persistence paid off in 1953 when 13 blue marlin were caught in Hatteras waters.
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12203
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Filling a void during the absence of professional musicians in North Carolina, the Moravians have shared and emanated their love of music through several centuries. Brought to the New Word during the period of settlement, the Moravians utilized the organ, piano, harpsichord, clavichord, harp, fiboline, cello, and viola, to glorify god and express their religious sentiments.
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13073
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Western Electric, manufacturers of civilian telephones, opened their third plant in North Carolina. Located in Winston-Salem, Burlington, and Greensboro, Western Electric employs 11,800 North Carolinians. The first electronic plant in the state, Western Electric procures materials and services locally, adding $9.2 million to the state economy in 1956.
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13182
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The traditions of the modern South began in the fields of cotton and tobacco. The backbone of industry in the state traces back to literate and articulate farm boys such as Colonel L.L. Polk and Benjamin Kilgore. Changes have taken place over decades, and none mirror the change better than the magazine, The Progressive Farmer, started by Colonel Polk in 1886.
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An overabundance of stray dogs, too many foxes, and too many unvaccinated pets have combined in Alleghany County to threaten not only wildlife but people and livestock as well. Rabies cropped up in the county early in 1952. Davis discusses how rabies strikes and the outbreak in Alleghany County.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 19 Issue 11, Nov 1955,
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13062
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Guilford County is considered an educational center. With six colleges and two junior colleges, Guilford County holds not only an unprecedented number of educational institutions per county, but also boasts other great educational achievements, such as the oldest co-educational college in the South, the oldest chartered Women's College in North Carolina, the largest resident Women's College in the nation, the second largest Negro College, and the first tax-supported public school system in North Carolina in Greensboro.
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The Northwest North Carolina Development Association had its beginning in 1953 when Archie K. Davis, senior vice-president of the Wachovia Bank and Trust Company invited some 40 leaders from nine counties to attend a meeting, the purpose of which was to discuss problems of regional importance. The Association has sought to promote agricultural development, industrial development, community development, and travel/recreational development in the area.
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Tanglewood Park, originally the 1,100-acre farm and home of William and Kate B. Reynolds, has a farm, blacksmith shop, vacation cabins, steam locomotive, plus a large endowment to finance it. The couple left the property to the people of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County. They also left $200,000 to develop the farm into a public playground. Also provided were 20,000 shares of Reynolds stock which generates $40,000 a year for the park's development, operating, and maintenance costs.
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The National Park Service has recently over the Linville Falls area and has stationed a ranger at the falls. A number of trails run off the ridge and into the gorge below the falls. Davis describes one of them, the Pine Gap Trail, which is not for the faint of heart, because it is a trail more in name than in actual fact. It is a plunging trail, not for walking, but for slithering and sliding and grasping at whatever your hands can find. At the bottom, though, it becomes somewhat easier for the walk to the falls.
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