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14368
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Using W. Duke & Sons tobacco factory as the focal point, this article delivers a brief history of early cigarette manufacturing in North Carolina. Making cigarettes in their factories gave Duke & Sons a new market with less competition than the solely tobacco growing competition.
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13992
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Kings Mountain was one of the most important battles of the Revolutionary War; it helped turn the tide in favor of the rebels.
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14207
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There has always been some argument about whether Elizabeth City was named for Queen Elizabeth of England or for Mrs. Betsy Tooley. Dean holds to the latter viewpoint in this article about Mrs. Tooley.
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14171
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Few churchmen in North Carolina ever have been more highly regarded that Rt. Rev. Thomas C. Darst, and thousands of people felt that in his passing they had lost a devoted friend.
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14311
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Ann Bonney and Mary Read are the subjects of this article about famous female North Carolinians. Each of these women gained their reputations for being pirates in an age when women were rarely onboard ships, let alone active, ruthless individuals. The author provides a brief biographical sketch of each lady and her career on the high seas.
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During the Revolutionary War, ports at Wilmington, Elizabeth City, and New Bern were producing wooden vessels to add to the nation's naval fleet. The Carolina ships were used to run the blockade during this period and crewed by remarkable seamen.
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13966
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Storm tides and shifting sands have often changed the coastline of North Carolina with many of the inlets here today and gone tomorrow.
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14198
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Few religious edifices in North Carolina can equal the Christ Episcopal Church of Elizabeth City in the stately dignity of its architecture and the beauty of its many memorials.
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13890
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Dog racing, duck hunting, and fishing attract thousands to this northeastern county annually. However, there also are many other things of interest within the borders of Currituck.
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13951
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The juniper water of the Dismal Swamp was considered a cure-all for many ailments, and nearly a century ago the Dismal Swamp gave promise of becoming a great health resort.
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14095
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It's doubtful if any other public building ever served as many different purposes as did North Carolina's first state capitol at Raleigh. In those days the building was used for costume balls, amateur theatricals, dances and various other festive occasions, as well as for the transaction of state business.
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14002
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North Carolina legislators on the political stage during the first hundred years of the United States comprised an interesting and influential group; one became President of the United States, and another nearly did. Several others served in important diplomatic posts.
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14131
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Over a period of almost 300 years, North Carolina has had an odd and interesting assortment of chief executives, particularly in the early period of the State's history.
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14306
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Winston-Salem was settled by a German group known as the Moravians. In this article, the group's fire prevention methods are discussed. The meticulous Moravians kept detailed records on fire control and notes on any destruction to land and homestead as far back as 1775.
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13087
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July was the 100th anniversary of the beginning of work on the great Albemarle & Chesapeake Canal, which went uncelebrated in Currituck County. The canal, which connects the waters of Chesapeake Bay with those of the Albemarle Sound, was begun near Coinjock in July, 1855 and proved to be an important commercial waterway for many years.
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