Articles in regional publications that pertain to a wide range of North Carolina-related topics.
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This article covers the most significant moments in North Carolina sports history. Some of these victorious events included the University of North Carolina’s 1957 national championship, North Carolina State’s 1983 miracle championship, and Duke University’s back-to-back titles in 1991 and 1992.
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31103
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This article reviews the rich history of oystering in North Carolina, details its contemporary problems, and reports on projects that are helping to restore the fishery. The North Carolina Coastal Federation is working to improve habitat and water quality.
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31107
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Research and the passing down of family stories have revealed many aspects of the secret signaling used to help slaves flee to freedom. One of the secret communication systems is the Underground Railroad Quilt Code. Symbols such as flying geese or monkey wrenches represented directions and tools required for the journey.
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The Core Sound Waterfowl Museum celebrates the living traditions of decoy carving, boat-building, and fishing through the documentation and preservation of this Down East community’s cultural history. This article discusses the history of the museum and highlights several new exhibits. This May, the museum moves into its new building at Shell Point on Harkers Island, North Carolina.
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This article features citizen reports of sightings in the North Carolina wilderness. Among the sightings are stories of a golden eagle, bald eagle, wild boar, bottlenose dolphins, bears, and red fox.
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The North Carolina State Grange, at work since the 1870s, continues its commitment to improving the quality of rural life through community service, legislative activities and youth leadership programs. The State Grange recently made a case that rural North Carolina and farm families in particular, are going through an economic depression. This article discusses some of their hardships and how Hyde County farmers are expanding their market.
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The North Carolina textile industry played an early role in the advancement of air conditioning when in 1906 the Carrier Corporation installed its first industrial-strength air conditioning system in Gaston County. Air conditioning in rural homes, however, did not become affordable until the late 1960s. During this time, North Carolina’s electric cooperatives began promoting window-mounted air conditioning units called the U-Mount.
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31164
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On the 100th anniversary of the Wright Brothers work on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, a member of the organization, Man Will Never Fly Memorial Society Internationale, flies an airplane across North Carolina and discusses how people can learn to fly at First in Flight Aviation at the Franklin County Airport. There are also fifty-five Be A Pilot flight schools in North Carolina.
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31229
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North Carolina is known as the “Good Roads State” because it contains more scenic or otherwise interesting drives than any state in the nation. The North Carolina Department of Transportation recently published a set of designated scenic byways, complete with directions on how to tour them. Among citizens’ favorite drives are trips through Mount Mitchell, Wake Forest, Cape Hatteras, and the Neuse River Ferry to Morehead City.
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31231
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This article features stories about ten favorite restaurants in North Carolina. Charlotte’s South 21 Drive-in is known for their onion rings and quirky atmosphere. Other restaurants are claimed as the best places to get news and see neighbors, or for their barbecue, homemade biscuits, and live entertainment.
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Cane Creek Friends Meeting is a Quaker community in Snow Camp, Alamance County, which formed in 1751. As the Piedmont’s oldest active Quaker Meeting community, Cane Creek celebrates its 250th year during the first week of October 2001. This article describes the Quaker community’s history and heritage, and provides information about upcoming events.
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31233
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Governor Mike Easley describes his life growing up on his family’s tobacco farm in Nash Count. Easley also discusses the recent tobacco settlement, rural North Carolina, education, economic development, and the electric utility industry.
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31234
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In this article, citizens describe and share stories about the best things that ever happened to North Carolina. The most prominent events and features in North Carolina history were the development of the Blue Ridge Parkway, fusion of diverse cultures, the tobacco industry, electricity, and the Andy Griffith Show.
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Joining the elite corps of linemen requires training, hard work and real teamwork. For linemen in North Carolina, most of their course instruction takes place at Nash Community College in a program established by the North Carolina Association of Electric Cooperatives. David Burr, a crew foreman in Wadesboro, discusses what is involved in linemen education and training.
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31261
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Known as “The Good Roads State,” North Carolina maintains the nation’s largest state highway system. Governor Locke Craig in the early 1900s set up the first highway commission, and in the 1920s, the so-called “mud tax” spurred widespread road construction. This article presents historical and personal accounts on the finest roads in North Carolina, from the Four Mile Desert Road in Perquimans County to Tatum Gap Road outside Andrews and Robbinsville.
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