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18290
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Goerch describes Surry County as a place of history, agriculture, and industry. He states that \"it has been the mother and grandmother of eleven other counties in the northwestern part of the state.\" Mrs. Ellen M. Marshall, aunt of President of Herbert Hoover, lived in White Plains, and Pilot Mountain can be seen from many parts of the county. Chatham Manufacturing Company, located at Elkin, is the county's largest business, and it the best known blanket makers in the country.
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18292
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Continuing his travels around the state, Goerch describes the things of interest he found in Brunswick County. He states \"the county has an interesting history from the era of Benjamin Smith of the Colonial Period to the present.\"
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18296
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Continuing his travels around the state, Goerch recounts the things of interest he found in Pitt County. He visits well-known towns such as Greenville, Farmville, and Ayden and others not so well-known like Toddy, Penny Hill, Monkey Den, and Creeping Swamp.
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Continuing his travels around the state, Goerch describes the things of interest he found in Forsyth County. It is a county of history where one can \"go from a bustling city to villages that are reminiscent of old European hamlets.\"
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18310
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Goerch describes Johnston County, formed in 1746, as a place of history and one of North Carolina's best agricultural counties. He states that \"it has been the mother and grandmother of about a dozen other counties.\" The Battle of Bentonville, the last great orderly battle of the Civil War, was fought there in March 1865.
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18313
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Continuing his travels around the state, Goerch describes the things of interest he found in Rockingham County. A number of famous people lived there, including three Governors whose homes still stand; Stephan A. Douglas' wife was a native and she is buried there; Patrick Henry's son and grandson taught there in a school that still stands. Reidsville is one of North Carolina's three tobacco-manufacturing centers, and Goerch lists other towns and their industries.
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18314
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Continuing his travels around the state, Goerch describes the things of interest he found in Robeson County, including Flora McDonald College at Red Springs, Ashpole Church founded in 1796, the Indian State Normal College at Pembroke, and a number of the county's towns.
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Goerch visits Clay County which, because it is located in the extreme western portion of that state, isn't as well-known as it should be. It is named for Henry Clay, and the mineral resources there are rich and varied, although largely undeveloped. It is relatively new, having been formed from Cherokee County in 1861.
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18367
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Continuing his travels around the state, Goerch describes the things of interest he found in Haywood County. The county has several peaks over 6,000 feet, huge apple orchards, large quantities of beef cattle, and years of interesting history. Champion Paper Company at Canton is one of the largest plants in the state and hires thousands of people.
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18368
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Continuing his travels around the state, Goerch describes the things of interest, current and historic, that he found in Lenoir County.
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18370
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Continuing his travels around the state, Goerch describes the things of interest he found in Cherokee County. The county is home to the Cherokee Indians and the area that De Soto and his expedition passed through. There are huge marble quarries at Marble, and the state's only pyramid is found in the cemetery at Murphy.
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18372
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Continuing his travels around the state, Goerch describes the things of interest he found in Mecklenburg County. Charlotte, the state's largest city, is located there. Goerch writes that \"the county has one of the most interesting histories of any county in the state.\" President James K. Polk and Stonewall Jackson's daughter, Julia, were both born there. Davidson College was founded in the county in 1837.
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18439
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Continuing his travels around the state, Goerch describes the things of interest he found in Franklin County.
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18444
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Continuing his travels around the state, Goerch describes the things of interest he found in Pasquotank County. The county is where the first session of a North Carolina legislature was held, where the state's first schoolhouse was built, and where the first revolt against British rule took place.
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18447
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Continuing his travels around the state, Goerch describes the things of interest he found in Moore County in the state's Sandhills area. The county is one of the outstanding resort centers in the country with famous golf courses such as Southern Pines and Pinehurst. It is one of the state's largest peach-growing area and a progressive region from an industrial standpoint.
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