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Wilkes County, formed in 1777, is not only a land of fine people but a land of mountains, apples, and poultry, with a dash of peach brandy added in. Brushy Mountain and Stone Mountain are scenic spots in Wilkes County, and one-sixth of all the apples produced in North Carolina come from this county as well. Wilkes County is also one of the biggest poultry producing counties in the state, while the Champion Poultry Farms are one of the largest in the world.
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15139
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Guilford County is best known for Battle of Guilford Courthouse, but other places and events exist and have taken place within its boundaries. Beautiful Brandt Lake is considered one of the loveliest lakes in the Piedmont. Also of interest is the Bruce Plantation, the colonial homestead of Charles Bruce, a member of the committee that framed the North Carolina Constitution, and the Oak Ridge Military Institute, established in 1852. Guilford County is also the home of Guilford College, established by the Society of Friends in 1837.
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Davidson County was named for General Davidson, but it has been made famous for other reasons as well. Davidson County was the home of the Boone family, Daniel Boone that is, where Boone park is now located. Davidson County also houses the monument at Trading Fork where General Greene crossed the Yadkin River in his retreat toward Guilford Courthouse. It is also the locate of Thomasville, known for not only the largest chair factory in the country but al knitting mills, silk and rayon mills, and other manufacturing.
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15150
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You can't get much further east an still be on the mainland than in Engelhard, Stumpy Point, and Mann's Harbor. Engelhard is in the extreme easterly part of Hyde County while Stumpy Point and Mann's Harbor lie in Dare. Although Goerch says there isn't much to see in these small village communities, they are beautiful and peaceful, and full of the charm of coastal North Carolina.
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15186
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The Keeley Institute was founded by Dr. Leslie E. Keeley, M.D., L.L.D. in 1879 to cure people of addiction to alcohol and/or drugs. A Greensboro branch, opened in 1891 by Colonel W. H. Osborn, treated thousands of patients in its first 47 years.
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In Raleigh, Miss Helen Kirven runs a very special school for children. It is a school for children with \"nervous\" conditions due to defective pituitary glands or other causes. Miss Kirven is doing outstanding work helping these children overcome problems with muscular action or psychological troubles.
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Stovall, located in Granville County, is one of the oldest communities in North Carolina and boasts many interesting facts. Located near Stovall is a house with 48 rooms, and possibly one of the largest mansions in North Carolina with the exception of Biltmore. The figurehead of the old frigate, Constitution, was concealed in the house after it had been stolen by a political enemy of Andrew Jackson. Stovall is the final resting place of John Penn, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and the location of the largest holly tree in the world.
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Goerch details a car trip along the eastern edge of North Carolina from the tip of Currituck County down to Cape Hatteras. Along the way they take in the sights of shipwrecks, the Coast Guard service, ferry boats at Oregon Inlet, fishing in Currituck Sound, the lighthouse on the cape, and the quaint villages of Avon, Hatteras, and Duck.
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15295
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Another of North Carolina's most interesting places is Harkers Island. This small island is may be difficult to get to but it has many interesting features. Apart from the surrounding waterfront, Harkers Island is in close proximity to the Inland Waterway which brings ships from all over for commercial and recreational fishing, yachting, and other ventures. Harkers Island is also the home of the \"crab pound\" where crabs are held until they shed their shells and the sold as soft crabs to markets all over the area. The Inland Waterway itself is an engineering marvel 12 feet deep and 90 feet wide at the bottom.
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Herring fishing is a big business along the Chowan and Roanoke Rivers, resulting in the catch of many millions of herring every year and giving employment to thousands of men and women. The fish are trapped using huge nets cast in large areas, and in the Colerain factories they make use of every part of the fish after it is caught.
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In one of the Camel cigarettes factories of the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in Winston-Salem, North Carolina you will find intricate and amazing machinery and equipment. Each cigarette is rolled by a machine and then hand inspected, while another machine puts the cigarettes into a package and adds a label.
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15360
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Shirley Worth Porter, brother of author William Sidney Porter, who writes under the name O. Henry, reminiscences about his famous brother.
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One of North Carolina's little known spots, Crusoe's Island in the Green Swamp in southeastern North Carolina was originally settled by refugees from Haiti, and has been mostly isolated since the early 19th-century.
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The busiest section of North Carolina at this particular time is in the Sandhills, where they are harvesting and shipping the peach crop. There are more than 1,200,000 peach trees in that area, approximately 200 separate orchards, and thousands of crates are being shipped daily to northern markets.
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Five years ago General Manus McCloskey became commandant at Fort Bragg, the largest military post in the world. Since then, many changes and improvements have been made that include new administration buildings, a hospital, chapel, and other structures.
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