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15396
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Long ago the hurrying rivers of western North Carolina carved their channels deep through the hills, removing all barriers that might form lakes. Therefore there are not natural lakes in that section of the State. But man remedied this lack by building dams and impounding the water of streams and rivers into artificial lakes, until now the lovely mountain country of North Carolina may well be considered a land of lakes, there being in fourteen counties fully seventy-seven lakes.
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15429
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An interesting experiment is in progress at Lees-McRae College in successfully helping propagate more game birds in that region of North Carolina. The game farm raises grouse, quail, pheasants, and turkeys to name a few varieties.
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15500
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The development of the dramatic arts in North Carolina has been quite interesting. Beginning with the Gifford Strolling Players as early as 1780s, North Carolina has been the home to many actors and movie stars. In 1793 New Bern vied for theatrical preeminence with the first theatrical performance given by pupils of the North Carolina school. Theatrical excellence continued in men such as John Augustin Daly, noted playwright and produce, born in Plymouth, and William Churchill DeMille, playwright, born in Washington.
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In the Sandhill region near Samarcand, the State Home and Industrial School for Girls rehabilitates troubled young women. Those sent there learn self-reliance, which included lessons in traditional female gender roles of cooking, laundry, and farming basics. The campus included an auditorium, hospital, dorms, and various administrative buildings.
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15992
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There are many unsolved mysteries found in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Among them are the Singing Stones of Chimney Rock and the old Rumbling Bald Mountain, which towers over Lake Lure, close to Chimney Rock and the Bottomless Pools. Henderson discusses some of the theories that have been advanced to explain them.
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16027
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Henderson discusses the work and creations of Edith Harwell, who operates Pinewood Pottery near Charlotte. As a women potter, she is unique among a field that is mostly men. She is the only woman in North Carolina to operate her own pottery with a distinctive trademark of her own.
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15377
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Mount Mitchell, some 40 miles north of Asheville, is the tallest peak in eastern America and its forest was over-harvested in the late 19th- and early 20th-centuries. The 1914 state legislature passed regulations to cease logging and promote a conservation plan for the mountain. Mount Mitchell's development plans 21 years later included roads, reforestation programs, and a game refuge.
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Mrs. Findley Mast developed an interest hand weaving and traveled to the Blue Ridge Mountains to gain first-hand knowledge from generations of weavers. As she learned her craft in the western mountains, news arrived of Woodrow Wilson's daughter's, Jessie, wedding. Mrs. Mast decided to send Jessie a wedding present, a bedspread hand-woven by Mrs. Findley and the women teaching her the craft.
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Yohnalosse Trail stretched between Blowing Rock and Linville along Grandfather Mountain. North Carolina Highway Commission reopened the road to the public in 1930. The average elevation along the route is 4,000 feet, while the lowest point is at Coffey's Gap (3,500 feet) and highest at the peak of Grandfather Mountain (5,000 feet).
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Sara Coleman Porter, who is a well-known writer in her own right, is the widow of O. Henry. She lives near Asheville. In this Henderson interview, she talks about her writing and that of O. Henry's.
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Henderson continues her interview with Sara Coleman Porter, the widow of the famous short story writer, O. Henry. In this section, Mrs. Porter discusses her association with O. Henry.
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Henderson continues her interview with Sara Coleman Porter, the widow of the famous short story writer, O. Henry. Mrs. Porter recounts her first meeting with O. Henry, their courtship, marriage, and brief time together before he became ill and died.
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There are sixty government hospitals around the country, each equipped for dealing with special ailments. Oteen, located a few miles from Asheville, admits only tubercular cases. It is one of the finest and best equipped hospitals in the country for dealing with that disease. Henderson describes the workings of the hospital.
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After George Vanderbilt died, his executors sold 86,000 acres of his property to the federal government. Congress then established a federal game preserve on the lands, and Pisgah National Forest became the first national game preserve east of the Mississippi River. Henderson discusses what the game wardens there are doing to preserve the wildlife of that section.
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Henderson describes what celebrating Christmas was like in North Carolina during the ante-bellum days.
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