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In 1906, three doctors opened the Thermal Belt Sanatorium in Tryon for people suffering respiratory illnesses. The physicians soon discovered that more healthy people than ill ones were coming to Tryon for the climate, and they closed the sanatorium. In 1917, Carter Brown came from Michigan to explore the possibilities of opening an inn. He rented the sanatorium for two years as his residence, and in 1920, purchased and converted it into an inn. This year the structure, now known far and wide as the Pine Crest Inn, is celebrating a century of service. Jackson recounts the history of the inn from 1920 to 2006.
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Ice cream sundaes offer a respite from the hot days of summer. Jackson describes a number of shops in western North Carolina that not only serve ice cream sundaes that satisfy the taste buds but serve them in a setting that turns the clock back to a simpler time. The shops are Royall's Soda Shop (Elkin); Woolworth Walk Soda Fountain (Asheville); Boone Drug Store Fountain (Boone); Mooresville Ice Cream Company (Mooresville); Rocky's Soda Shop & Grill (Brevard); Jukebox Junction Soda Shoppe (Canton); The Soda Shop (Canton); Innes Street Drug Company (Salisbury); Jack the Dipper (Sylva); Spanky's (Salisbury); Soda Pops (Bryson City); and Pike's Old Fashioned Soda Shop (Charlotte).
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 74 Issue 1, June 2006,
p52-54, 56-60, 62, 64, il
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On April 16, 1865, General Joseph E. Johnston surrendered to Union General William T. Sherman at Bennett Place. It was the largest troop surrender of the Civil War and effectively ended the fighting. Jackson describes the events and relates what happened to the property afterwards.
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In 1982, the East Carolina Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society became the new owners of a six-mile rail spur in Wake County. The society bought the line after the Southern Railway closed it down. Southern Railway assisted the society by selling the line at scrap value. The rail line was named The New Hope Valley Railway, and it runs from Bonsal to New Hill. The first trains ran on the line in 1906, and now a hundred years later they run for a different purpose--keeping alive North Carolina's railroading heritage.
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10684
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William Sidney Wilson, of Yanceyville, an electrical engineering student at North Carolina State College, created the first modern electric guitar in 1940.
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Virginia Dare was the first English child born in the New World. Visitors to the Elizabethan Gardens in Manteo have seen the statue depicting her as an adult, but few know the remarkable journey it took to get there. Jackson chronicles how the statue was sculpted in Italy in the 1850s by Maria Lander of Massachusetts; went down in a shipwreck off the Spanish coast; survived a fire in a New York studio; alarmed North Carolinians when the semi-nude figure appeared in front of the Capitol building; and finally came to the vicinity of Dare's birth.
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Many of North Carolina's 8.6 million citizens have pets living in their homes. Several inns in the state recognize this unique connection between humans and animals. Jackson describes three inns where pets are welcome. They are The Red Dog Inn (Beaufort); Toad Alley Bed and Bagel (High Point); and the Blue Boar Inn (Robbinsville).
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 74 Issue 6, Nov 2006,
p160-162, 164, 166-167, il
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Jackson describes three bed and breakfast inns that cater to people who travel around North Carolina on horseback. They are the Parkside Bed and Barn (Denton); The Guest House at Burnside Plantation (Henderson); and Turkey Creek Cabins and Horse Camp.
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Spring in North Carolina is an ideal time for gardeners to attract butterflies. This can be done by planting native flowering, nectar-producing plants that attract mature butterflies, and plant foliage that attract young caterpillars. This article provides a guide to gardening, native plants and species of butterflies.
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Brownfields are underused or abandoned commercial or industrial sites at which on-site contaminants adversely affect potential profitability. Fayetteville and High Point are working with the EPA to see how to revitalize such rundown sections.
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In western North Carolina a number of routes have been designated as Scenic Byways by the Federal Highway Administration, which funds the National Scenic Byways Program. The article describes side trips and a sampling of restaurants. The byways included are the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway; Appalachian Medley; South Mountain Scenery; Cherohala Skyway; Waterfall Byway; Whitewater Way; New River Valley Byway; Mission Crossing; Little Parkway; Upper Yadkin Way; Black Mountain Rag; French Broad Overview; Nantahala Scenic Byway; Indian Lakes Scenic Byway; Drovers Road; and Pacolet River Byway.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 74 Issue 5, Oct 2006,
p58-66, 68-76, 78-86, 88-94, 96, 98, 100, il
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When Clyde Cooper opened Cooper's Barbecue on East Davis Street in Raleigh in 1938, he proclaimed it \"a good place to eat.\" Sixty-four years later that's still true. Jackson takes the reader inside the restaurant which still maintains the look and feel of an old-time barbecue joint in the shadow of modern, downtown Raleigh buildings.
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Three structures - the Bingham School, a 1793 boarding school; the 1924 Wilmington Chapter of the Salvation Army building; and the 1777 Traphill Gristmill in Wilkes County - were rescued from ruin and transformed into bed and breakfast accommodations. The buildings are now known as the Inn at Bingham School (Chapel Hill); the Front Street Inn (Wilmington); and the Old Traphill Mill Inn (Traphill).
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At one time there were seventy gristmills operating in Wake County. Yates Mill, built around 1756, is the last one in existence. Jackson traces the ownership of the mill, which ceased operation in 1953. Although the mill was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, it seemed destined to follow the other sixty-nine into oblivion. Through the efforts of local preservationists the mills was restored and now stands as the centerpiece of the Historic Yates Mill County Park.
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Three bed and breakfast inns with an international flair roll out the welcome mat, providing European hospitality on North Carolina soil. The Gaesthaus Salzburg, Linne ‘Ardan, and the Grafton Lodge and Cabins are all located in Lake Lure.
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