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12452
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Near Salisbury in Rowan County stands the oldest house in western North Carolina. Called the Old Stone House, it was built by Michael Braun in 1766. Now authentically restored, it serves as a living museum and gives visitors a glimpse of what life was like in Colonial days.
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21128
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North Carolinian Harrell Paden began visiting secluded Holden Beach near Wilmington when he was four-years-old in 1928. When he returned in 1985 after an absence of several years, he was shocked to find that there was no longer a public access route to the beach. Private housing communities have developed and cut off public access to several local beaches, while still using public funds and utilities.
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North Carolina Literary Review
(NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. 1 Issue 2, 1994,
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25372
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Ruth Shaw is the first female president of Duke Power. She began her career as a teaching administrator, but her strong personality and ability to communicate got her into the corporate world.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 1 Issue 4, Spring 2003,
p24-27, il, por
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34938
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The Lumbee tribe in Robeson County, North Carolina has a long history even before being recognized as a tribe by the federal government. The Lowry Wars, a Ku Klux Klan rally, and the possible connection to the Lost Colony have all been a part of the history of the area and a part of tribal lore.
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38292
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Diane Aurit’s face jug collection and financial investment grows in tandem with her fascination with the history, the process behind their creation, and varieties of facial design. Famed face jug potters represented in her collection of 240 jars include Charlie Lisk, Don Craig, Burlon Craig, Kim Ellington, Steven Abee, and Joe Reinhardt.
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After education at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico and work at the National Museum of the American Indian at the Smithsonian, Nancy Fields is returning to the place her family and ancestors have called home for centuries: Robeson County, North Carolina. Where history and culture of the Lumbee run deep, Fields takes over as director and curator of the Museum of the Southeast American Indian at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
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