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Marshall Rauch, a 93 year old Jewish man from Gastonia, was the biggest producer of Christmas ornaments in the world from 1962-1995. He also served in the North Carolina Senate from 1967-1998. He is still quite busy as an investor, and has lived quite a charitable life.
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Mistletoe is poisonous if eaten by humans and does not float, and is famously used around Christmas for kissing. Joe Huss has boat rides on the Cashie River where people gather mistletoe, and is quite familiar with the different qualities of the plant.
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Opened in 1929, The Dunhill Hotel is one of the few historic boutique hotels operating in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is old enough to have a friendly ghost named Dust. The hotel also features paintings by North Carolina artist Philip Moose and displays local art from Sozo Gallery.
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The R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company was a prominent economic component and employer in Winston Salem during the twentieth century. The company headquarters building—built in the late 1920s—was iconic, and the inspiration for the Empire State Building. Following the decline of the tobacco industry, the building wasn’t used, but today, the inside has been refurbished as a hotel.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 84 Issue 10, March 2017,
p86-90, 92, 94, 96, il, por
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27828
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The New Belgium beer company opened its east coast brewery in Asheville in 2016. Locals love the beer and the city improvements brought on by the brewery’s arrival, but some still question whether it should be considered a local business or not.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 84 Issue 10, March 2017,
p150-154, 156, 158, il, map
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28489
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Briggs Hardware has provided Raleigh with goods and building supplies since 1865. The history of the store and how it has changed over six generations over Briggs’ is detailed. The store is serving the citizens of Raleigh differently than in the past, but people are still coming to Briggs to meet a variety of needs.
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28512
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Forty years ago, Bojangles’ started serving chicken and biscuits in Charlotte, North Carolina. Now they’ve got legions of fans as far away as Honduras. Still, it hasn’t lost its reputation for being fast, fried, and fiercely loyal.
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The reemergence of the 1864 Agnes E. Fry shipwreck and its importance are detailed. The Agnes E. Fry was a blockade runner intended to be used to evade Union warships during the Civil War. The Fry’s history, the account of its final run as told by Bernard Roux Harding, and its place off the NC coast are described. Billy Ray Morris, director of the Underwater Archaeology Branch, rediscovered the ship and he describes the work being done to preserve and document the find.
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28678
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Carolyn Mason was instrumental in protecting the wild Shackleford Banks horses. Mason helped lead and organize a campaign to protect the free range horses in 1995. The details of her campaign and its effect on the local horse population are detailed.
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Over two dozen small restaurants have been featured by Guy Fieri on the Food Network Show Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives. As a result, sales at the small restaurants have spiked and continue to spike each time their show is broadcast as a rerun. Some restaurants have turned down the opportunity to be featured and some have folded under the increased exposure. The impact the show has had on North Carolina restaurants is detailed.
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29146
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Queens Road West curves through Myers Park, a century-old neighborhood that runs south from Uptown Charlotte. Covering the stately homes and manicured lawns are the giant willow oaks that form a cathedral over street. A century ago, Myers Park was a treeless cotton farm outside the city limits, but when John Nolen was given free reign to create something different, Nolen designed sweeping treescapes to match the gentle topography.
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In 1981, the banking boom began in Charlotte, North Carolina, mainly in part because of Hugh McColl. The former CEO of Bank of America helped reshape the banking industry in the United States and put the small city of Charlotte into a banking metropolis.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 85 Issue 4, September 2017,
p176-178, 180-181, por
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34282
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The state boundaries of North Carolina are more than just lines on a map; they have led to tales of love and murder, pride and confusion, new islands and old disputes. Twenty stories describe how history, geography, race, culture, politics, and geophysical events that have shaped North Carolina, the Outer Banks and newly formed Shelly Island.
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The North Carolina Museum of History has created an exhibit about toys from local citizens childhoods. But when a deluge of toys were donated for the exhibit, the Museum had to open up more space and took an extra year to pull together the exhibit. These are the stories behind favorite toys through the decades.
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Lovefeast, a Moravian tradition that occurs several times a year, is known for the sharing of sweet buns and coffee. The lovefeast bun is a simple spiced bun with mace and orange flavors. It is a popular dish, and the bakery that sells them in Winston-Salem makes over 24,000 during the lovefeast on Christmas Eve.
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