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12899
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In Winston-Salem, a group of craftsmen are pioneering in the production of modern church windows. Russell Church Studios, Inc, headed by Russ Biggam, Jr., made their stained glass debut at an architectural meeting held in Atlanta and are now selling their products nationwide.
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Born in Maryland in 1729, Richard Caswell served North Carolina as governor in 1776, 1777, 1778, 1785, 1786, and 1787. Surveyor, lawyer, legislator, and soldier, Caswell also served as delegate to the Constitutional Convention, held in Philadelphia. A Federalist, Caswell died on 5 November 1789, at a convention in Fayetteville.
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Collins and Aikman, suppliers of upholstery materials as well as pioneers in unusual uses of pile fabrics, is a New York based company with subsidiaries in North Carolina. Run by Ellis Leach, Collins and Aikman sell the majority of their products to entities in the transportation field.
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Offering brief summaries of the towns that comprise Sampson County, this article offers facts and notable residents in the following communities: Roseboro, Garland, Salemburg, Newton Grove, Turkey, Ivanhoe, Autryville, Newton's Crossroads, Harrel's, and Delway.
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Approximately one mile long and 1,800 feet wide, the granite quarry at Mount Airy, North Carolina has provided stone for notable monuments and structures nationwide. Started by Thomas Woodruff in 1889, the Mount Airy Quarry has supplied stone for the following projects: the Wright Memorial at Kitty Hawk, the gold bullion depository at Fort Knox, the Arlington Memorial Bridge, the Harvey Firestone memorial, as well as numerous others. The Herman Stone Company represents another business arising from the quarry. Manufacturers of smooth granite plates and slabs, the Herman Stone Company custom fabricates granite bases for laboratory and industrial companies.
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Including Pilot Mountain, Dobson, Siloam, White Plains, Low Gap, and Westfield, this article provides brief descriptions of the towns and cities of Surrey County.
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Approved for construction on 20 April 1745, in an effort to protect English interests along the Cape Fear River, Fort Johnston, outfitted with twenty-four cannon, became the newest British defense in the Provence of North Carolina.
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Fort Fisher, located at the convergence of the Cape Fear River and Atlantic Ocean, is an area also known as Federal Point or Confederate Point. A key position and fortification for Southern militia during the Civil War, the location ultimately fell to Union forces on 15 January 1865. The end of the Civil War closely followed this event, overshadowing impending repercussions that are often overlooked. The loss of Ft. Fisher opened the Confederacy up to attacks along the Cape Fear as well as the loss of Wilmington, known as the great importing depot of the South.
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Known as the Greenville to Greenville Line as well as the Paint Mountain Road, the path connecting the eastern and western portions of North Carolina has been used by drovers, stage coaches, and railroads throughout the state's history.
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Marvin Rea started his bridge and road construction company in Charlotte in 1937, providing Portland cement paving services. Today, thousands of North Carolina roads bear the imprint of his company. The company is also in the building construction field.
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12927
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James W. Cogdell is president and CEO of The Cogdell Group of Charlotte. The company specializes in building doctor-owned medical office buildings, 70 percent of them hospital-related.
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Commissioned by the legislation in 1854, construction began on the Western North Carolina Railroad, set to connect Salisbury and Asheville. Requiring millions of dollars and nearly 25 years to build, the railroad suffered almost a complete disaster during the Civil War. Completed on 11 March 1879, the rail line has six tunnels, one of which spans one-third of a mile.
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James A. Heavner is president of The Village Companies, a company with twelve wholly-owned subsidiaries, including three broadcasting operations, a weekly shopping guide, and The Tar Heel Sports Network, which has broadcast the University of North Carolina football and basketball games for the last fifteen years. We the People of North Carolina magazine features him in its Businessman in the News section.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 46 Issue 10, Oct 1988,
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Oxford native Michael Cutts out chanted forty-eight other professional tobacco auctioneers to win the 1988 World Tobacco Auctioneering Championship held in Danville, North Carolina.
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Boyd Lee George is president of Merchants Distributors, Incorporated, a complex of seventeen acres of warehouses located in Hickory. His father and uncle founded the company in 1931. They made $250,000 the first year. Sales for this year are projected at $581 million. The company stocks over 23,000 items that it supplies to supermarkets and convenience stores throughout the Southeast. We the People of North Carolina magazine features him in its Businessman In the News section.
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