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Greensboro was a thriving city with diversified industries. Industries encompassed a wide array of goods including textile mills, lumber mills, hosiery plants, and metal manufacturing facilities. The Cone interests, comprised of three mills, constituted one of the world's largest textile manufactures. Burlington Mills Corporation was a major company in the rayon industry. Greensboro served as a major commercial center for the northern Piedmont region with more retail variety and as a principal convention center for Virginia, North and South Carolina.
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Steamboating on the Tar River ran between Tarboro and Washington with stops between. Clyde and Old Dominion lines dominated the river trade. Some of the boats that navigated Tar River were Beaufort, Greenville, R.L. Myers, Margie, Shiloh, Tarboro, and Alpha, Beta. The trade boomed from the mid-19th century until 1923 when the last steamboat stopped in Tarboro.
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14928
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Tyrrell County is one of the oldest counties in North Carolina where there is fine hunting and fishing as well as being one of the largest potato producing sections of the State.
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Transylvania County is a land of beautiful forests, waterfalls, and lakes. But as well as being a favorite place for fishermen and hunters, Transylvania County is quite an industrial section too, such as Ecusta Paper Company, Transylvania Tanning, pipe companies, yarn mills, and Wheeler Silk Hosiery Company.
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It is well off the beaten path for most North Carolinians, but Graham County is well worth visiting if you enjoy rugged mountain scenery, beautiful lakes, virgin forests, and roaring rivers.
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Currituck County in northeastern North Carolina is a fertile land bordering the Albemarle Sound and the Atlantic Ocean. It is a fine truck farming section of the State and is ideal for hunting ducks, fishing, and muskrat trapping.
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In Ashe County you will find larger herds of beef cattle, huge flocks of sheep and turkeys, large dairying operations, and a diversified crop production including Sequoia potatoes.
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George S. Coble had a dream that started eight years ago with the purchase of 11 gallons of milk daily. His dream has developed into a reality with the growth of Coble Dairy Products, and the purchase of 25,000 gallons of milk daily.
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Once there was a quiet, peaceful, slow-moving county in eastern North Carolina on the Atlantic Ocean, known as Onslow County. The people farmed and fished and took life easily. But today Onslow is a modern, bustling, wide-awake section of North Carolina thanks to Camp Davis and two marine bases.
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Mica mines are booming these days - the curious shiny stuff is being turned up at a record rate under government stimulus, and prices have doubled since World War II began. More than 175 new mines have opened in the last 90 days.
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Jones County is a land of vast timbered tracts and fine farms of tobacco, soybeans, and peanuts. It is one of the most picturesque counties in the eastern part of the state, and has diversified resources such as farm land, and large deposits of phosphates.
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14953
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Anson County was named for Admiral Anson, and is one of the oldest counties in the State. Here you will find plenty of interesting things to see and do in Wadesboro, Ansonville, Morven, and other communities.
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14955
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In Stokes County you will find Hanging Rock State Park, the old Rock House, some lovely historic homes, and many other interesting things.
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14956
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Within a twelve month period one of North Carolina's greatest wartime experiments has shown a profitable large-scale beef cattle, sheep, and hogs production in the low-income areas of the Coastal Plain section of the State at the Caledonia State Prison Farm, Tillery, North Carolina.
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14957
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The mother of 55 other counties, Bladen County was the scene of the Battle of Elizabethtown and is the location of many historic homes.
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