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Encompassing 643 square miles and located in the south central portion of North Carolina, Union County was formed in 1842. Occupied by the Waxhaw Native Americans prior to settlement by descendants of white Europeans, Union is predominately a forested county with ties to agriculture.
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12180
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The Great Revival of the 18th and 19th centuries saw a radical change in the attitude of North Carolina from Godlessness to religious enthusiasm. Aside from this significance, the movement produced a curious phenomenon which has fascinated psychologists ever since -- \"exercises.\" The exercises of revivalists are described as \"falling down,\" and later \"jerking,\" acts supposedly brought on at the height of religious frenzy during an evangelist's sermon.
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The story of North Carolina's most infamous group of outlaws comes from Robeson County, recounting the terror caused by Henry Berry Lowry. Between 1864 and 1872, the Lowry Gang struck often and viciously from its lair in the swamps around Pembroke (previously Scuffletown). The tale of terror tracks Henry Lowry's life, the organization of his gang, his capture, and sentencing.
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Traversed by Sir Richard Grenville in 1585, Hyde County is speculated to be the first site of conflict between English explorers and Native Americans. The site of an early an 18th-century reservation, Hyde has been transformed into a modern community on the shores of Pamlico Sound.
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Accounting for the majority of farm income within Pitt County, tobacco farming has sustained the community since 1725. Selling more flue-cured tobacco than any other county in the United States, Pitt County merchants established a market in 1891 from which to sell their goods. Initially, a one warehouse operation, membership in the Greenville Market grew to 31 different auctioneers, who, as of 1956, sold 97,367,576 pounds of tobacco, 57,161,694 pounds of which was grown locally.
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Settled in 1750 by Ulster Scots from Pennsylvania, Iredell County grew steadily as the state's number one dairy province. Expanding and diversifying in industrial development, citizens of Iredell enjoy a variety of opportunities in this quaint western locality.
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Settled after the Tuscarora War, in approximately 1711, Granville County is a community located on the Virginia border. Encompassing 531 square miles, residents of Granville began as agriculturalists and have evolved into modern day industrial workers.
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12220
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Job opportunities for women in North Carolina have expanded to include secretarial positions at local chambers of commerce.
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12221
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Editorial opinions regarding the Supreme Court ruling involving desegregation are provided for the following localities: Charlotte, Rockingham, Albemarle, Greensboro, Fuquay, Lillington, Fayetteville, Morgantown, Marion, and Aberdeen. In general, opinions are offered by the editors of local papers and are mainly against integration.
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Pender County is a hybrid, both rural and resort, its vast plain wild and yet well cultivated. Pender, witness to the first battle of the revolution, is hemmed against the water by a slender ridge, near both U.S. 17 and the Atlantic Coast Line rails. Its landscape features bays, botanical gardens with meat-eating plants, and an abundance of blueberries that were first planted by Harrold Huntington of New Jersey.
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12352
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The new lighthouse, located on Oak Island, North Carolina, will go into service sometime after May 1, as the brightest light in our country. Partially assembled with the assistance of helicopters, the new lighthouse will emit 2,000,000 candlepower in good weather and 20,000,000 in poor visibility.
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Located on the shores of Albemarle Sound, Chowan County was settled during the 17th-century by colonists in Virginia. An official port of entry, equipped with two shipyards, Chowan had the most densely populated region Native Americans on Albemarle Sound.
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Encompassing 725 square miles, Craven County was first settled in 1710 by Baron de Graffenried and the German and Swiss colonists that pursued him. A region plagued by the Tuscarora War, Craven's image improved when the second oldest city in North Carolina, New Bern, was appointed the colonial state capital. Commerce throughout the region grew via the expansion of maritime industries, agriculture, and improvements in transportation. Cherry Point serves as the biggest modern contribution to Craven's economy, generating some 35% of all trade.
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Encompassing 496 square miles, the Great Balsam Mountain Range, Cold Mountain, and Judaculla Rock, Jackson County is a scenic locality located in the southwestern portion of the state. Traversed by Hernando de Soto during the first recorded European expedition into the interior of the county, Jackson is more commonly known for the Cherokee Wars, natural forests, lumber production, mineral harvesting, and agriculture.
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The North Atlantic Current as well as the Labrador Current causes constant environmental changes along the shores of North Carolina. Shifting shoals, channel silting, the opening and closing of inlets, and maintaining dredged shipping channels are among the changes.
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