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Alleghany, a Delaware Native American word meaning either, \"a fine stream\", or \"endless\", as in Alleghany County, was established in 1859 and is located in the heart of the Appalachians. Divided by Secessionist sentiments during the Civil War Era, residents forged atonements through agriculture, industry, and overall progress through frugality and economic scrutiny. Famous for the Doughton Family, charter inhabitants as well as public servants for some 138 years, the county is best known for pipe production as well as produce.
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Encompassing 682 square miles, two major rivers, and several small creeks, Bertie County served as the unofficial seat during early colonial times. Predominately an agricultural region assisted by a mild climate and a 214 day growing season, Bertie has little industrial wealth outside of lumber and tobacco. Established in 1722 and home to historic conflicts such as Culpepper's Rebellion as well as the Battle of Batchelor's Bay, Bertie County grew in prosperity with the onset of the steamboat age and improved transportation within the state.
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Furnishing biological, botanical, and chemical supplies to colleges and schools worldwide, Carolina Biological Supply Company, founded in 1927 by Dr. Thomas Powell, Jr., is one of three leading companies of its type in the United States. Containing numerous departments, headed by educational specialists, Carolina Biological specializes in skeleton sales, as well as a variety of animals at various stages of preservation, and scientific equipment.
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Native Americans of Cherokee decent are undergoing profound changes within North Carolina. An increase in employment off the reservation, coupled with the strengthening of industry on the reservation, is resulting in the decline of Native Americans being able to speak in their native tongue or write using the traditional alphabet. Modernization and exposure to life outside of the reservation is leading to an intensification of interracial marriages, or rather, individuals claiming to have Cherokee blood, thus entitling them to a share in the ownership of the reservation. In an attempt to curb the rising number of individuals professing Cherokee heritage, it is now required that individuals be at least 1/16th true Cherokee prior to acceptance into the Eastern Band.
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Scotland County is 28 miles long by 28 miles wide and has a varied topography encompassing some 318 square miles. The Lumber River and the federally owned Sandhills Game Management Area are located within the county which is served by four railroads. Major industries include cotton, tobacco, and livestock though manufacturing has increased with the textile industry.
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North Carolina native, Paul Ayers Rockwell, is a highly decorated war veteran. Serving the American, French and the Spanish at various times during WWI, WWII, and the Riffian War, Rockwell attained status as Commander of the Legion of Honor. Historian, author, and recipient of the United States Bronze Star, French Purple Heart, and three Croiz de Guerres, Rockwell dutifully served three countries before retiring to his home in the South.
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Comprised of land purchased by George Durant from Chief Kilcocanean of the Yeopim Native American Tribe in 1661, Perquimans County is comprised of two peninsulas that extend into Albemarle Sound. Containing three rivers, the Perquimans, Yeopim, and the Little, Perquimans County, encompassing some 167,040 acres, reportedly means, \"Land of beautiful women.\" A region exposed to a myriad of conflicts, religion, and history, the residents of Perquimans created their livelihoods based on the processing and exportation of corn, wheat, oats, cotton, wool, and fish.
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Asheville native and former Senator from North Carolina, from 1932 through 1945, Robert Rice Reynolds, is remembered for his flamboyant campaigns, numerous postcards, and pessimistic views on American Foreign Policy.
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9.Last of Our Beaches are Headed for the Market by Sharpe, Bill The State Vol. 26 Issue 1, June 1958
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After the completion of several surveys on ocean subdivision projects, reviewers were astonished at the speed of development and consequent sale of residential property to individual owners. By and large, the subdivisions now mark the end of an era, within 25 years there will be little to no land to develop for subdivisions. Already, the most desirable ocean front properties are selling for $50 to $100 per foot, and even the less desirable beach property has doubled and tripled in price in the last six years.
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In addition to the farming depression spreading throughout Selma, neighbors were discouraged when their single textile plant closed. Bringing hope back to Selma, Braxton Wilson, chairman of the Smithfield Chamber of Commerce Industrial Development Committee, purchased the plant, selling it to a furniture development company. In the process of selling the old textile plant, Wilson built and sold another plant to an electronics firm. Now, Selma has two plants where before there was only one -- then none.
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It was the craziest thing Graham County had ever seen, and the tale of the mountain-top ranch with its odd farm stock is still talked about throughout the Smokies. George Moore, often called the \"Mystery Man of Wall Street,\" completed construction of a large ranch on the top of the remote Hooper Bald, deep in the Snowbird Mountains, and supplied his lands with an odd sock of eight buffalo, 16 elk, 200 wild turkeys, and 34 bear.
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Prize money was a factor in the intrepidity and ingenuity of sailors during the Civil War as captured vessels yielded high rewards for the dominant crews. Spread unevenly amongst the men, in accordance with rank, captains received up to five figures whereas cabin boys, three. The EOLUS and the USS MEMPHIS are used as examples in this article.
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Established in 1779, Franklin County became the newest county in the state. Home of the Confederate rebel flag, large granite deposits, as well as the oldest chartered institution in the nation, Louisburg College, Franklin County is predominately a farming community. Sustained through the production of cotton, tobacco, and the lumber industry, residents of Franklin County have a varied history that includes unrefined religion and the discovery of gold.
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Graham, the last land wrested from Indians and settled by white men, is considered North Carolina's last frontier. Located next to the Tennessee border, most of the area is still forest, some areas still possessing virgin timber. A helpful travel guide illustrates the abundant resources and history of Graham County, including waterways, forests, and game.
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Due to its isolation, Pamlico is North Carolina's least known county. Bordered by the Pamlico and Neuse Rivers, possessing no bridges over the two large bodies of water, colonial North-South travel typically took place inland thus by-passing Pamlico. In order to facilitate knowledge of the county's resources, a travel guide lists useful streams, beaches, schools, and camps for the North Carolina traveler.
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