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13805
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The cool air of the Cashiers Plateau is good for minks, and a mink farm there produces championship pelts for an inexhaustible market.
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13806
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North Carolina's coastland is more than just a beach; it is a breezy land of heroic memory and salty people.
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13819
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In 4 years, 12,000 miles of new highways have been laid in North Carolina. Considering population and traffic factors, North Carolina now has the biggest road system in the world.
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Bill Sharpe explains the meaning and history of the famous nickname for North Carolinians, \r\n'Tar Heel'. Sharpe claims that prior to the Civil War, people who lived by the Virginia-North Carolina border employed patrolmen to keep slaves from crossing state lines. Each state enforced a penalty on slaves caught escaping. In North Carolina this penalty was to tar the heels of the slave, hence the name, 'Tar Heel'.\r\n
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The Karastan Mill opened in 1928 as part of the Fieldcrest Group based in Leaksville. The Karastan Mill employs the only mechanical Persian rug looms in the state and produces over 75,000 rugs per year. Utilizing grippers or mechanical fingers to weave the rugs through the back, a characteristic feature of oriental rugs, Sharpe claims these looms were invented because Americans were unwilling to spend the amount of time required to weave these rugs by hand.
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Rockingham County was established in 1785. Named for sympathizer of the Patriot cause, Charles Watson Wentworth, the Marquis of Rockingham, this tract of land encompasses 370,560 acres and contains a population of 64,816. Settled by the English and Scotch-Irish, Rockingham residents make a living by working in the textile, energy, and agriculture industries.
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Home of the Old Catawba and Cherokee Trading Fort on the Yadkin River, Rowan County was settled by Scotch-Irish and German immigrants in the 1740s. Rowan is famous for being the birthplace or home of Griffith Rutherford, Andrew Jackson, General William Davidson, John Brevard, William R. Davie, Daniel Boone, and Alexander Martin.
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Sharpe discusses the pioneering of free enterprise in Alamance County. Examining the history, geography, wartime activities, industry, religion, and school systems in Alamance, this article offers facts regarding one of North Carolina's most prosperous localities.
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13888
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The name \"Turpentine State\" may be justified again if Vivian Whitfield of Pender County can restore the Naval Stores industry in North Carolina.
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13896
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The North Carolina non-daily press is now a thriving and stabilized business despite early days when it struggled for existence.
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13900
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All towns in North Carolina probably want more industries, but the hunger in eastern North Carolina for industrial expansion is almost desperate, and in some respects, tragic.
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13904
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Despite the fact that patronage has fallen off to some extent for the Old Car 78, it's still an interesting and enjoyable experience to ride her to and from the mountains.
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13918
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There has been more development of North Carolina beach property during the last ten years than the previous forty.
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13950
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North Carolina has adopted a number of symbols to represent the State; they include the flag, bird, song, motto, colors, seal and flower.
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13969
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It is surprising to find that S. F. Halliburton is really Sarah F. Halliburton; she is the only woman managing editor of a daily newspaper in North Carolina.
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