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Fayetteville, North Carolina has a rich history of African-American contributions that span the fields of education, medicine, and music to name a few.
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A day trip just down the road to Raleigh or Durham lends itself to a myriad of tourist attractions for all interests.
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Fayetteville, North Carolina has been the birthplace or home of many African Americans over the city's 250 years. These citizens have contributed to the city and the world in the areas of education, medicine, music, civil rights, politics and government, and religion.
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North Carolina is known for its hot, humid summers. There is one group of plants, though, that can thrive under these conditions--herbs. The author discusses growing herbs with Lisa Treadaway, an expert in the field and proprietress of The Little Herb House in southern Wake County. She started her first herb garden in 1999, a 6x6-foot bed. Today it has grown to a 10,000-foot herb display garden and rows of herbs for production.
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Carolina Gardener
(NoCar SB 453.2 N8 C37), Vol. 24 Issue 5, June 2012,
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Wake Forest, an historic town in Wake County, is OUR STATE magazine's featured Tar Heel town of the month.
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Silcox-Jarrett describes things to see and do, where to stay and where to eat during a weekend visit to Bath and Belhaven.
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Silcox-Jarrett describes Fayetteville's Cape Fear Botanical Garden, a seventy-nine-acre community garden located along the Cape Fear River that blends formal beds with the natural environment.
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Jeff and Crim Bassett of Stecoah in Graham County make all-natural beeswax candles that are adorned with flowers from their garden. Crim Bassett had been making the standard shaped candle for many years, but wanted to do something different. In 1996, they hit on the idea of beeswax globes. After much research, their globe candle idea became reality.
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Started in 1972, the Nantahala Outdoor Center near Bryson City is a nationally known center for beginners and experts who enjoy white-water canoeing, rafting, kayaking, and other outdoor activities. By the end of the first year, 800 people had gone down the Nantahala River, and by 2008, that many go down the river in a single day. The center provides thrilling excursions on four state rivers.
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Silcox-Jarrett describes the Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center, which is housed in an eighty-three-year-old school building. The stone-walled structure not only served students for almost seventy years, but was also the community's social center. Today it provides space for area artisans and features the art and fine crafts of more than 120 local and regional artists.
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Silcox-Jarrett discusses some of the medical first in North Carolina. These include Dr. James Shober, who, in 1878, became the state's first practicing black physician; Dr. Annie Lowrie Alexander, the state's first female physician; and pioneering high-tech innovations, such as the Da Vinci heart surgery and Gamma Knife radiosurgery.
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Silcox-Jarrett discusses the life and work of novelist Lee Smith.
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Some of the best mail-order nurseries in the nation are located in the Research Triangle Metropolitan Area. Silcox-Jarrett discusses Niche Gardens, located near Chapel Hill, which has been supplying native plants to local residents and mail-order customers since 1986.
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Fayetteville, county seat of Cumberland County, is a city rich in history and culture. Chartered in 1783, the city is the first one in America to be named for the Marquis de Lafayette and the only namesake city he ever visited. In the early days the city was the gateway to foreign ports, with passengers and trade goods leaving for ships at Wilmington by way of the Cape Fear River. European trade returned by the same route. Visitors to the town can find much to interest them, including the Fayetteville Transportation Museum, Cape Fear Botanical Garden, the Airborne & Special Operations Museum, and the Fayetteville Museum of Art. Fayetteville is the home of Fort Bragg, a large military base with about 47,000 military personnel on active duty.
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Jane S. McKimmon was the first director of the North Carolina Home Demonstration Clubs and the state's first home demonstration agent. She began work in 1909, and her job took her to many rural areas across the state. Her goal was to help rural women and girls learn how to improve their homes and their lives. Placing home demonstration agents in counties to work with farm women was part of her duties. She began with fourteen county agents and 416 women. Under her direction, the home demonstration clubs grew to 75,000 members representing all one hundred North Carolina counties. Once a year McKimmon would bring the agents to Raleigh for in-service training. As attendance increased over the years, the group needed their own building. Club members donated $2.50 apiece over a four-year period and raised over $100,000 in 1951 to help finance the Jane S. McKimmon Center on the North Carolina State University campus in Raleigh. McKimmon died in 1957, almost twenty years before the center opened in 1976.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 74 Issue 10, Mar 2007,
p128-130, 132, 134, il, por
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