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General James Green Martin was born at Elizabeth City in 1819. He became an outstanding solider during the War with Mexico in 1846, and as a General provided splendid service to North Carolina and the United States.
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Colonel William Eaton' historic home, Locust Hill, in Vance County dates back prior to the Revolutionary War. It became the seat of famed hospitality as it offered refuge to the wilderness traveler and respite for thousands of families during the French and Indian War.
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The historic Indian Woods lies just north of the Roanoke River in southern Bertie County. The area, almost impenetrable by man and filled with game, was the eminent domain of the warring Tuscaroras awarded through a grant from the white man for allegiance during the great massacre of 1711-1712. Today the reservation boasts some of the largest and richest plantations in North Carolina.
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In 1941, the Walser house, a brick house constructed by Henry Walser in 1825, still stood in Davidson County. Henry's father, Frederick, fought in the Revolutionary War after immigrating to America in 1770, and Henry served in the State House and Senate prior to the Civil War.
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No longer is the peanut a lowly goober - it has gone to war! While more than two hundred products are now being made form peanuts, there are many more having a wartime strategic value.
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Since there are no more daffodil bulbs coming to the United States from Holland due to the War, scores of North Carolina farmers are making a profitable business out of growing these flowers.
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Nestled by the beautiful Chowan River in Hertford County is the quaint and historic old town of Winton, incorporated in 1766. Governor Lane, chief of Sir Walter Raleigh's first attempt at English colonization in America, explored and traveled the town. During the Revolutionary War, Winton was the assembly point for soldiers and supplies.
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St. Andrews was an ante-bellum era church located in an obscure part of Rowan County near Woodleaf. Originally built on the highway between Salisbury and Mocksville, the church became deserted after the throughway moved and a new place of worship built in Woodleaf. The Episcopal Church in 1941 only served a congregation on the last Sunday in August, otherwise being closed for services. The small, simple wooden church was constructed in 1840 and all except the roof was original in 1941.
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The oldest primitive house in western North Carolina was the Woody House. It was located in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park between the Big Catalooche and the Little Catalooche rivers and by best estimation dates to the late 1700s. The home is located on what was known as Love's Speculation, a land grant purchased by Colonel Robert Love after the Revolutionary War. Park administrators saved the building because it was the oldest and largest log cabin within its boundaries.
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When Colonel Thomas Lenoir was captured at the Battle of Camden he was imprisoned in Lord Cornwallis' camp. Prisoners there were underfed and suffered greatly. Lenoir's oldest daughter Martha, twelve at the time, heard of the misery and rode off to the camp with a basket of food for her father. Her stout bravery impressed Cornwallis and he set her father free. Upon returning to the plantation, Thomas Lenoir forged a pair of gold earrings for his daughter, which became the subject of a well-known North Carolinian tale.
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The town of Yadkin College lies about ten miles west of Lexington, in Davidson County. Once a village of more than a hundred, today it has only one store, several dwellings and a post office. Yadkin College is now gone too, but was at one time one of the State's outstanding educational institutions, especially in the era following the American Civil War.
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Asplaugh refers to the historic home of Reverend John Alspaugh who founded Methodism in Forsyth County. He purchased a 230 acre plantation from neighboring Moravians in 1837 and finished his home in 1839. In 1942 the home still stood along the banks of Muddy Creek on the outskirts of Winston-Salem. Reverend Alspaugh was responsible for establishing several churches in the Winston-Salem area including the notable Centenary Church.
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Judge Duncan Cameron moved to North Carolina in 1797 and constructed his home in 1803. The plantation encompassed 30,000 acres along the Neuse Valley in Durham County. Of note, scenes from the classic silent film \"The Birth of a Nation\" were shot at Farintosh because director D.W. Griffith believed the estate reflected the antebellum southern country home.
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During the mid-19th-century, Col. Joseph McDowell Carson built his estate in Polk County in the Green River Valley 20 miles from the Tryon resort. Known for its ideal location and fine architecture, it was owned in 1938 by Miss Maude Coxe, a descendant of Joseph McDowell, who was adamant about maintaining the plantation's integrity.
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Longstreet fortunately stood within the confines of Fort Bragg and became a landmark that aviators trained their eyes to spot during practice operations. The Presbyterian Church was built sometime during the mid-18th-century and the first sermon delivered by Reverend Hugh McAden on January 28, 1756. In the church's cemetery are tombs of the first church elders and soldiers from the colonial period to Confederate boys who defended Cape Fear against General Sherman's march.
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