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Where and how 4-H clubs started is unknown since many states claim they started some club of this kind. In North Carolina, 4-H traces its official roots back to a corn club that was organized in Hertford County in 1909 to teach boys farming practices. Guided by Jane S. McKimmon, 4-H clubs for girls were being organized by 1911. Clubs for African-American youth formed in 1914. The various clubs became officially known as 4-H on January 1, 1926. By 1952, North Carolina led the nation in membership, with over 140,000 members enrolled in 2,280 4-H clubs. Westbrook discusses the focus of 4-H clubs through the years.
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During the Civil War salt was a commodity that was hard to come by in North Carolina. Early in the war the state government built a salt works at Morehead City and started work on a second one on Currituck Sound, but Union troops captured both sites in 1862. Westbrook recounts how the state government and private entrepreneurs worked to provide citizens and soldiers with salt for the remainder of the Civil War. By 1864, most salt production in the state had ceased.
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Batik is a 2,000-year-old art form. Its origin is unknown, although many people give the credit to Indonesia. Batik, a labor-intensive, time-consuming technique, is the application of a design on fabric using successive layers of removable wax to protect certain areas from being exposed to certain dyes. The process can take weeks and months, depending on the complexity of the piece. Raleigh batik artist Amy Chapman Braun talks about her technique and creations.
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While Henderson County is considered the state's apple capital, apples are not the only attraction. There are festivals, including the North Carolina Apple Festival; Hendersonville's downtown district; and historic sites, including Carl Sandburg's home at Flat Rock.
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A unique program in the state recognizes farm families who have owned their property for over a century. The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services' Century Farm Families program began in 1970 under the leadership of then agriculture commissioner Jim Graham. That year over 800 farms were identified whose owners were able to provide proof of 100 years of continuous ownership. In 2005, the number is around 1,500 farms, with an average of two or three farms joining the program each month. The greatest concentration of Century Farms is in Johnston, Nash, Robeson, Sampson, Duplin, and Alamance Counties. Of North Carolina's 100 counties, only five do not have Century Farms--Dare, Jackson, New Hanover, Swain, and Yancey.
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Lauren Van Hemert of Cary transfers images from vintage stamps, letters, and labels to create one-of-a-kind necklaces, bracelets, watches, and earrings made from polymer clay.
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Westbrook discusses five women who are making a difference in North Carolina agriculture: Meg Scott Phipps, North Carolina Secretary of Agriculture; Deborah Grant, owner of Agriculture Program Services; Genell Pridgen and Sandra Garner, sheep farmers; and Debbie Roos, Chatham County extension agent.
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Alamance County is OUR STATE magazine's featured county of the month. During the colonial era, the county, then a part of Orange County, was the site of the Battle of Alamance on May 16, 1771, a fight between the forces of Royal Governor William Tryon and dissatisfied colonists called Regulators. Orange County was split in 1849, and Alamance was formed. Two industries figured prominently in the county's development--textiles and the railroad. Glencoe Cotton Mill operated from 1880 to 1954. In 1997 restoration began on the site, and thirty mill homes have been restored and sold. Elon University in Elon is a nationally recognized school. The Burlington Manufacturer's Outlet Center and the new Alamance Crossing, which opens in 2007, attract shoppers from across the state. Four wineries in the county and one in Guilford County have formed the Haw River Wine Trail to promote the wine industry.
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Gold mining and textile mills were standards in Albemarle's economy from the 1820s into the 20th-century. Gold played out in the mid-1900s, and textiles declined in the 1990s. Albemarle has since diversified its economic base through new businesses, like Collins and Aikman, and preservation of the city's history, making it attractive to tourists. Passage of a 1998 ABC referendum also made Albemarle, once the state's second largest dry city, attractive to chain restaurants, full-service hotels, and local entrepreneurs.
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Margaret Anna Robertson was born in 1810, and in 1831, she married the Rev. Robert Burwell. In 1835, the family moved to Hillsborough, where Rev. Burwell had accepted the pastorate of the Presbyterian Church. There she was prompted by local townspeople to open a school. In 1837, the Burwell School opened, initially for local girls. However, Burwell's curriculum for girls was progressive for the times and offered courses such as penmanship, geography, astronomy, algebra, chemistry, and philosophy. The boarding school soon attracted students from as far away as New York, Alabama, and Florida. The Burwell School operated for twenty years. During that time Anna Burwell was quite busy, raising her twelve children, teaching, looking after students boarding in her home, and being the wife of the minister. In 1857, they moved to Charlotte, where Rev. Burwell became president of the Charlotte Female Institute, now Queens University of Charlotte. Anna Burwell died in 1871.
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In Currituck County, between Corolla and the Virginia border, around sixty wild horses roam free. They are the descendants of Spanish mustangs and have survived the fierce weather of the Outer Banks for over 400 years. In 1984, construction of a road has brought tourists and permanent homes to the area. By 1989, eleven horses had been killed along the highway. Westbrook discusses how contact between traffic and horses might be decreased.
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Caldwell County is OUR STATE magazine's featured county of the month. Located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the county attracts tourists to its historic and natural areas, as well as its furniture-making centers.
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Belk, Lowe's, and Food Lion are readily recognized as giants in their respective industries. Years before their customers numbered into the millions and their employees in the tens of thousands these three businesses were small, one-store, family-owned operations struggling to survive the challenges that all new businesses face. Westbrook discusses how each store developed and what each attributes its enormous success to.
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Carrboro in Orange County is Our State magazine's featured Tar Heel town of the month.
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When Bill Floyd goes to a cemetery, he takes a clipboard, mirror, and laptop with him. His passion for preserving information found on gravestones earned him the nickname Cemetery Man. He began collecting and organizing this information in 1995. Since then, Floyd has documented material on thousands of tombstones in countless cemeteries in western North Carolina, including those in Rutherford, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, and Burke Counties. The material is available on his website, which covers over 1,200 pages.
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