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The Farmer's Alliance Co-operative Store opened in 1888 in Siler City in Chatham County, and its purpose was to protect the interests of farmers by selling them goods at discounted prices. Now called the Farmers' Alliance Store, it was moved to its present site in 1907. Westbrook recounts the store's history.
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Columbus County is OUR STATE magazine's featured county of the month. Lying in the southeastern part of the state, the county is one of North Carolina's largest, encompassing 937 square miles. The county is known for yams, watermelons, and strawberries and their accompanying festivals. In the late 1890s, the county was known as \"the biggest strawberry market in the world.\"
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P. H. Rose created a family business that grew into a retail giant. He started in 1915, in Henderson, opening stores that would eventually bear the name Rose's. During the chain's heyday in the 1960s and 1970s sales grew from $54 million to over $500 million.
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Westbrook discusses the Sister Cities program that connects cities worldwide and encourages cultural, educational, civic, and business exchanges. Currently fifteen North Carolina communities, including Charlotte, Beaufort, and Black Mountain, have connected with over fifty municipalities around the world.
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Eight country churches, including Saxapahaw United Methodist Church in Alamance County and Mill Creek Christian Church in Johnston County, are representative of places that are quiet havens from a hectic world, yet at the same time strong, influential voices in the lives of their parishioners.
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Edenton, in Chowan County, has historic buildings spanning three centuries and representing many styles of architecture. Named for Gov. Charles Eden, the town served as the colonial capital until the mid-1740s. It was home to Penelope Barker, organizer of Edenton Tea Party in 1774. The town's restoration began in the early 20th-century. Current preservation activities include an overhaul of the Edenton Cotton Mill. Of the 70 remaining mill houses, 57 have been purchased by families for restoration, and the 1899 mill building is being converted into 30 condominiums.
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Edgecombe County was created in 1741, and Tarboro, the county seat, is the country's premier town for highlighting historic architecture. The Town Common in Tarboro, created in 1760, is the only remaining colonial era town common in North Carolina. Westbrook discusses county history, visitors' points of interest, and the effects of the flood of 1999 on Tarboro and Princeville.
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Ellerbe, located in Richmond County, has a population of approximately 1,000. A mineral spring gave the town its start, and the Ellerbe Springs Inn and Restaurant was built there in 1906. The inn is now a bed and breakfast and has thirteen room accommodations. Several produce stands attract visitors with fresh fruit and vegetables, and the downtown area features the Rankin Museum of American History, Carolina Antiques and Restorations, and the Farm Supply Store.
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Falcon in Cumberland County is small in numbers, with a population of only 369, but large in faith and service to others. The Pentecostal Holiness Church was founded there on January 31, 1911, in the Octagon Tabernacle. Religious camp meetings began in 1900 and continue to this day. An idea for an orphanage originated from a 1908 camp meeting. The Falcon Orphanage, now the Falcon Children's Home, still operates.
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Atlantic bottlenose dolphins are frequent visitors along North Carolina's coast. Westbrook describes a new way to identify them - photo-ID - which permits individual tracking of animals by their identifying marks, and what scientists can learn from this information.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 66 Issue 10, Oct 2002,
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Think flight in North Carolina, and most people think of the Wright Brothers. However, the state can claim a number of aviation firsts. In the early 1870s, John Henry Gatling experimented with flight, and Luther Paul was designing a helicopter in the early 20th-century. Alton Stewart was an early barnstormer, and Gus Shinn made the first landing at the South Pole.
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Westbrook describes things to see and do on a weekend visit to the town of Flat Rock in western North Carolina.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 76 Issue 3, Aug 2008,
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Mike and Ali Lubbock founded the Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Center in Scotland Neck in Halifax County in 1989. Covering about nine acres, the center boasts the largest collection of waterfowl in the world and is a conservation and research orientated center for birds, especially rare and endangered waterfowl. Sylvan Heights contains around 3,000 birds and 170 species, including 30 species that cannot be seen in any other collection or zoo in North America.
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Gates County is OUR STATE magazine's featured county of the month. Total population of the county is 10,500. Gatesville, the county seat, is the only incorporated town. Westbrook describes the county that lies far from the hubbub of big city life but more than makes up for it with an abundance of quiet life and the great outdoors, including Merchants Millpond State Park.
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Halifax County, located in the northeastern part of the state, was the first colony to move toward independence from Great Britain. Westbrook describes what visitors will find in the areas of art, entertainment, nature, and aviculture.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 75 Issue 12, May 2008,
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