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10728
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Since its dedication in 1961, more than 500,000 visitors have viewed the upwards of 5,000 exhibits and displays in the Schiele Museum of Natural History at Gastonia. A planetarium, added in 1967, is currently drawing an attendance of 25,000 persons each year. All of the exhibits were obtained and prepared by the museum's director, Rudolph M. \"Bud\" Schiele, pioneer Boy Scout executive, who is a world traveler, experienced curator, and skillful taxidermist.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 37 Issue 18, Feb 1970, p8-9, il
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10823
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The King's Mountain Railroad was chartered at Chester Courthouse, now Chester S.C., on December 19, 1848. By 1852, ten miles of track had been constructed, carrying tourists to Yorkville, now York, S.C. After a hiatus brought on by the Civil War, construction began anew in 1872, with ambitious plans to put rail service deep into the wilds of North Carolina, at which point a new corporation, The Chester & Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, was formed. After the C & L went into receivership in 1893, a new operating corporation, known as the Carolina & Northwestern Railway Company, was formed.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 36 Issue 23, May 1969, p16-18, 26, il
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24727
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This article discusses the development of Gastonia and Gaston County, highlighting things of interest in each place.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 16 Issue 39, February 1949, p4-5, 20, il
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14247
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In Gastonia, an old street car service came to a halt. The car called \"Old Ironsides No. 2\" stoppage marked not only an end of street car service in Gaston County but across the state of North Carolina. Detailed in the article is a short history of streetcars along with the ceremony that followed \"Old Ironsides No. 2\" final stop.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 16 Issue 21, Oct 1948, p3-4, 17-18, il
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