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A major irritation in picking blackberries is dealing with trombicula, more commonly known as chiggers. If you want to pick berries in the wild, you will have to suffer through chigger bites. There are some homemade remedies however, that can help to prevent bites, including wearing tight clothing and placing a kerosene soaked cloth around your ankles.
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Stone Mountain State Park near Roaring Gap is the favorite spot for rock climbing in North Carolina. The 300-million year old monadnock has thirteen ascent routes, all of which are smooth granite and allow for friction climbing. Audiences often gather to watch the climbers.
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Walking was recommended as part of backpacking and hiking experiences. For the best experiences, the author suggested considering supplies, rental prices, the pack’s weight, and ways to avoid littering. Sites such as Morrow Mountain State Park, the Blue Ridge Parkway, and Mount Mitchell were recommended. Included were tips for new backpackers and hikers.
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Although he never reached baseball's major leagues, Bob \"Red\" Ennis of Salisbury achieved one of baseball's best seasons. Pitching for the Concord Weavers in 1946, he won 23 games and lost 4, with one of history's best earned run averages, 1.05.
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The centerpiece of Stone Mountain State Park in Wilkes County is a 600-foot-high monadnock, or rocky mass, atop the mountain. The mass attracts rock climbers, hikers, and families who come to picnic.
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In 1929, the city of Gastonia erupted into a bitter struggle between textile factory owners and workers. Employees at the Loray Mill walked off the job when Fred Beal, who had been organizing a strike, was fired. Violence quickly broke out and in the ensuing weeks Police Chief W. O. Aderholt and strike leader Ella May Wiggins were killed. During the night the one-hundred black cars roamed Gastonia's streets looking for strikers to assault. A trial was held regarding Aderholt's murder. Several of those convicted of the crime fled to Russia seeking asylum. The Loray strike is a tragic episode in Gastonia's history.
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The first cotton mill appeared in Gastonia in 1816 and by 1925, Gastonia was the cotton mill capital of the world. The biggest of these, the Loray Mill, began reducing wages resulting in a strike beginning on April 1, 1929. Immediately violence broke out, resulting in shoot outs, fights, and the killing on the police chief on June 7th. A trial, which found seven defendants guilty and sent them to jail, did not begin until August.\r\n
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George McPoole, alias Lord Salisbury, was always ostentatiously dressed, and never missed a public appearance in Statesville. Described by onlookers as a carousel, McPoole adopted his colorful attire in an effort to heal a wounded ego after losing the woman he loved. Lord Salisbury performed magic tricks and continued making appearances until his death. It was reported close to 10,000 people attended his funeral services.
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Hill Greene of Boone was ordered to take down his six-hundred-foot American flag after it was found to be in violation of City Ordinance V-4. The ordinance states that no over-sized business signs can be erected along the stretch of highway where Greene's Phillips 66 service station is located. One of Greene's employees, Eddie Cole, wrote to the Watauga DEMOCRAT and the story received national attention. Reporters from CBS, the White House, and even GLOBE, a tabloid out of Canada, flooded Greene's station to cover the story. On June 25th, the city announced it would not be enforcing the regulation in Greene's case, and his flag was allowed to continue flying. The ordinance will probably now be amended.
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On December 18, 1891, Carolina Shipp was hanged near Dallas in Gaston County. She was the last woman executed on the gallows in North Carolina. Her death was unpleasant and grave robbers exhumed her body the night it was buried. Shipp was accused of killing her baby, but maintained that her boyfriend, Mack Farrar, was the guilty one.
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When the National Textile Workers' Union targeted McDowell County for a revolt, one of the bloodiest conflicts ever to hit the mountains became reality in October of 1929 in Marion.
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A new scenic highway opened in the western mountains in October, 1996. The Cherohala Highway, which connects Robbinsville, in Graham County, with Tellico Plains, Tennessee, provides scenic views of the Appalachian Mountains.
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Founded in 1961 by Lily and Bud Schiele, the Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium in Gastonia contains over 10,000 items, dating from pre-history to the present, and schedules activities like Indian dancing.
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Ulricksburgh, a 36-square mile city chartered by North Carolina legislature in 1748, was the largest city thus far in the country. Founded by Ulrick Crowder, the city was lost or misplaced until 1967 when Alan Stout found a copy of Crowder's land grant and pieced together what happened to the man and his land.\r\n
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The Town Creek Indian Mound, a state historic site near Mt. Gilead in Montgomery County, is one of the most important Native American sites in the area. The site represents the northernmost reach of the Mound People along the eastern seaboard. The authors discuss the activities at this on-going archaeological site.
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