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When night-wandering dogs threatened the lives of David P. Dellinger's chickens, he appealed to the General Assembly to make Dellview a town in 1925 so that the residents could legally shoot the trespassing dogs. Eighty-five-year-old Mrs. J. Henry Dellinger was named mayor of 52-acre Dellview at its founding, and has been the only mayor the town has ever had. The current eight residents, all family of the mayor, have no intention of expanding their little town, either in size or population.
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During 1865, Governor Zeb Vance admitted it was impossible to continue to carry out his gubernatorial duties in Raleigh. He moved to Statesville that spring, but was arrested at his home on May 12, 1865 by Federalist forces. Because Vance was not involved in the profiteering common in the state at that time, the house is humble and hardly a mansion. The house is now a museum in honor of Vance and is open to the public.
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NBC's Today Show recently visited North Carolina to do a piece on a little boy. The three-year-old son of writer Robert Williams, Robert III has become the youngest published photographer in the country. No matter the camera, the little boy is able to take stunning photographs, often better ones than professionals. The five and a half hours of film recorded about the boy will be condensed to a four or five-minute segment and will air later this year.
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In 1754, Englishman Arthur Dobbs arrived in America to take over as governor of North Carolina in the midst of the French and Indian War. To protect the state, Dobbs had Fort Dobbs built near present-day Statesville and made Hugh Waddell commander of it. On the night of February 23, 1760, the Cherokee Indians orchestrated an attack on the fort, but the defenders fought fiercely and the Indians backed down. By 1766, Fort Dobbs lay in ruins. In 1970, the fort was recorded on the National Register of Historic Places and restoration of it began. Today, the fully restored fort sits on a thirty-three-acre plot of land complete with a visitors center and playground.
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The Sage of Belwood, Flay Willis, carves walking sticks he sells at his general store in Belwood Mall. Although his canes typically sell for around $100, his finest work is given to friends and fellow Masons. Not limited to North Carolina, President Gerald Ford and Senator Jesse Helms are a few people of influence who own Flay Willis canes.
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Thomas Alva Edison once lived in the small town of Iron Station, between Lincolnton and Stanley, North Carolina. While Charlotte Frances Reinhardt Puckett's father was visiting Charlotte, became such close friends with Edison that Mr. Reinhardt invited him to live with his family. Edison was consumed with ideas about preserving sound, light, and finding alternate sources of fuel for automobiles. When Edison move back to New Jersey, he sent the family a “talking machine,†despite Mrs. Reinhart's implications that he was talking foolishness for such a thing to be accomplished.
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Transylvania County is home to some of the state’s most beautiful waterfalls; this article presents some of the most popular ones for tourists.
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