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10956
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Two twin bridges each 1,050 feet long and 220 feet high span the Green River Gorge in Henderson County. The bridge is the state's highest river crossing.
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11199
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Material for this article is drawn from the two-volume work, North Carolina Roads and Their Builders, by Waynick and Harden, and covers the commission's history from the Craig Administration, 1915-1917, to the Holshouser Administration, 1973.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 31 Issue 7, July 1973,
p39-40, 42, 122-124, il
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11354
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In the last two hundred years, fifteen earthquakes have occurred in the Southeastern states. North Carolina had four, and seven others were less than ninety miles from the state's borders. Stewart discusses the possibility of more.
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11414
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Located between Aberdeen and Raeford in Hoke County, the North Carolina Sanatorium was the center for the state's anti-tuberculosis campaign. The sanatorium opened in 1908 and was the first institution in the state for the treatment of tuberculosis patients. Gibson recounts the history and success of the institution.
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11438
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The first credit union in the United States began operation in Massachusetts in 1909. Through the efforts of James Sprunt Hill, North Carolina enacted its own credit union law in 1915. Later that year Hill organized the first rural credit union in the South at Lowe's Grove in Durham County. Today there are over sixty institutions spread across the state. Rhodes discusses details of such an organization, its operation, and results accomplished.
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11442
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Edward Land of Statesville challenges remarks about Col. A. D. Watts which were made by Ben Dixon MacNeill in recent articles which appeared in THE STATE magazine.
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This article is the result of a four-hour interview Carl Goerch had with Senator Simmons at his home in New Bern. In it Simmons relates the outstanding events in his political life of over fifty years. Among the items he discusses are an account of his first speech, his first campaign for public office, and the intense campaign of 1892.
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In this installment Simmons relates the battle for white supremacy in the state during the Campaign of 1898, including how the campaign was waged, the difficulty in arousing the citizens, and the fight in connection with the grandfather clause.
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In this concluding installment about his political life, Simmons tells why he did not support Governor Al Smith in the 1928 national election. It was because of the governor's affiliation with Tammany Hall, Wall Street, and former Republican associates.
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11466
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Weir recounts the life of James Larkin Pearson, the Wilkes County poet. He has experienced wealth and poverty, fame and ridicule, but through it all has continued to write and create. Once unhonored and unsung in North Carolina, he is today esteemed at home and abroad.
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Founded in 1877 in Elkin, by the late Alexander Chatham and his brother-in-law Thomas L. Gwyn, Chatham Blanket Mills, now Chatham Manufacturing Company, is one of the oldest textile mills in North Carolina. The original plant had 284 looms and a capacity of 80,000 pairs of blankets per week. Chatham blankets are known world-wide today.
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11511
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In this continuing series of articles on the various departments of North Carolina state government, Waynick discusses the workings of the Public Works Administration and Reemployment Office as it affects North Carolina.
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Colonel Jack Martin, a hero of the Revolutionary War and one of the two first settlers in Stokes County, built one of the most interesting houses there. Known as the Rock House, its foundation was laid in 1770. It was a huge undertaking. Built on a knoll, the house stood four stories, and the walls were three feet thick. Though the house is in ruins today, it still attracts thousands of visitors annually.
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11634
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The Tory Oak, which is located in the town of Wilkesborough in Wilkes County, is probably the most historic tree in North Carolina. The tree was used to hang five Tories after the Battle of Kings Mountain.
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First Colony Farms, owned by Malcolm McLean, at approximately 355,000 acres is the nation's largest, privately-owned single unit farm. The farm spans over parts of Washington, Tyrrell, Hyde, and Dare Counties.
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