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Brevard, in Transylvania County, is home to one of the few non-albino white squirrel populations in the country. The squirrels are a popular tourist attraction during the summer months.
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2572
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When W. P. Brittain's store in Cherokee County closed after fifty years in 1932, few people thought it would become a time capsule, standing as it was until its reopening in 1988.
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Buffalo Bob Smith, a pioneer in children's television, and his sidekick Howdy Doody, now make their home in Flat Rock.
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2659
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Between 1989 and 1995, the North Carolina Wildlife Commission transplanted otters to the state's western waterways. For the first time since the 1930s, otters are living again in eleven of the state's western watersheds.
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Pearson's Falls Glen in Polk County is a 308-acre botanical wonderland of over 200 species of trees and plants. The glen is named for Charles William Pearson, who discovered it early in the 1900s.
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2883
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The red wolf has been reintroduced in the state through the Red Wolf Recovery Program. The world's largest free-roaming red wolf population, about sixty, now lives on 500,000 acres in the eastern part of the state.
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2964
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Deer poaching is a serious problem. To catch offenders, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission in 1990 instituted a program using deer decoys. In the past five years, Officer Tony Robinson of Burke County has arrested over 600 violators.
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3099
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Murphy is famous from the expression \"From Manteo to Murphy.\" Incorporated in 1851, the Cherokee County town is steeped in history, from DeSoto to the present, and is also a retail and tourist center.
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31698
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The author offers plenty of reasons to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Encompassing 80,000 acres, the parkway, runs from Waynesboro, VA to Cherokee, NC. Construction began in 1936 and was not completed until 1987.
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