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"Whether you are looking for an escape to peace and solitudes or a glimpse into the lives of our forbears, these cabins and charming cottages are worth a visit to stay, play or learn." Notable among those mentioned are Zebulon B. Vance Birthplace and Andrew Johnson Birthplace.
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"A Williamsboro native reflects on growing up near Old Saint John 's Episcopal Church, a place defined by long history and dedicated caretakers." Built in Williamsboro or the community originally called Nutbush., Saint John's construction dates to 1773. It is believed that some of Cornwallis's troops slept in the building on their way to Virginia. After being abandoned nearly 50 years, the building was restored in the 1950s.
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"Why does this Haywood County town have some of the cleanest water in the state? It's the result of the community's efforts to keep forests in its watershed clean." Normally breweries have to treat their water for contaminants but at Frog Level Brewing Company on the banks of Richland Creek in Waynesville, no treatment is needed other than adding ions.
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Since 1987, Women's History Month has become an important part of American tradition. Celebrating iconic names like Virginia Dare, Dorothea Dix, Pauli Murray, Ava Gardner, and many more, March honors these "heroines whose bravery, compassion, and determination" has helped shape North Carolina history--as well as the world.
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"The director of Raleigh's JC Raulston Arboretum is North Carolina's Indiana Jones of plants. He travels to some of the world's most remote locations, braving treacherous landscapes and dangerous beasts in search of rare species to bring back to his shrine of flora." Mark Weathington has been director of JC Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh since 2014.
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"Fascinated by spooky stories, haunted histories, and macabre happenings from her hometown's past, a former history major with a background in theater introduces groups to the ghosts of Southport." Katie Compton-Boyd has been leading Old South Tour Company's walking ghost tour of Southport since 2003. Tours are offered Tuesday through Saturday starting at Southport Waterfront Park.
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"By restoring antique and vintage chairs, a caner in Cleveland County intertwines past, present and future in every seat." Greg Traywick first began chair caning and weaving after taking a class through NC Cooperative Extension in Cleveland County.
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44284
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"North Carolina produces more sweet potatoes than any other state in the country, giving us cause to celebrate at our farms, around our tables and in our communities." this article incorporates a photo essay featuring growing and production and tourism connected with of sweet potatoes in North Carolina. Noted are the Sweet Potato Drop in Robersonville, North Carolina Yam Festival in Tabor City, Mama Dip's Sweet Potato Pie and Covington Sweet Potato Vodka.
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"Set apart by climate, soil and geography, each of our grape growing regions produces wines that are just as distinct." North Carolina has a number of distinct American Viticultural Areas that produce award-winning wines. Discussed are Yadkin Valley, Swan Creek, Haw River Valley, Upper Hiwassee Highlands, Appalachian High Country, Crest of the Blue Ridge and Tryon Foothills. These regions are federally recognized areas where climate conditions affect the way grapes are grown.
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"These precious stones spent thousands of years or more underground, waiting for their big breaks. Today, they dazzle with their brilliant colors and sparkling surfaces, earning them a place in the spotlight." Discussed are aquamarine at Gem Mountain in Spruce Pine, gold at Belcher Heritage Center in Rutherfordton, Hiddenite Arts and Heritage Center in Hiddenite, rubies at the Franklin Gem and Mineral Museum in Franklin, sapphires at the Sapphire Valley Resort in Sapphire, rhodolite and emerald specimens at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh.
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This article is a feature about a World War II veteran, Clayton “Chris” Christensen. It recounts his role in the Battle of the Bulge. It also details how Christensen is the oldest person, at 99, to climb up to the Oak Island Lighthouse, which was constructed with eight ship ladders instead of stairs.
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"amid the urgency of World War II, an Army training camp sprang up from fields north of Raleigh. Five years later, the camp was no longer needed, but the existing infrastructure attracted new residents. Today, evidence of that brief but impressive history remains part of Butner's very foundation." In 1942, Camp Butner was carved out of a 40,000acre span of farmland, only yo operate until 1947. The town of Butner was operated by the stae of North Carolina until 2007, when it was finally incorporated as a town in its own right.
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"A Jacksonville attorney came home to practice law and continue a family legacy of making moonshine using a cherished recipe more than a century old." Don Walton Jr.and cousin Norwood Rochelle relied on a recipe used by their family for generations in making illegal liquor. Walton built his distillery in Jacksonville in 2013.
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