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921
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Burke County is experiencing growing pains as a result of an economic boom in the 1990s.
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34214
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Connelly Springs, a small town in Burke County, will soon have drinking water thanks to the assistance from a new program within the Construction Grants and Loans Section of the North Carolina Division of Environmental Management. By 1995, the town will have completed a distribution system that will allow access to the county’s water supply. Construction is being done by residents as part of the loan agreements under the North Carolina Small Community Self-Help Program.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 278, Nov/Dec 1992,
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25579
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Located southeast of Morganton, the Western Correctional Center is known to insiders as “The High Rise.” Considered North Carolina’s most secure prison for 14-to 18-year-olds, the 16-story fortress houses teenagers who are too young for adult jail or too old for juvenile school.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 2 Issue 5, March 16-29 1984,
p1, 12-13, il, por
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24559
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Dr. M. W. Webb and Earnest L. Briggs acquired historic ‘Pleasant Valley’ in Burke County in 1969 and discovered a wealth of antique buttons in the attic. This article discusses the history and significance of the buttons.
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10082
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Senator Sam Ervin, Jr. refutes Bob Brown's theory that the famed Brown Mountain Lights, visible from Ripshin Ridge in Burke County, are merely electric lights from towns across the mountains claiming that sightings of the lights pre-date electric lights a go back as far as the 1760s.
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24686
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The author provides a scientific explanation for the strange lights that appear over Brown Mountain. The light actually comes from the valley beyond Brown Mountain. When atmospheric conditions are just right, the refraction in the air and moisture cause apparent movement of lights.
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24689
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Burke County, North Carolina is home to beautiful vistas and popular tourist spots, such as Linville Gorge and Table Rock Mountain. The author highlights things to do in Burke County.
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24690
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This article discusses some of the most popular towns in Burke County, such as Drexel and Morganton, and the development and growth in each one.
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14543
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Linville Gorge lies in Burke County. Beginning at Linville Falls, it is some fifteen or twenty miles in length and the mountains along the sides rise from 1500 to 2000 feet above the Linville River.
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