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43874
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"The life and legacy of celebrated bluegrass musician Earl Scruggs gets a standing ovation in his native Shelby." Scruggs is best remembered along with Lester Flatt for their performance of the "Ballad of Jed Clampett" associated with the 1960s television comedy "The Beverly Hillbillies". The Earl Scruggs Center in Shelby is located in Shelby's 1907 Courthouse.
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15516
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Cleveland County, along with the cities of Shelby and Kings Mountain, is featured in THE STATE magazine's community/city profile. The county is a top agricultural producer and has the largest agricultural fair in the South. Shelby and Kings Mountain feature large scale diversified manufacturing which contributes to the dominant position of the county among the state's other industrial counties.
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18515
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Cleveland County formed in 1841 from parts of Lincoln and Rutherford counties. The county has an imposing and impressive array of distinguished men dating back to Revolutionary times, including Colonel Benjamin Cleveland and Major Joseph Winston, who fought at Kings Mountain; Governors Clyde Hoey and Max Gardner; and Dr. Ben F. Dixon. Goerch describes a number of the county towns.
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38266
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The building reopened and named after one of the town’s native sons has functioned as a theater once before, from 1939-2006. Because of this, the present Don Gibson Theater and former State Theater still serves as a memory making site for Shelby citizens, into the third generation.
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23894
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Like many small towns in North Carolina, Shelby, located in Cleveland County, was a thriving mill town until the 1990s. What makes Shelby different, at least according to many current and former residents, is that the town's leaders immediately identified avenues for revitalization. Funding partnerships between private citizens and the local government have preserved old buildings, conserved the town's heritage, and developed museums like the Earl Scruggs Center.
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Charlotte Magazine
(NoCar F 264.C4), Vol. 20 Issue 8, August 2015,
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38278
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Cleveland Regional Medical Center’s path isn’t laid out like its ancient Greek counterpart. Cleveland Regional’s garden, labyrinth style, is not designed to make visitors get lost. However, it often yields being lost in thought, as well as the intended perception of being healed.
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