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38288
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Countering North Carolina’s illiteracy rate, the highest in the nation by the 19th century, was the creation of libraries. Libraries, which also made it possible by the 1940s for almost all North Carolinians to access free material, included Wilson, Morganton, Weldon Memorial, and Halifax County.
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Lanier, Sidney, 1842-1881; Lanier Library (Tryon); Membership libraries--Lanier Library--Tryon; Illiteracy rates--United States--nineteenth century; Illiteracy rates--North Carolina--nineteenth century ; University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill--Wilson Library ; Wilson, Louis Round, 1876-1979; University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill--North Carolina Collection; University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill--Rare Book Collection; University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill--Southern Historical Collection; Morganton Public Library; Public libraries--Burke County Library System--Morganton Public Library ; Norris Public Library (Rutherfordton); Wilson County Library (Wilson); Weldon Memorial Library ; Historic buildings--train depots--Weldon; Halifax County Library System--Halifax County Library
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40544
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A brewery’s namesake is reputed to still exist beneath the surface of Lake James. Offering a factual foundation to the myth surrounding Fonta Flora includes a map at Morganton Public Library and descendants of a family prominent in the community at the time of its sinking. As for the mythical element, it’s represented by local belief that, at low tide, the steeple of a church in Fonta Flora is visible.
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