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15922
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For two days political discord led to an outbreak of violence within the state's largest city, Wilmington, in 1898. Democrats' white-supremacy was challenged by \"fusionists\" or a Populist-Republican alliance, especially in the racially charged city of Wilmington where the African American population outnumbered Wilmington. Between November 10-12 violence overtook the city and was not squelched until members of the State Guard and U.S. Navy calmed rioters.
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15923
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The first discovery of gold in the state was found on John Reed's farm in 1799. Twenty miles east of Charlotte, the Reed Gold Mine State Historic Site was scene for the bicentennial celebrations of the Southeast's largest gold-producing state.
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15974
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Hurricane Bonnie exposed a wooden shipwreck on the shore of Currituck Beach. Archaeologists from the Underwater Archaeology Unit investigated the 58 feet of wreckage and determined it was most likely a steamship which sank in the late 19th-century and was likely between 130 and 170 feet long.
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15975
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Expansion of the museum surrounding the CSS Neuse offered the opportunity to reevaluate and reinterpret the State's role in the Civil War. The facilities new focus will shift from sole attention from remains of the Neuse to a broader understanding of events throughout eastern North Carolina during conflict. Topics covered will look at economics, engagements, politics, soldiers' lives and also divert into more obscured subjects such as involvement on African Americans and women.
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15976
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Wreckage discovered in 1996 was initially thought to be remains of the Queen Anne's Revenge. Further study by professional archaeologists in October 1997 has further substantiated this claim with discovery of fourteen large cannons thus far. Further fieldwork was planned to provide additional evidence that these remains in fact represent Blackbeard's ship lost in 1718.
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16003
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Paul Green's career as an author and playwright flourished in the 1930s. During this period, he penned THIS BODY THE EARTH, novel, and was involved with HYMN TO THE RISING SUN, JOHNNY JOHNSON, and THE LOST COLONY. His novel, THIS BODY THE EARTH, focuses on people of the Atlantic coastal plain stretching from the Chesapeake Bay to Florida.
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16004
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Scholarly examination of New Deal effects on African Americans largely focuses on negative aspects of President Roosevelt's program. However, during this period, the President appointed nearly one hundred African American advisers \"who focused on ending racial discrimination in federal programs.\" One such adviser was Lawrence Augustus Oxley and he is the focus of this paper which hopes to illuminate an understudied scholastic topic.
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16225
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The state commissioned Thomas Constantine to design for the North Carolina State House. A fire destroyed the state house on June 21, 1831 and only the Senate Speaker's Chair and a portrait of George Washington survived. Based on Constantine's drawings, Cornelius J. Tooker, a Fayetteville cabinetmaker, built the chair.
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16226
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Bennett Place hosted one of its year end Civil War Sesquicentennial signature events entitled \"Road to Secession,\" which depicted Piedmont North Carolina at the outset of the war when Southern patriotism was vibrant. Activities included a 19th century baseball game, field excursions to historic sites, lectures, and fund raisers.
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16227
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The North Carolina History Center gains a new exhibit--the Duffy Gallery--featuring recent acquisitions made to Tryon Palace and designed to show how and what the historic site collects. The exhibit represents materials vital to relating the stories of North Carolinians from the distant, and not-so-distant, past.
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16228
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The Horne Creek Living Historical Farm in Surry County was a recently added to the state's list of historic sites. As part of the farmsteads preservation, Ghita Tuttle, granddaughter of the original owner Alexander Vest, was interviewed. Her oral history, family photos, and artifacts will be displayed on site and add invaluable evidence about northwest Piedmont farming.
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16232
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James Holeman (March 15, 1800-October 17, 1874) was a wealthy farmer and state politician. Nine letters written to his wife while he served on the North Carolina General Assembly are reproduced in this piece.
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16235
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May 1991, marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the passage of National Historic Preservation Act, legislation which established the Archaeology and Historic Preservation Section of the North Carolina Division of Archives and History. This state agency is responsible for identifying evaluating, and acting as steward to the state's historically significant material and sites. In this piece, a general history of preservation and legislation is presented along with examples of historically important material and sites that have been protected by this department.
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16236
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After 125 years, the Civil War continued to ignite curiosity and passion for Americans. Mobley reflects on the amount of Civil War topics presented in books, journals, and pop culture and why Americans remained fascinated with this particular American conflict.
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16237
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Unemployed writers during the Great Depression found work through the Federal Writers' Project, a New Deal program to provide financial assistants to out of work professionals. The premier publication which emerged from this program was the state guidebook. Each state published a guidebook which consisted of a general opening statement followed by a collection of significant cultural and historical landmarks.
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