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Scottish and Scots-Irish immigrants settled in the state's southern Piedmont. In Mecklenburg County, they had built seven churches by 1770 which stand today; farms; and founded Davidson College. Today, the farms are largely taken over by developments, shopping centers, and highways. Miller describes one farm that has been preserved by the county.
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Mules were vital to the late 19th and early 20th-century southern farming community. While North Carolina was not known for mule breeding, it was known for mule trading. By 1960, the mule was almost gone, replaced in the state by mechanization. Now the mule is making a comeback in North Carolina.
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North Carolina's wine industry pumps a billion dollars into the state's economy. Williams discusses challenges facing the industry.
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The Quilt Trail Project honors the long standing tradition of quilting in North Carolina. Grant money and private donations finance the design, construction, and installation of these decorative, highly colorful signs that depict classic and original quilt patterns. Over 200 \"quilt block\" designs are displayed on the sides of barns in Ashe, Avery, Mitchell, Madison, Yancey, and Watauga Counties.
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On October 1, 2009, North Carolina becomes the first state in the Southeast to ban plastic bottles from landfills. Massachusetts and Wisconsin have similar bans. Legislators designed the bill to reduce energy consumption and lower greenhouse gas emissions, as well as reduce litter and save landfill space. Every year, North Carolinians throw away over $41 million in plastic.
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Beverly Eaves Purdue is North Carolina's seventy-third governor and the first woman to lead the state. After her first year in office, she looks back in this interview, to the past year and forward to what is next in the state's economy, energy, and rural needs.
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North Carolina's historically black colleges and universities range from small, private, four-year liberal arts colleges with enrollment in the hundreds to large public ones with enrollment in the thousands that offer a full range of program leading to doctoral degrees. Witherspoon provides a brief summary of each of the eleven schools.
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The Bostick Schoolhouse, built in 1880, is Richmond County's oldest school building and the only surviving one-room school. After restoration, the school was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
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The Valdese Amoco Service Station was on the outskirts of the town of Valdese in Burke County. Herb Carswell operated it twelve to fourteen hours a day, six days a week. Parrish takes a nostalgic look back at how her father and many others ran service stations back in the 1950s.
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The 2010 travel guide includes fifteen new adventures, three in each of the state's five regions, which are a mix of well-known and not-so-well-known places.
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Incorporating geometric patterns and shapes into gardens is a old technique. Burgess discusses how those interested in having a garden of this type can make one. The North Carolina Arboretum, located in Asheville, has one of the largest in the state.
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12097
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Rain gardens put stormwater runoff to work, making it an asset to the gardens instead of diverting it somewhere else. Burgess discusses how those interested in having a garden of this type can make one.
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Thomas and Robert Butler have turned their 108-acre family farm in Harnett County from tobacco to hog raising. To protect the environment and deal with swine waste, the Butlers are promoting a hog waste storage system that benefits the environment by cutting down on greenhouse emissions and transforming animal waste into electricity. This approach has attracted attention from around the nation.
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Garrison discusses what Civil War reenactors seek to accomplish and some of the history of the 26th Regiment North Carolina Troops. The 26th is the largest single reenactment group in the state and one of the largest in the country.
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Adela and Javier Herrera came to Surry County from Mexico in the 1970s, working first in tobacco and textiles and later in pre-fabricated metal buildings. They later bought into the business and in 1997 began their own manufacturing business, Carolina Carports. Today the company has a network of 2,500 dealers and sales centers in twenty-eight states. Carolina Carports ships over one hundred and ten truckloads of steel buildings each week.
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