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31297
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Personal and family stories are important parts of North Carolina’s history. This article presents selected stories about unusual events, such as a mule at Hardbargain Creek near South Mountain, and family stories about Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, the Lost Colony, and the Civil War.
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31298
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The Southern States Percheron Hitch is an award-winning team of six huge horses driven by two coachmen and pulling an unusual wagon loaded with bags of feed. The horses are based at the Person County farm of Tommy and Ann Lawrence. The Percheron Hitch is a popular attraction at the North Carolina State Fair and parades.
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31299
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Bottled water has become a trend among North Carolina consumers, and stirred several Tar Heel businesses to enter the market with their own brands of bottled water. Several producers are bottling water from North Carolina’s mountain springs. In all there are about ten distributors of spring water across the state.
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31300
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The Goodness Grows program of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture promotes the state’s produce with a label on food products. A total of 112 food producers are now participating in the program, using the distinctive Goodness Grows label on items for sale and in advertising materials.
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31301
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The State of North Carolina has taken steps to make the state an attractive place for retirees, in financial terms. Under current state laws, retirees get a big break when income tax time comes around through generous exemptions. This article discusses some of these state income tax exemptions and Social Security benefits.
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Jack Blevins is now receiving electricity at his remote cabin in Ashe County, North Carolina. Last fall, Blevins and his now-deceased brother, Tom, came to the attention of the Blue Ridge Opportunities Commission. The Blevins brothers were living in a dilapidated wooden shack with no electricity, but with the help of volunteers, the commission built them a new cabin wired for electricity.
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The North Carolina Cemetery Survey Project is seeking volunteers to record all cemeteries containing graves dated before 1913. The effort began in 1979, when the General Assembly created the Abandoned Cemeteries Study Committee to determine the condition of these forsaken cemeteries throughout the state. Since birth and death statistics were not kept officially in North Carolina before 1913, the only records available for many citizens are in graveyards.
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31305
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Three decades ago, when President Eisenhower proposed a national system of defense highways, no one dreamed that it would take this long to complete Interstate 40 from the western North Carolina mountains to the coast. Now, funds for completion of I-40 from Raleigh to Wilmington are coming available. The completed highway is expected to drastically improve economic development in eastern North Carolina.
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The Mail Pouch ad campaign dated back to 1897, when Aaron and Samuel Bloch decided to test the market for a by-product produced in their Wheeling, West Virginia stogie plant. Farmers helped to advertise the experimental chewing tobacco on their barns, in exchange for tobacco as payment. After the program ended, the painted barns discontinued and they are now recognized as a vanishing American folk art.
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Supervisors of North Carolina’s 94 Soil and Water Conservation Districts have adopted a resolution calling on Congress to keep the Soil Conservation Service (SCS) alive and functioning. The resolution was adopted in response to a proposal which would eliminate the United States Department of Agriculture agency in two phases. This article discusses arguments for and against the proposal.
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31309
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Unit One of the Catawba Nuclear Plant has produced its first electricity as part of preliminary testing of the facility, which is partially owned by North Carolina’s Electric Membership Corporations. The plant, which is located in York County, South Carolina, nineteen miles southwest of Charlotte, is a joint venture involving electric co-ops, municipalities and Duke Power Company.
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Beginning in early March, the “Raleigh and Roanoke” exhibition will be at the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh to commemorate the Roanoke Voyages of 1584-1597. The voyages, sponsored by Sir Walter Raleigh, brought the first English settlers of America to what are now the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The exhibit showcases 157 artifacts and documents from seventeen different international depositories.
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The wild turkey population in North Carolina has more than tripled in the past twenty-five years, with the help of restoration efforts by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. Wild turkeys are found throughout the state, with the largest populations in the Roanoke River basin, Camp Lejeune, and Caswell County areas. Despite their growing numbers, the North Carolina turkey hunting season remains from April 10 to May 8.
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North Carolina’s congressional delegation, along with members from other tobacco producing states, will be trying to cash in some green stamps this year as they try to save the federal tobacco program. Federal support of the tobacco industry is being criticized for the negative effects of tobacco on health, and faces competition with foreign markets and imported tobacco leaves.
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Through the Humanities Extension Program, top North Carolina State University professors have taught literature, history, political and social issues to more than ten-thousand participants. The program creates new partnerships and builds on existing relationships between the college and communities across the state. The program consists of four-week seminar sessions, and is a cooperative effort with the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service.
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