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The western Piedmont region, which includes Mecklenburg County, where gold was first found in the nation, offers visitors many attractions. Proponents of barbecue say the state's best comes from this region. Furniture, granite, ceramic arts, and sonkers are in the area. Gery describes four places to visit: Boone's Cave Park in Davidson County, a 100-acre parks that is part of the Yadkin-Pee Dee River Trail; Oakboro in Stanly County, a town of 1,200 residents intent on preserving their small town atmosphere; Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge, Anson and Richmond counties, established in 1963 as a haven for wildlife; and Historic Danbury in Stokes County, a town rich in local history.
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North Carolina's eastern Piedmont region boasts a wide range of educational and recreational attractions, including award-winning museums, outstanding golfing areas, renowned gardens, and bicycling trails. Among the regions varied offering are an unusual winery, The Winery at Iron Gate Farm in Alamance County; a fast track for drag racing fans at the Rockingham Dragway in Richmond County; a tucked-away plantation house, the House in Horseshoe Bend; and a big lake, the Kerr Lake Recreation area in Vance County.
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The southern coastland region of North Carolina is the land of pork, tobacco, seafood, grapevines, and water activities on rivers, lakes, sounds and ocean. Gannon describes four places to visit: the Cliffs of the Neuse State Park in Wayne County; the Ingram Planetarium in Brunswick County; Poplar Grove Plantation in Pender County; and Camp Lejeune in Onslow County.
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The coast is often called North Carolina's cradle of civilization--the place where a group of colonists faded into history as the 'Lost Colony,' and man took his first steps toward space on the Wright Brothers plane. Verna describes four places to visit: Deadwood in Martin County, a family-owned, western-themed park; Merchants Millpond State Park in Gates County, featuring 3,259 acres of coastal pond and southern swamp forest habitats; Somerset Place in Washington County, a 37-acre state historic site that affords a glimpse into 19th-century plantation life; and the Cape Lookout National Seashore in Carteret County, three undeveloped barrier islands half-a-mile wide containing a lost town, lighthouse, and solitude.
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The alumni association of the Warren County Training School seeks to raise $3 million to preserve and restore the buildings and legacy of their alma mater. Funds from Julius Rosenwald, a Chicago philanthropist, help build what became the school in 1921. When it was destroyed by a tornado in 1931, Rosenwald funds helped build the brick building that remains today. Gery recounts the history of the school and the progress of the alumni in the restoration project.
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There are over 1,430 highway historical markers in North Carolina. The state's newest marker is located south of Tarboro on Hwy 33. It was unveiled in July 2006, on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the state's first electric cooperative, Edgecombe-Martin County Electric Membership Cooperation, and recognizes the place where an electric cooperative first brought power to rural North Carolina.
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Organic farming is the fastest growing segment of agriculture in the nation. In North Carolina the demand of retailers is outrunning production. Sales of organic products are the fastest growing sector in the state's retail food industry. Raft Swamp Farm in Hoke County gives individuals interested in organic farming an opportunity to explore it before investing in land by leasing them one of eight three-acre incubator farms for less than $200 a month. Cruze explains how the program works.
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Alex and Betsy Hitt began farming in 1981 and grow 80 varieties of 23 vegetables, along with 164 varieties of cut flowers. In the summer of 2006, they were named the Southern Region winners of the 2006 Patrick Madden Award, given to exemplary farmers in four U.S. regions by the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program, USDA. Sustainable agriculture is defined as a way of farming that does not erode, deplete, or poison the soil with chemical fertilizers.
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North Carolina's population is growing. Electric cooperatives that have primarily served rural areas are adapting to service more families and commercial facilities in places that were recently croplands and woodlands. Top executives in three of North Carolina's fastest-growing cooperatives discuss changes that are occurring in their service areas: Union County; Ashe and Watauga Counties; and the Albemarle Sound area.
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Thomasville, located southwest of High Point in eastern Davidson County, has grown from a population of 308 in 1860 to 20,000 today. The town was founded in 1852 by John W. Thomas. Thomasville boasts the world's largest chair as its centerpiece in recognition of its furniture-making heritage. Andrews discusses the industries that have flourished there and the contributions citizens of the town have made militarily from the Civil War to World War II.
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Eunice Mildred Haywood grew up Raleigh and began quilting as a child. At age seventy-three, she has been quilting for over sixty years. Her first quilt, which she named 'Broken Dishes,' was made for her daughter when she went off to college. The quilt made such an impression that people would ask her daughter if it was for sale. Two of Haywood's quilts have been displayed in the art department of North Carolina State University. Now a resident of Wake Forest, Haywood is devoted to gospel music. In 2000, she and her daughter Millicent formed 'We Care,' which is dedicated to drawing attention to the music through a series of quilts entitled 'Signature Quilts.'
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Established in 1785, Morattock Church, located two miles from Plymouth, is the second oldest church in Washington County. This church, with a seating capacity of 200, burned in 1863, but this did not interrupt services. Parishioners met in the poorhouse until the current building was completed in 1865. As membership declined, the building was not maintained, and the final services were held in 1934 or 1935. In 1937, the roof caved in. Money was raised to replace it. The church was painted, and a plaque honoring all the preachers who had served there was installed. Since then, interest in the church has waned, and decay has again set in.
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Every twenty-six days in the Pisgah National Forest, sixty young men from the ages of sixteen to twenty-four finish a grueling course of physical and mental challenges far beyond anything they had dreamed of doing. This course is offered by the Morganton Outward Bound School, one of twenty-four such centers worldwide. Only five of them operate in the United States. The schools are not interested so much in developing skills as in changing attitudes and in helping the young men discover their true potential. Lineberger describes a typical Outward Bound course, which includes preparatory training, rock-climbing, physical conditioning, rescue and fire training, expedition, solo, and value formation.
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Josephus Daniels, the famous editor of the Raleigh News and Observer, served his country as Secretary of the Navy during the administration of President Woodrow Wilson and as Ambassador to Mexico during the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Lucy Davis Inman, his granddaughter, describes a typical Christmas celebration at her grandfather's house.
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The Garret Boerema family of Grassy Ridge in Hyde County is North Carolina's new Farmers Home Administration Farm Family of the Year. The award is presented to the FHA farm family that demonstrates the most outstanding achievements in the state in farm methods, financial progress, family living, property investment, and resourcefulness in overcoming adversities. Forty-seven-year-old Boerema and his wife were born in Holland and came to the United States in 1949. They have operated a highly profitable dairy farm in Hyde County for the past eleven years.
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