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Moving onward to the future was Kinston’s Stallings Field, a source of winged transport since World War II. Continuing its mission as the “second largest airport in the state,” the author noted, entails it going into full status and increasing the 1100 acres of land where it currently sits.
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The price for this piece of property in Hamilton can be measured in value, partly because of the Darden Hotel’s speculative illustrious connections with the Civil War. The price tag can be measured also in worth, because of this mandate by city officials: the owner must maintain the historic landmark as a restaurant or inn, not a private residence.
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The Testore String Quartet shared their love for classical music across the East, for audiences ranging from public school students to constituents of ECU’s campus community. Just as renowned, though, was how this group of professionally trained musicians gets to gigs: via Volkswagen nicknamed “Thing.”
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4.That Mysterious Chocowinity Light by Blackburn, Charles, Jr. New East Vol. 4 Issue 1, Jan/Feb 1976
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35490
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The mysterious light along a set of railroad tracks in this town was resumed to be the ghost of a train engineer. The endurance of the tale throughout the decades and generations can be explained by the adage “everyone loves a good mystery.”
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The tournament famous to Wilmington, The Pro Am Tourney, again became part of another event. This one, perhaps well known by North Carolinians the state over: Azalea Festival. Noted aspects contributing to its popularity included the immense acreage designated as the festivities site; and the entertainment lineup, including a quartet from Oral Roberts University.
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The admiration of this herb, as noted by the local Indians who consumed it, was defined by its believed ability to cure more than two hundred diseases. The irony was not lost on the author: products made from this “excellent herbe” are more likely to cause death than preserve life.
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According to the author, no historian truly knows how North Carolinians came to be known as Tar Heels. What can be declared as truth from the seven versions of its origins shared: the long history that the nickname has; and how many NC citizens are proud to claim the label.
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In refuting the belief a friend from Ohio had about this state containing plantation houses, Phelps revealed what NC has that harkens back to the agrarian life gone by: superfarms. This led to a discussion of the debated positive and negative impacts of superfarms for the state and nation.
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What is uncommon about this dealership is the lot’s vehicles: fork lifts. What else uncommon about this company: how it came to be, with origins stretching back to 1918 and W.L. Gregory. As it’s revealed, Poole’s great-uncle, in serving the town’s need for road contractors, would pave the way for a company that recently celebrated its twenty fifth anniversary.
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This article dated itself in the equipment and tools recommended: tape recorder, pen, and paper. However, historians using digital tape recorders and laptops can still gather practical advice from this former head of ECU’s Folk Life Archive about collecting folklore and local history.
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In their years of disuse and disregard, barns were being reclaimed by nature. As the author insisted, though, this remnant of the former economic staple for much of NC had elements that worms could not consume. There was the barns’ capacity to well up memories of the agrarian life. Also was this reminder: the important role barns played in rural life and many small towns.
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The Elway Ferry was the smallest one in NC in its car capacity: two, to be exact. How it loomed large enough to be in operation, with JC McDuffie as its current captain, after almost seven decades? For one, its years of operation—longer than any regularly scheduled ferry in the state. As for its importance locally, residents rely much on the only ferry twenty miles between Kelly and Elizabethtown.
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NC's celebration of the US’ birthday wasn’t confined on ship. It also involved cruising by places on land that showcased NC’s contribution to America’s history. There were towns such as Edenton, Bath, and New Bern. It included dwellings like Orton Plantation, the Benjamin Wright House, and Tryon Palace. Also were landmarks such as the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Wright Brothers Memorial, and Blockade Runner Museum.
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Celebration of America’s two hundredth anniversary included reliving a special part of US history. To help celebrants virtually step back in time were re-enactments of Colonial lifeways. It ranged from domestic chores such as cooking to clothes-making, from meal staples such as apple cider and corn, from entertainment such as Cock Fight and marbles. The history lesson learned: there were more commonalities than differences between the distant past and the present.
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Her story was an illustration of the important role women play in history, pre-American Colonial and Colonial in particular. While the men helped to hold the fledging nation together on the battlefield, women helped to hold the fledgling nation together on the homefront. Where Flora’s story becomes especially memorable is her influence felt before immigrating from Scotland to North Carolina. That venture commemorated in this edition involved her helping the pretender to the British throne, Bonnie Prince Charlie, escape to France in 1746.
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