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When the N.C. Agricultural Society was planning the first state fair in 1853, there were those who scoffed and predicted failure. Undaunted, the group completed plans and held the fair. Large throngs attended and the nay-sayers were proven wrong.
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Gov. John Motley Morehead, born on July 4, 1796, was one of the state's most visionary leaders of the early 19th-century. Among his many ideas were a highway system, a port at Beaufort, the North Carolina Railroad, schools for the blind and deaf, and navigable rivers.
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Late October is the time of ghosts and goblins, of things that glow in the dark or go bump in the night, and a dog howling in the distance. Four creepy Tar Heel tales capture the spookiness of Halloween.
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Nancy Roberts is one of the South's foremost compilers of tales of ghosts and the supernatural. Over a period of almost forty years, she has recounted her tales in twenty-three books.
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While Henderson County is considered the state's apple capital, apples are not the only attraction. There are festivals, including the North Carolina Apple Festival; Hendersonville's downtown district; and historic sites, including Carl Sandburg's home at Flat Rock.
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Built on Bogue Banks in the early 19th-century for coastal defense and to protect Beaufort harbor, Fort Macon fired its guns in anger only once -- during the Civil War. Today it is a 385-acre state park that attracts one million visitors annually.
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Murfreesboro, named for Irish immigrant William Murfree, who donated the land in 1787, has based its e economy on agriculture for years. Now its historic district and past, featuring colonial homes, festivals, Candlelight Christmas Tours, and the Jefcoat Museum, are expanding the economy.
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Seaboard Airline Railroad built the Hamlet Railroad Station in 1900. It handled numerous passengers and was also the point where Seaboard's main north-south and east-west lines crossed. A century later, in 1999, few trains come, the station's former passenger trains replaced by airlines.
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Wilmington's St. John's Museum of Art is a complex of three historic buildings - St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, Bunch-Cowan House, and St. John's Lodge. It houses around 700 works and specializes in the state's art. Recently the Bruce B. Cameron Foundation donated $4 million to design a new museum, with 4 1/2 million to be raised for construction.
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Born near Falkland in Pitt County, Dr. Richard Henry Lewis was a much-recognized pioneer in public health in the state during his fifty-year medical career.
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Founded in 1882, Dillsboro in Jackson County owes its early economic success to the train, which brought industry and commerce. When floods and the automobile ended this boom in the 1930s, the town evolved into a craftsmen's haven. Today the town boasts sixty businesses, including craft galleries and inns.
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On December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright achieved the first heavier-than-air flight at Kitty Hawk. Few in the nation took the report seriously, and it was not until 1908, that the full realization of what the Wright Brothers had accomplished was understood by their countrymen.
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During the Christmas season, some of the most cherished memories occur around a hearth with a decorated mantle. Some of the best-known places with distinctive hearths include Asheville's Biltmore Estate, with sixty-five fireplaces, and the Grove Park Inn, which boasts two fireplaces that can burn logs up to eight feet long.
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The South Fork of the New River flows through Ashe and Allegheny Counties in an unusual western, instead of eastern, direction. Saving it from a hydroelectric project was a fourteen-year struggle; designation as a national Wild and Scenic River assured it.
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People have lived in the Red Springs area since the mid-1700s, although the town was not established until 1887. The small town of 4,000 has a number of tourist attractions, including the old Flora Mac Donald College and gardens and many elegant houses designed and built in the 19th-century.
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