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In February 1898, a great fire raged through central North Carolina and into South Carolina. Hairr describes this forest fire which consumed over three million acres.
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Warren County is OUR STATE magazine's featured county of the month. Although sparsely populated, the county boasts a rich historical and architectural heritage.
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Grifton, in Pitt County, is OUR STATE magazine's featured Tar Heel town of the month. Comer discusses the town's history, its surviving the flood in the wake of Hurricane Floyd, and its well-known Shad Festival.
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Lincoln County is OUR STATE magazine's featured county of the month. Schroeder discusses the potential for this county which had a 27 percent population increase in the 2000 census and expects more in the next decade.
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Mebane, a town on the Alamance/Orange County line, is OUR STATE magazine's featured Tar Heel town of the month. For over one hundred years the now-closed White Furniture Company bolstered the town's economy. Today Mebane flourishes because of its location between the Triangle and the Triad.
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Benson is OUR STATE magazine's featured Tar Heel town of the month. The town was incorporated in 1887 and began as a farming community and mule-trading center. This part of town history is remembered each September as the town celebrates Benson Mule Days. Today, location at the junction of interstates 40 and 95 gives the town a solid economic base and makes it attractive to businesses seeking to relocate.
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To many North Carolinians, the flood that followed Hurricane Floyd was \"the\" flood. However, there have been other floods, and the one in 1916 was one of the most devastating. Twenty-two inches of rain fell over the western mountains in twenty-four hours in July. Eighty people were killed, and property damages were almost $23 million.
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Finding a place for real home cooking while traveling on an interstate is a chore, and most travelers opt for the nearest fast food emporium. However, real food is there if one knows where to look. Martin explores Interstate 77 from the South Carolina line to Davidson with stops at John's Family Restaurant (Charlotte); Coffee Cup (Charlotte); Open Kitchen (Charlotte); and the Soda Shop (Davidson).
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Dan Finch, East Carolina University graduate, class of '70, wears many hats. Wiegand describes the activities of this versatile artist-agriculturalist whose pottery is in museums, including Charlotte's Mint Museum of Art, and whose blueberry farm near Bailey is one of the world's largest suppliers of blueberry plants.
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Finding a place for real home cooking while traveling on an interstate is a chore, and most travelers opt for the nearest fast food emporium. However, real food is there if one knows where to look. Martin explores eating establishments along Interstate 95 from Benson to Lumberton.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 70 Issue 3, Aug 2002,
p116-118, 120-121, 123, il
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A 90-foot-high rock formation at Cliffs of the Neuse State Park near Goldsboro contains the strata of 180 million years of geological history. Ellis discusses how the structure formed and how the area became a state park through the efforts of Lionel Will in 1944.
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Topsail Island has been a haven for clandestine activities over the years. Blackbeard helped give the island its name by hiding his ship on the sound side where only the \"top sails\" could be seen. Between 1946 and 1948, the Navy used the island for a top-secret missile program. Weather conditions, increased shipping, and a growing population caused the Navy to close the facility in 1948. Had they not moved to Cape Canaveral, Topsail Island might have been home to the space program and the moon launching.
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The Irregardless Cafe opened in Raleigh February 10, 1975. Owner Arthur Gordon says the unusual name comes from having professors in college circle in red the word in his papers, and he \"finally wanted to be able to use the word.\" Silcox-Jarrett explores what draws people year after year to this restaurant which doesn't have the best location and has a parking lot 100 yards away.
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Fort Defiance, the Caldwell County home of Revolutionary War General William Lenoir, takes its name from a local frontier fort. The state purchased the structure from the Lenoir family in the mid-1960s. Now a historic site, Fort Defiance has been restored to its 1792 appearance, complete with over 300 articles, ranging from books to furniture, originally owned by Lenoir.
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North Carolina has a number of museums ranging from the North Carolina History Museum and North Carolina Art Museum to some that are just plain quirky and offbeat. Tomlin describes some of the latter, including the Belhaven Memorial Museum in Beaufort County and the Cowan Museum in Kenansville.
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