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New Bern, in Craven County, is OUR STATE magazine's featured Tar Heel town of the month. Comer takes the reader on a tour of the town that was the state's first capital and that is the state's second oldest city.
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Six small transportation museums spread across the state highlight the machines that move us by land, sea, and air. These include the Carolina Aviation Museum (Charlotte); C. Grier Beam Truck Museum (Charlotte); the Daniel Stowe Carriage House, part of the Gaston County Museum (Dallas); Piedmont Carolina Railroad Museum (Belmont); North Carolina Maritime Museum, Southport Branch; and the Norlina Museum (Norlina).
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George Washington Creef designed and built the shad boat on Roanoke Island in Dare County around 1878. In 1987, the North Carolina General Assembly designated it North Carolina's State Historical Boat.
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Roanoke Rapids in Halifax County is OUR STATE magazine's featured Tar Heel town of the month. The town recently marked its 100th anniversary in 1997. The textile mills that once powered the economy are gone. The largest employer now is a paper mill with a workforce of 600. Comer recounts the town's history, which includes the state's largest historic district, with over 1,100 properties, and current restoration efforts.
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Terrell describes the first airplane flight made in the mountains around Asheville on April 18, 1911. Both the pilot, Lincoln Beachey, and the plane arrived by train. Eight years later, Henry Westall, a local man who had flown in World War I, became the first man to fly out of the mountains and back in again. Westall flew roundtrip from Asheville to Morganton.
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Luther Ashby of Hudson makes a line of Appalachian folk toys whose origins date back three or four hundred years, their designs copied, improved upon, and passed on to the next generation. His business, Pioneer Folk Toys, produces 24 items, including flipper-dingers and Gee-Haw Whimmydiddles.
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Georgia Thompson Brown of Henderson was a pioneer of aviation. Better known as Tiny Broadwick, she made her mark not by flying airplanes, but by parachuting from them. She was the first woman to parachute from a plane, and between 1908 and 1922, she made 1,100 jumps.
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Reidsville, in Rockingham County, is OUR STATE magazine's featured Tar Heel town of the month. The town's history dates back to the early 1800s, and the tobacco and textile industries were once cornerstones of its economy. Mitchell discusses individuals connected with the town and things to see and do on a visit there.
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Chartered in 1758, the Perquimans County town of Hertford is one of the state's oldest towns. It survived both the Revolutionary War and Civil War. LaVere discusses the town's history and things to see and do on a visit.
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The North Carolina Award is the highest civilian honor given by the state for a lifetime of achievement in the fields of public service, fine arts, science, and literature. The award has been presented annually since 1964. The award winners for 2003 are Etta Baker, musician; Jaki Shelton Green, author; Frank Borden Hanes, benefactor; James Baxter Hunt, Jr., governor; Mary Ann Scheer, artisan; and William E. Thornton, medicine.
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6408
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Tomlin discusses the work of linguist Walt Wolfram, William C. Friday Distinguished Professor in North Carolina State University's English Department. Wolfram is director of the university's North Carolina Language and Life Project. The mission of the program is “to describe and celebrate the state's linguistic diversity, and to raise awareness of how language is a part of our cultural heritage.†The project has about twenty research sites stretching from the mountains to the coast.
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David Tannenburg, born in Germany in 1728, is considered the foremost North American organ builder of the 18th century. The organ he built for the Moravians, called the Great Organ, was installed in the home Moravian Church in Salem in 1800. This organ, silent for the past 100 years, has been restored. Of the 644 original pipes, 628 were located and used in the restoration.
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While NASCAR and ACC basketball keep sports fans in the state occupied today, horse racing in eastern North Carolina during the 1700s and early 1800s was the most exciting sporting event around. Blackburn discusses the history of racing in the state, famous horses, like Sir Archie, and their owners.
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Morganton, founded in 1784 by an act of the North Carolina General Assembly, is OUR STATE magazine's Tar Heel town of the month. The town is a mixture of progress and tradition. History lives on through its many buildings; twenty-one are on the National Register of Historic Places. A vibrant arts community and recreational offerings attract visitors to this Burke County community.
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Morris recounts the baseball career of Artis Plummer, who played on teams that barnstormed across the South and south of the border fifty years ago. Barnstorming was a way for players to earn money during the off-season. After his baseball career, Plummer opened a sign painting business, Art Signs, a community institution in Durham for fifty years.
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