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Organic farming, or farming without chemical pesticides or synthetic fertilizers, is a growing trend in North Carolina. With the decline of the tobacco economy, there is a movement toward producing a wide range of foods locally and organically. The Blue Ridge Community College in Flat Rock held its first Organic Growers School in 1994. Over the next few years one or two hundred people attended the one-day event. In 2006, the event drew 1,100 people from North Carolina and fourteen other states. The school featured fifty-six class sessions in fourteen tracks from soil science to marketing, nine half-day workshops, a full-day children's program, and three vendor talks.
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In 1906, three doctors opened the Thermal Belt Sanatorium in Tryon for people suffering respiratory illnesses. The physicians soon discovered that more healthy people than ill ones were coming to Tryon for the climate, and they closed the sanatorium. In 1917, Carter Brown came from Michigan to explore the possibilities of opening an inn. He rented the sanatorium for two years as his residence, and in 1920, purchased and converted it into an inn. This year the structure, now known far and wide as the Pine Crest Inn, is celebrating a century of service. Jackson recounts the history of the inn from 1920 to 2006.
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On the Dan River in the 1800s, the bateau was the choice of residents for shipping and receiving goods. The bateau, a double-ended, flat-bottomed vessel with a wide hull, can measure up to 60 feet with a capacity for carrying 10,000 pounds of cargo. Propulsion is man-powered by a crew of three. One sits in the back and works the tiller, while the other two plunge long poles down to the river bottom, push their weight against them, and walk from one end of the bateau to the other. The first bateau appeared on the Dan in 1792. Three Rivers Outfitters of Eden has revived this relic of the 19th-century. The company's 40-foot replica takes passengers on a one-mile voyage from Eden Wildlife Access to Leaksville Landing. Gigley recounts his experiences on the voyage.
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In this ongoing series about favorite Southern dishes, Garner discusses the delights of collard greens, their history, and how to prepare and serve them. He lists several eating establishments that serve good collard greens: Bum's Restaurant (Ayden); The Coffee Cup (Charlotte); and Bo's Café (Kenansville).
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 74 Issue 5, Oct 2006,
p36-38, 40, 42, 44-45, il
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In western North Carolina a number of routes have been designated as Scenic Byways by the Federal Highway Administration, which funds the National Scenic Byways Program. The article describes side trips and a sampling of restaurants. The byways included are the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway; Appalachian Medley; South Mountain Scenery; Cherohala Skyway; Waterfall Byway; Whitewater Way; New River Valley Byway; Mission Crossing; Little Parkway; Upper Yadkin Way; Black Mountain Rag; French Broad Overview; Nantahala Scenic Byway; Indian Lakes Scenic Byway; Drovers Road; and Pacolet River Byway.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 74 Issue 5, Oct 2006,
p58-66, 68-76, 78-86, 88-94, 96, 98, 100, il
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Dreifus describes three literary festivals in the state that promote reading, writing, and publishing. They are the Novello Festival of Reading, founded in Charlotte in 1991; North Carolina Writers' Network's Fall Conference, founded in Durham in 1985; and the Cape Fear Crime Festival, founded in Wilmington in 2001.
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Jackson describes three bed-and-breakfast inns that were converted from the residences of doctors. They are the Augustus T. Zevely Inn (Winston-Salem); Dr. Flippin's Bed and Breakfast (Pilot Mountain); and the 1847 Blake House Inn (Asheville).
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Salisbury, established in 1755, is the county seat of Rowan County. The town welcomes growth and is business-friendly, but at the same time does not want to compromise its small-town values and quality of life. A former mill town, Salisbury's economy rests on locally-based businesses, like Food Lion, Cheerwine, and Power Curbers. Many of the historic structures in the downtown area are preserved. Visitors can take an informative trolley tour and see sights including the Old Presbyterian Bell Tower, Rowan County Museum, the Old Drug Store, the Utzman-Chambers House, and the Salisbury National Cemetery, which contains the remains of over 5,000 Union soldiers who died at the Salisbury Prison.
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The story of the Plott hound begins in 1750 when Johannes Plott emigrated to colonial America from Heidelberg, Germany. He brought with him two Hanoverian-type Schweisshunds (bloodhounds). Plott eventually settled in New Bern, married, had three sons, and then moved on to Cabarrus County. His descendants continued to live in the Smoky Mountains and breed the dogs. The Plott hound is an intelligent animal, has a formidable reputation as a hunter, and tends to be a one-person dog. In 1946, the dog was recognized by the United Kennel Club, and years later by the American Kennel Club. On August 12, 1989, the North Carolina General Assembly officially recognized the Plott hound as the State Dog. At the time, few North Carolinians had ever heard of the hound, much less seen one.
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Linville Caverns in McDowell County was discovered in 1822 by two fishermen. The cave is estimated to be over twenty million years old. Water dissolving the limestone and dolomite formed the natural passageways. In 1937, a local corporation bought the cave to develop it for tourism. The caverns opened in 1939 and were a huge success. A massive flood devastated the county in 1940, and the corporation sold out. Spencer and Mildred Collins bought the stock and took over management of cave. Linville Caverns, the state's only show cavern, is operated as a family business that has passed down through several generations.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 74 Issue 5, Oct 2006,
p104-106, 108, 110-111, il
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By the late 1880s and early 1900s, accessible forests in the state's eastern sections had been cleared by loggers. Much of the remaining virgin forests lay in the remote, rugged western counties. Transporting this timber to market was neither safe nor economical. To overcome this problem, flumes were developed. A flume is a wooden trough, built in a V-shaped manner and filled with water, by which the logs could be transported safely and efficiently. They resembled train trestles and could reach heights of forty feet. In 1907, the Giant Lumber Company constructed the longest flume ever built in North Carolina. It reached nineteen miles across Wilkes County from the company lumberyard into the vast timber properties. In June 1916, a catastrophic flood, produced by a hurricane, washed the flume out in several places. The flume was never rebuilt.
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Traditional mountain music has not fared well over the past decades, and among the younger generations, it was fast becoming almost unknown. Helen White, a guidance counselor for eighteen years in the Alleghany County Schools, is an award-winning songwriter/composer and Fiddlers Grove champion fiddler. Aware of this problem, White began a program at Sparta Elementary School called the Junior Appalachian Musicians program. Students have the opportunity to learn the mandolin, dulcimer, banjo, fiddle, or guitar. Schulman discusses the program's progress since its inception in 2000.
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Margaret Morley, a well-known biologist, writer, illustrator, and educator, visited North Carolina's mountains in the 1890s. She was quite taken with the region and eventually settled in Tryon. In 1913, she wrote THE CAROLINA MOUNTAINS, a work that recorded her impressions of mountaineer life at the beginning of the 20th-century. A century later, it is considered one of the best books about the North Carolina high country where a way of life has now vanished.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 74 Issue 5, Oct 2006,
p140-142, 144, 146, 148, il, por
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Renowned wildlife photographer Bill Lea resides in Franklin and has been photographing wildlife since 1978. He estimates that he has had almost 6,000 of his photographs published. His photographs have been showcased in two coffee table books: GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS WILDLIFE PORTFOLIO and GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS WONDER. A third book will be published in the spring of 2007.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 74 Issue 5, Oct 2006,
p150-152, 154, 156, 158, il
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On November 10, 2003, Congress designated twenty-five counties western North Carolina and the Qualla Boundary as the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area. Cissna discusses how this designation affected the region.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 74 Issue 5, Oct 2006,
p160-162, 164, 166-167, il
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