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35685
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The authors assured that no degree or work experience in education was necessary for creating this effective teaching tool, whether parents sought to educate, entertain, or encourage their children. Especially promoted, though, was the potential for instilling reading skills and enhancing parent-child bonding.
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35686
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Hain’ts, not horror films, was thrilling entertainment in Coastal counties such as Sampson and during the author’s youth. As she proved in her illuminations of things that go bump in the dark, though, ghosts chasing and the stories they inspire are really timeless and universal pastimes.
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35687
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The author disclosed that short term costs for installing solar power, whether by flat-plate or heating system, was high. In light of long term benefits, plus its plentitude, Lofton proposed it was an investment worthy alternate fuel source.
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35688
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The golden weed was tobacco, part of a scam that went down in history. It was memorable partly because of the unexpected co-conspirators for the shady sale of the tainted tobacco: two men passing themselves off as reverends.
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35689
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Drying, preparing, or blanching were economic and easy alternatives to canning, the authors proposed. Proof in this pudding could be found in their directions for these methods, along with an image of a drying box and timetable for blanching a variety of fruits and vegetables.
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35690
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Wood was espoused as a viable alternative heat source and solution for the energy crisis. As proof that wood was a cut above the rest economically, the author included examples of the best types, such as ash, beech, and dogwood, and the only necessary equipment, a chain saw and axe.
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35691
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Its original name was the “Meeting House”: its latter name, Cape Fear Baptist Church, inspired by the nearby stream. A Colonial construction, this church in Gray’s Creek was touted as one of the first erected in Cumberland County. Its value was also asserted by an illustrious history: a temporary hospital and bivouac site for General Sherman’s troops.
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35692
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A dance, originating in Appalachia and blend of Western European and Cherokee influences, had made a comeback. Its present popularity could be seen in counties such as Henderson, whose own Blue Ridge Mountain Dancers performed at the New York World’s Fair in 1964.
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35693
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Homes gained value in ways that couldn’t be defined by the year of construction or a place in a historical house directory. For the author, there’s no place like home was proven in porches as well as peepholes, hand rived shingles as well as shake roofs. From these discoveries, one can gain a new perspective on the old days.
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35694
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For Southerners like James and Patty Massey, the War between the States left its presence in stories of what the South had been like before the Yankee invasion. It left ghosts and ghost stories, which proved hauntings happened in ways beyond the War’s decades’ strong aftermath.
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35695
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The Bigfoot Legend was widespread: sightings in Columbus and Brunswick Counties proved this. The discovery in Winnabow of footprint tracks, nearly a foot and a half long, was no exception to the standard story. Where they from man or beast of exceptional size, though? One native offered a $25.00 cash award for anyone willing to provide proof.
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35696
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The Black Drink and Great Man, or a variety of tea and the known commonly gingsen, were among the multitude of remedies the Cherokee and Catawba produced from wild herbs. Such remedies, shamans in Nations such as these used in centuries past to treat a variety of medical conditions. What is modern is the regard for these remedies’ effectiveness, in particular for their power to provide a holistic cure.
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35697
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Carolista Baum participated in a citizens’ drive to save Jockey Ridge and Chicamacomico Coast Guard Station. She played a pivotal role in the North Carolina Nature Conservancy and logged volunteer hours for projects such as Chapel Hill preservation. She acted as publisher for Brandon Press and Carolista Designers, producer of historical and educational coloring books. From such endeavors, Baum may be regarded as a woman worthy of remembrance.
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35698
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NC’s plays about the Lost Colony of Roanoke, Blackbeard, Tom Dooley, Daniel Boone, and Andrew Jackson may come as no surprise. This state was a home for the famous pirate and Elizabethan era English settlers, the subject of the popular song, battle site for this Revolutionary War freedom fighter, and settlement that included Jackson’s parents. Plays about NC’s perhaps lesser known ways of involvement in the Revolutionary War included Fight for Freedom, about the first Declaration of Independence document; The Liberty Cart, about the Battle of Moore’s Creek. As for contributions from religious groups, there was Sound of Peace, about a Quaker settlement in Snow Camp. From this Day Forward traced the life of the Walden family, whose descendants and bakeries still exist in Valdese.
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35699
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A Mountains tours covered a host of interests. History buffs may step back into their favorite time periods in places such as the Farmers Curb Market and Biltmore Homespun Shop. For nature aficionados, there are the Pisgah National Forest and waterfalls. For creative fiction lovers, there were Connemara, Carl Sandburg’s mountain home, and the Flat Rock Playhouse.
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