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The football in question was the American sort, a game with great support among young sport enthusiasts. Soccer’s popularity in cities like Charlotte was explained by reasons such as having less competitive pressure than sports like football and separation of the sexes on the field.
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Was quilting’s comeback because, as Faulker speculated, of the current energy crisis or colder winters? Whatever the cause, the author was appreciative for the revival of interest that had also resurged warm memories.
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Of classic authors NC could claim as its own, only O. Henry and Thomas Wolfe the author offered. As for current ones, Owen offered a much longer list of native sons and daughters, many still residing in the Tar Heel State. Among them were Ann Tyler, Fred Chappell, and Doris Betts.
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Deep River’s yields to NC citizens stretched back to pre-Colonial days. Its valued could be gauged in coal used by Confederate blockade runners and hardwoods like the White Pine. How the author attained an appreciation: by the great outdoors experiences of camping and canoeing.
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35851
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A mute peddler the author called “the vanilla man” offered a string of pearls with the purchase of his product. Its true value, she realized, was irrevocably lost with the string of pearls broken.
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Creativity can be defined in at least two ways, one related to artistic expression, the other devising a new use for an existing item. Faulkner’s discovery of how paper-based have evolved in terms of purpose includes how fans became used in a courting ritual taking place at church.
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Railroading in this case involved Pullman cars. Riding the rails the fashioned way was still possible through the National Railroad Historic Society and smaller model railroad groups. Highlighting the difference of the train experience not by Amtrak were factors involved with steam and coal power locomotives. Illustrating the uniqueness also was a description of a trip starting in Roanoke and ending in Greensboro.
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Trips along the Unwharrie Trail involved factors common to hiking: familiarity with the terrain, sufficient supplies of water, and trails well-constructed and maintained. Highlighting the uniqueness of the Uwharrie Trail experience were completion time, campsites number, and parking possibilities. For expert insights into the Uwharrie experience, the author offered Joe Moffitt’s An Afternoon Hike into the Past, “a must for campfire reading along the Trail.”
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35855
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Five decades before the famous Gold Rush in California, there was a discovery of this precious metal in Cabarrus County by a farmer, John Reed. Gold Fever can still be experienced in mines like the Cotton Patch in New London and Reed Mine near Concord.
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35856
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Experiencing seasons Tar Heel State style and NC from the Crystal Coast to the Mountains was possible through a visit to Gastonia’s Schiele’s Museum. Illuminating the enlightening experience: information about the museum’s murals and slide shows describing the natural history and ecology of NC’s three regions.
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35857
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What made Ocracoke unique from many other NC towns was heard in an accent betraying the area’s English roots. As for what could be seen, they were reasonably priced accommodations for visitors and friendliness of people descended from the original dozen families.
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35858
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The lure of the river also known as the Lumbee has inspired a litany of written works in the past century. They ranged from a poem by John Charles McNeill to Robesonian Historical Edition, from William Haynes’ Outing and Field and Stream articles to Hall’s Wilmington Gazette.
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13.The Land of the Cherokee by Boling, John C., Jr.; Boling, Linda Tar Heel Vol. 8 Issue 4, May 1980
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35859
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Cherokee referred to a Highlands town and people residing on its reservation. Information about this Native American tribe could be discovered in a guided tour of Oconaluftee Village and places such as a wax museum. Artistic expressions of information inspired by the area’s mythical origins included Little People and This Haunted Land.
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For many towns in the Highlands, the past was within reach. Inns making times distant tangible included Green Park, modeled after the classic mountain hostel; Snowbird Mountain, with a proximity to Joyce Kilmer Forest; and High Hampton, whose land was once part of Civil War general Wade Hampton’s estate. Other lodgings offering an experience not to be found in history books, they included Eseeola Lodge, on the National Register of Historic Places; the Weld House, with boarding house origins; and Appalachian Inn, offering home-grown meals and a bell summoning guests to dinner.
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This mountain range, known for possessing the two highest peaks and occasional wind speeds of over one hundred mph, had purported purposes ranging from the practical to peculiar. Speculations included worship sites for Native American tribes and command and observation posts for the military.
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