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6532
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The Ruffin-Roulhac House, built in Hillsborough in the early 19th-century, now serves as the town hall. Mayor Fred Cates initiated the project to restore the structure in 1971. Professional architects advised against it because the building was unsound and almost overgrown with vegetation. However, local craftsmen restored the building in ten months. Dodd lists the individuals who owned the house over the years and describes some of its special features.
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6533
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Longstreet Church, founded in 1758 by the people of Longstreet Community, now sits on land owned by Fort Bragg in Fayetteville. The church was active continuously until 1895, and then sporadically until 1918, when the U.S. government purchased the land, with the provision that the church and its cemetery would be protected and preserved. The church is all that remains of the once-thriving Scottish community of Longstreet.
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6534
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Galax is a little plant with a heart-shaped leaf that grows on mountain slopes in western North Carolina. “Goin' Galackin'†is a mountain term for a trip deep into the mountains to harvest the leaves. Each year millions of these leaves end up in funeral wreaths and Christmas decorations around the country. Five thousand leaves can bring in as much as $12 from a wholesaler. DeLaughter describes the plant, the people who pick them, and â€goin' galackin.'â€
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6535
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Dr. William Sparrow built his eight-sided house in Hyde County in the 1840s. Local residents have given it many names over the years, including the Ink Bottle House, the Round House, and the Octagon House. The house stands today as a gloomy shell just off the Historic Albemarle Tour Road. Plans are underway to restore the house as close as possible to the original. When finished, the structure will be used as a center for historical research, a museum, or a cultural center for Hyde County.
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6540
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Wilson native James Newcombe reminisces about his days in the lighthouse service. He served on lightships, which function the same way as lighthouses, except that they are anchored out at sea. Newcombe ended his career at the end of World War II at the Cape Lookout lighthouse.
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Blind from birth, Doc Watson rose from the obscurity of his Deep Gap community to international acclaim as a folk musician. He is acknowledged by many as the fastest guitar picker in the world. He has recorded sixteen albums and appeared on many others with other musicians. In this TAR HEEL interview Watson discusses disco music, politics, the uncertainties of the music business, and his impressions of a Concorde flight.
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While many of his fans remember that author F. Scott Fitzgerald's wife Zelda died in a fire in Asheville, few know that he spent time in North Carolina between 1935 and 1937. He had come to the state hoping to improve his finances and revive his writing career. Neither happened.
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6543
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Parramore describes a way of life that lasted for over one hundred years on the Albemarle Sound and its tributaries, the use of great sweep-seines to harvest runs of shad, herring, and other fish. He discusses the work and skill of the workers who manned the seines, which could often stretch up to two miles. The work period was short, lasting from around eight weeks in the early spring, when the fish swarmed the waters in uncountable numbers. By the beginning of World War II, use of the great seines on the Albemarle waters was over; they were victims of smaller and more efficient equipment.
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Bell recounts the history of the Carolina Cotillion Club June German. The club organized in 1885 in Rocky Mount. The german was a two-step dance with a leader who goes at the head of its intricate figures. The dance was the social event of the region and attracted thousands to the warehouse where it was held.
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Smith recounts the excursion made by inventor Thomas Edison to North Carolina in 1906. By then he was famous for his inventions, which included the phonograph, light bulb, and motion picture projector. Edison traveled with two steam-powered automobiles and brought his son and two mechanics with him. He had just developed an alkaline storage battery for autos, and came to North Carolina seeking cobalt. The inventor felt that by using cobalt he could reduce the weight of the battery from 67 pounds to 46.
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Willard Watson was born on Wildcat Road in the town of Deep Gap in Watauga County. He has lived all his life just a few miles from there. Watson discusses his life and times as a moonshiner.
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Duke Forest consists of 8,500 acres and is a delight to naturalists, hikers, and research personnel. The forest is bounded by Durham, Chapel Hill, and Hillsborough. Muse discusses the forest from its beginning in the 1920s under Clarence Korstian, the first dean of the Duke Forestry School, to its present use for research and recreation.
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Moore County has North Carolina's first county-wide biking route. Ahearn describes the 100-mile route, which has four free campsites with water and toilet facilities, lists of available places to stop for food, and route markers which point out the major attractions along the way.
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In 1965, a group called the Historic Hope Foundation set out to save an abandoned house in Bertie County called Hope. The house had been built by David Stone, who was very active in state politics. He had been a member of the General Assembly, superior court judge, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, a U.S. Senator, and in 1808, governor of North Carolina. Within a year enough money had been raised to buy the house and eighteen acres of land. Restoration of the property began immediately. By 1972, Hope Plantation had been entered on the Register of Historic Places and opened to the public.
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Terra Ceia, which means “heavenly earth,†is located near Washington, N.C. The community originated in the 1920s, when a New York investment company recruited thirty-five Dutch families to settle there and develop the area as farmland. Stanley traces the history of the community, emphasizing its prominence in the tulip growing business.
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