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29225
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Connor Eagles and Lester Turnage restored the Old Farmstead at the Pitt County Fairgrounds to preserve the Eastern North Carolina heritage and to teach people about life in the past. The Old Farmstead is a group of ten buildings that include a log cabin, tobacco barn, smoke house, stables, hen house, chapel, an old farmhouse, and three museums.
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29226
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Beaufort, North Carolina has a long history rooted in sailing and seamanship. Captain Scaduto and Captain Sinbad discuss the teaching of seamanship, life as a sailor and the traditions surrounding this lifestyle.
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29227
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Country singer George Hamilton IV, a Winston-Salem native, is regarded as the international ambassador of country music. In this article, Hamilton discusses how his career evolved while traveling and performing outside the United States.
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29228
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Lloyd Remington, a chemistry professor at the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and his wife Violet, have a home built underground. Hoping to use the consistency of underground temperatures to beat the high cost of energy, the natural insulation of the earth is paying off.
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29229
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This article presents six North Carolina dining establishments which represent excellence in the restaurant trade. Each is its own place, distinctive and outstanding in its own way, and together demonstrating that the realm of North Carolina extends from collards to caviar.
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29230
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Tony Seamon’s restaurant Cap’n Tony’s is also Tony’s Sanitary Fish Market and Restaurant in Morehead City, North Carolina. The place was a fish market originally in the 1930s when Tony Seamon was a charter boat skipper. As his fishing charter trips gained popularity, he expanded the market to include a restaurant.
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The Plantation Supper Club in Greensboro, North Carolina attracted big crowds who enjoyed its fine food, entertainment and romantic charm. Under the ownership of Fred Koury, the club operated for thirty-five years until fire destroyed it in 1976. While working with entertainers at the club, Koury helped actors, such as Andy Williams, start their careers.
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29259
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For many North Carolina homeowners, the use of wood instead of fossil fuels is a simple, old-fashioned, yet innovative way to beat rising energy prices. This article describes various types of woodstoves and the best available woods in North Carolina.
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29260
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Dr. Redford Williams, a researcher and professor of psychiatry at Duke Medical School, is studying personality stereotypes to determine the physiological ramifications of stressful behavior patterns. Type A behavior patterns, such as competitiveness and aggression, have been related to increased coronary disease.
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29261
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Judaculla Rock is a mysterious relic that lies at the end of Caney Fork Road in Cullowhee, North Carolina. The rock contains a myriad of ancient markings that the Cherokees believe were carved by Judaculla, god of the hunt. While scientists have searched for a more realistic explanation of its message, Judaculla Rock remains a legend and mystery.
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29262
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This is a guide to North Carolina’s most notable potteries in the Piedmont, from Seagrove to Robins in lower Randolph and upper Moore Counties. Seven potteries are featured, each using traditional pottery techniques, local clays, and a variety of materials.
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29263
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In North Carolina, summer fishing is for tourists and fall is the time for fishermen’s fishing. The season usually begins with a mullet blow, a time when the fish become more active due to cooling shallow waters. Also typical of the boom in fall fishing is the well-fed king mackerel, gaining a pound per week in size.
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29264
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Located in western North Carolina, the Uwharries are the oldest mountains on the North American continent. The mountains were first inhabited by the Uwharrie Indians, until gold was discovered and the area attracted more settlers. Today, attractions include the Uwharrie National Forest, Morrow Mountain State Park, and Town Creek Indian Mound.
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29265
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A house called Lafayette is one of the few reminders left in Lenoir County of the time when the British ruled the land and the county was named Dobbs. Built by the Whitfield family before 1790, the house remained mostly vacant for nearly a century. After much vandalism and folklore, Lafayette was renovated and preserved.
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29266
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Eight years after the United States Senate empaneled the Select Committee on Presidential Activities, its chairman unveils new details surrounding Watergate’s Saturday Night Massacre, October 20, 1973. North Carolina Senator, Sam J. Ervin, Jr., presents these details in his new book called, The Whole Truth.
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