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7690
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The contemporary powwow is a gathering of Native Americans, but unlike those of earlier days, it knows no tribal boundaries. Songs and dances once sung or danced only by a specific tribe are now performed by Native Americans from other parts of the country. The contemporary powwow provides an opportunity for people to celebrate their Native American heritage and culture. Richardson describes powwows in North Carolina.
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English settlers arrived in North Carolina in the 1500s. Native Americans arrived 10,000 years before. They left no written accounts, so what is known of their activities is derived through investigations by archaeologists. Native American prehistory in the state is divided into four time periods: Paleo-Indian, Archaic, Woodland, and Contact. This article examines what is known of the Paleo-Indian Period.
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7921
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North Carolina's early immigrants were a mixed group that included well-to-do planters, laborers, artisans, apprentices, indentured servants, and convicts. In 1701, John Lawson first sighted the land where Bath would be built. Word of this desirable area quickly spread, attracting new immigrants from other colonies to move to North Carolina. In 1704, Lawson drew plans for the town, and in 1705, Bath incorporated. The surrounding area was a source of tar, turpentine, and other naval stores. Latham discusses the town's history.
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7922
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Beach recounts Highland Scots immigration to North Carolina and how they dealt with the differences they encountered. The first organized immigration came in 1739, when 350 people from Scotland sailed to Wilmington and latter settled in what would become Cumberland County. New arrivals priorities included selecting land, surveying it, and planting crops. By the late 18th-century, the largest population of Scots outside Scotland lived in the state.
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This road is known by several names. In North Carolina it is called the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road, or just Great Wagon Road. In Virginia it is called the Carolina Road because it led down into North Carolina. This road from Pennsylvania to the backcountry of North Carolina followed early Indian trails. It brought settlers for a number of reasons: fertile land at good prices, new opportunities, and religious freedom. The authors describe a trip on the road and some of the groups that traveled it.
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Hendricks describes the settlement of the Piedmont region, or the backcountry of the state, during the 1700s. The first European settlers in the area were English. Many came down the Great Wagon Road or moved from the Coastal Plain. Population grew in the state from 35,000 in 1730 to 180,000 in 1770; much of the growth took place in the Piedmont. New towns were created to serve as government and trade centers or cultural centers for groups, such as German Moravians, and new counties formed.
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The state adopted its first slave code in 1715. This document defined the social, economic, and physical places of enslaved people. Most of the slaves purchased in the colony came from Virginia and South Carolina, and most lived on large plantations in the eastern section. The largest plantation was Stagville, established in 1787, and located in parts of what is now Orange and three other counties. More than 900 slaves worked on the 30,000-acre plantation.
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In 1799, the first documented gold strike in the country occurred at John Reed's farm in Cabarrus County, twenty miles east of Charlotte. As the news spread, gold seekers of many nationalities poured in to seek their fortunes. The first mining that was conducted was called \"placer\" mining, or mining that is done aboveground. In 1825, Matthias Barringer discovered that gold could be found in veins of white quartz. By following the veins deep into the ground more gold could be recovered. Many of the miners left the state when gold was discovered in other Southern states and in California in 1849.
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7959
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In 1893, French-speaking Protestants known as Waldenses settled in Valdese, located in Burke County. The group was persecuted for its religion in Europe from 1184 until 1848, until King Charles Albert, King of Sardinia, and Duke of Savoy, granted the Waldenses full civil liberties and freedom of conscience. Valdese began with 300 settlers and still thrives today with over 4,600 residents.
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7960
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Neal summarizes the advances in transportation in the state. Early settlers arrived after an Atlantic voyage of seventy-five days. Wagons and boats took them farther inland, and later a road system developed. This was followed by the railroads and major highways and finally the airplane. Traveling on the Great Wagon Road from Pennsylvania to Salisbury in Rowan County took 24 days in the 1790s, then 13 hours by rail in the 1940s, 7 hours by car in the Interstate in the 1970s, and finally 4 by plane today.
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7961
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In the 1880s southern politicians began turning against newly freed African Americans and passed many restrictive laws against them. African Americans in North Carolina faced a dilemma--stay and face discrimination or move to an unknown life somewhere else. Many chose to go North. Between 1900 and 1940, over two million African Americans left the South. North and South Carolina and Virginia topped the list of immigrants. The McKinleys discuss the life they made for themselves in the North. Since the 1970s, many have been returning, and North Carolina has been one of the most popular states to come back to.
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The state's population is rapidly increasing. Between 2000 and 2005, the state had the ninth highest growth rate in the country, bringing the population to over eight-and-a-half million. A major factor in the increase was net migration, or the difference between how many people moved into and out of the state, which accounted for two-thirds of the overall population increase. The population is expected to reach twelve million by 2030, making North Carolina the nation's tenth largest state. Other changes are a more ethnically diverse population and a more urban one.
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Lunsford Richardson II, a native of Johnston County, invented Vicks Vapo-Rub. He taught school before becoming a pharmacist. His first drugstore was in Selma, which he sold before moving to Greensboro, where he opened another one. There he developed a number of home remedies under the name of Vicks. His most famous product was Vicks VapoRub, a balm which contained menthol, a little-known drug from Japan. Ninety years after his death, Vicks VapoRub is known around the world and continues to relieve the discomfort of sick people.
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In 1893, Caleb Bradham opened a drugstore in New Bern, where he concocted soft drinks. One was called Brad's Drink, and in 1898 it became Pepsi Cola. Although Bradham made millions, fluctuating sugar prices contributed to his bankruptcy in 1923.
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Richard Gordon Gatling was born in a log cabin at Maney's Neck in Hertford County on September 12, 1818. By the middle of the 19th-century, he was world-famous for his agricultural inventions. After the outbreak of the Civil War, he began work on a weapon that would bring him lasting fame -- the Gatling Gun, patented on November 4, 1862. Gatling felt that by building a weapon that was so destructive of human life, it would prevent wars.
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