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This timeline lists a sampling of the state's rich sports history from the 1850s to the present.
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Tar Heel Junior Historian
(NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 51 Issue 1, Fall 2011,
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2.Stickball: An Ancient Sport by Grundy, Pamela Tar Heel Junior Historian Vol. 51 Issue 1, Fall 2011
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Stickball is the ancestor of lacrosse and has been popular across North America for centuries. In the olden days it was a sometimes violent game and death and injuries were not uncommon. The object of the game was to score a certain number of points in the opponent's goal. The tradition is continued among the modern Cherokees but on a less violent level.
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Women aboard ships were often considered bad luck but, despite the stereotype, women were often found roles on board. The earliest pioneers were some famous female pirates known as Mary Read and Anne Bonny. Women later took up roles as nurses or as labor for processing fish caught by men.
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Many blockade runners lie under the waters off of Wilmington's coast, once a prevalent spot for illegal trade between Wilmington and Bermuda. With the advent of SCUBA, self-contained underwater breathing apparatus, these wrecks can now be rediscovered and in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Archives, qualified divers retrieving artifacts will receive a quarter share in material recovered.
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Spanish permanent settlement was first founded in Florida but thirty years before that explorer Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon sailed from the West Indies to the Cape Fear River. Ayllon attempted to settle in the state but after experiencing difficulties the Spaniard moved his group to San Miguel in South Carolina. Conditions did not improve and after Ayllon died the settlement failed.
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Queen Elizabeth personally supplied ships for an expedition which landed at Hatteras on July 27, 1585. The English attempted to challenge Spain's dominance in the New World and their initial settlement, headed by Lieutenant Governor Ralph Lane, landed at Hatteras on July 27, 1585. This colony would fail when too much emphasis was placed on finding gold rather than nurturing a permanent settlement.
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Yates Mill was the last original standing mill in the Raleigh area. Constructed in the early 1800s, it served as a multi-purpose facility manufacturing lumber, corn & wheat milling, and wool carding.
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The state was actively involved with sending the first astronauts to the moon. Astronauts were trained in understanding the celestial environment at the Morehead Planetarium in Chapel Hill under the guidance of director A. F. Jenzano. Two of those astronauts were also native North Carolinians; Major Charles Moss Duke, Jr. and Dr. William Edgar Thornton.
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The School of Textiles on N.C. State University's campus was responsible for making washcloths for astronauts. Professors Jack F. Bogdan and William E. Moser were responsible for the innovation of space washcloths. Special consideration must be given to these otherwise ordinary objects to meet the demanding environs of space.
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Early exploration into the Piedmont was carried out between the mid-1600s and early 1700s by two young surveyors; John Lederer and John Lawson. Both, charged with surveying the state inland from the coast, encountered native populations and took extensive notes embellished with illustrations.
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William Hilton explored the Cape Fear River area in August 1662. His discoveries of a fertile land encouraged additional New England settlers to arrive in late 1663. Permanent settlement would not be established until 1666, when the site of Charles Town reached 800 individuals.
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Lack of currency in the colony promoted a system of bartering amongst the colonists. By the mid-1700s, exasperated colonist rebelled against the oppressive English Stamp Act. Further taxation led to both organized and disorganized riots by the state's early citizens.
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Flora MacDonald was regarded as fierce heroine in her native Scotland before arriving on the Killiegray plantation near Fayetteville in 1774. She encouraged fellow Scotsmen to take up arms against rebellious colonists that met with disaster at the Battle of Moores Creek on February 27, 1776. Three years later this tenacious woman lost her plantation as was forced to return to Scotland.
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Archaeological excavations revealed the foundation of Dudley's tavern and artifacts from the era just prior to and during the American Revolution. Taverns served as an important meeting place for revolutionary colonists. Archaeologists from the Division of Historic Sites and Museums excavated tableware, architectural elements, and, of course, material culture related to alcohol.
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Governor Josiah Martin, the state's last royal governor, lived in Tryon Palace when the American Revolution began. The governor made a critical error in not destroying the supplies at Tryon, instead burying them to be discovered by the rebels who desperately needed the powder and guns.
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