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36394
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A history of the Raleigh Pullen Park Carousel as found in the award winning scrapbook prepared by the Martin ‘76ers, LeRoy Martin Junior High School, Raleigh, NC.
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36396
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A history of the Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church, Guilford Co., NC, by Joy Gattis, Northeast Guilford Junior High School, McLeansville, NC.
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36398
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Excerpt about being baptized in Lake Waccamaw taken from the publication, ‘Kin’lin,’ by Hallsboro High School, Hallsboro, NC.
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36400
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The Martin ‘76ers’, a very active and award winning Tar Heel Junior Historian club at LeRoy Martin Junior High School, Raleigh, NC held a reunion of past and present members. They met at the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh, NC with about 150 participants.
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36402
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Information about Connemara, the last home of Carl Sandburg at Flat Rock, NC.
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36403
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The story of the Roberts House, near Mocksville, NC, which had a hidden tunnel from the house to Dutchman’s Creek. The tunnel may have been used during the Civil War and for the Underground Railroad.
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7.Frank Medlin--Deserter? by Michelle McSwain Tar Heel Junior Historian Vol. 21 Issue 2, Winter 1982
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36404
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This is a short story based on the life of the author’s great-great-great grandfather in the Civil War.
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36405
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The author talks about the second annual Indian Heritage Day in Raleigh and Indian Heritage Week in North Carolina. She lists the contributions of Indians to North Carolina and lists the five recognized tribes of Indians in the State.
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36406
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The author gives a list of crafts done in Salem, NC in the 18th Century.
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36407
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The author talks of Advance, Davie County, NC was a leading center for distilling whiskey. In 1905, the NC General Assembly passed a law prohibiting distilling in towns with a population of less than one thousand and the distilleries in Advance closed on Dec. 31, 1905.
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11.A Trip Through a Graveyard by Gina Hendrix Tar Heel Junior Historian Vol. 21 Issue 2, Winter 1982
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36409
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The author goes through the Dulin cemetery, Dulin community near Mocksville, NC, and gives a history of the Philip Dulin family.
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36410
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The author talks about the Biltmore Forest School, the first Forestry School in America. It was started on George Vanderbilt’s property in Pisgah Forest.
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36411
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A twentieth-century photograph image of a lone hunter standing on a mountain outcropping appeared in a previous issue and readers were asked to make up a story about the man in the picture. First Prize went to Heather Montgomery, of Westover Junior High School, Fayetteville, NC for ‘The Story of Zeb Windsworth.” Second Prize was awarded to Jackie Dukes, Ahoskie Middle School, Ahoskie, NC for her story ‘Jabber Henderson.’
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36412
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The author gives a history of the small town in Hertford County, NC, bounded by the Wiccacon and Chowan Rivers. She also lists a number of renowned people from Harrellsville.
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36413
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The author retells a tale about the devil visited Molly Hunt before death and how she had killed her daughter’s boyfriend. Her daughter, Daisy Hunt, saw the killing and it upset her so badly, she gave birth to Jack Hunt, who was covered in scales.
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