Record #:

2610

Author(s):

DeLaughter, Jerry

Abstract:

Stage plays, movies, and two popular television shows - \"The Andy Griffith Show\" and \"Matlock\" - have made Andy Griffith possibly the most recognizable North Carolinian in the nation.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 55 Issue 6, Nov 1987, p12-16, il

Subject(s):

Men actors; Television programs; Griffith, Andy, 1926-2012

Record #:

2611

Author(s):

Walser, Richard

Abstract:

Born in Pitt County, William D. Herrington served in the Confederate cavalry during the Civil War and wrote three novels based on his experiences. He disappeared after being captured in 1865 and was never heard from again.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 55 Issue 6, Nov 1987, p18-19, il

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Herrington, William D., b. ca. 1841; Novelists, Pitt County

Record #:

2623

Author(s):

Crawford, Don

Abstract:

Opened in 1994, Brevard's Jim Bob Tinsley Museum is a collection of Western Americana artifacts, research, and books. Tinsley received the 1982 Western Heritage Award for his western studies.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 63 Issue 7, Dec 1995, p4, il

Subject(s):

Museums--Brevard; Jim Bob Tinsley Museum (Brevard)

Record #:

2624

Author(s):

Stewart, Al

Abstract:

Best known as the birthplace of country music star Randy Travis, Marshville, in Union County, also boasts a 2,000-employee turkey plant and an auction barn.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 63 Issue 7, Dec 1995, p10, il

Subject(s):

Record #:

2625

Author(s):

Arthur, Billy

Abstract:

In 1873, near Como, in Hertford County, James Henry Gatling, brother of the Gatling gun inventor, launched a flying machine. Had the motor been lighter, he might have been the first to fly.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 63 Issue 7, Dec 1995, p14-15, il

Subject(s):

Gatling, James Henry, 1816-1879; Inventors--Hertford County--Biography; Aeronautics--Hertford County--History; Hertford County--History

Record #:

2626

Author(s):

Bradsher, Bethany

Abstract:

Near Asheville, The Cove, also called the Billy Graham Training Center, conducts religious activities, including weekly seminars on Christian life that over 5,000 people attended in 1994 and a youth camp for ages 9 to 18.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 63 Issue 7, Dec 1995, p16-17,19, il

Subject(s):

Billy Graham Training Center (Asheville); Retreats--Asheville

Record #:

2627

Author(s):

Taylor-Todd, Jean

Abstract:

With over 5.5 million Christmas trees harvested in 1995, the state ranks third in sales nationwide. Avery County produces over one million of the total and calls itself the \"Fraser Fir Capital of the World.\"

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 63 Issue 7, Dec 1995, p20-24, il

Subject(s):

Christmas tree growing, Western

Record #:

2631

Author(s):

Parker, Cherry

Abstract:

P. T. Beeman studied medicine with Dr. Edmund Fontaine of Wadesboro, completed his studies at Charleston Medical College, and practiced in Anson County. A radical medical thinker, his tombstone reads, \"I Fed Fever.\"

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 55 Issue 4, Sept 1987, p11,13, il

Subject(s):

Physicians--Biography; Beeman, Parks Turner, 1833-1903; Physicians--Anson County

Record #:

2632

Author(s):

Craig, Sally

Abstract:

Ray Hicks, who lives near Banner Elk, has been telling stories since childhood. In 1983, the Smithsonian Institution awarded him a grant for keeping the mountain storytelling tradition alive.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 55 Issue 5, Oct 1987, p8-11, il

Subject(s):

Hicks, Ray, 1922-2003

Record #:

2633

Author(s):

Craig, Sally

Abstract:

Lexington's Bob Timberlake paints rural scenes that have a worldwide appeal, awakening in viewers nostalgic feelings and childhood memories.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 55 Issue 5, Oct 1987, p12-15, il

Subject(s):

Timberlake, Robert Edgar (Bob), 1937-; Painters--Lexington; Artists--Lexington

Record #:

2634

Author(s):

MacKenzie, Lois Welborn

Abstract:

Driven off their lands in 1838, a group of Cherokees hid out in Graham County. Known today as the Snowbird Indians, many, like Maggie Axe Wachaha, have maintained their identify while surrounded by a changing world.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 55 Issue 4, Sept 1987, p12-14,34-35, il

Subject(s):

Cherokee Indians--North Carolina; Graham County--History

Record #:

2635

Author(s):

Mattson, Richard L.

Abstract:

In the state's rural sections, far removed from school areas and paved courts, basketball flourishes, played with homemade goals attached to oak trees, barns, or sides of houses.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 55 Issue 4, Sept 1987, p20-21,30, il

Subject(s):

Basketball

Record #:

2636

Author(s):

Pace, Lee

Abstract:

For many fans of Big Four football (Duke, Wake Forest, N.C. State, and North Carolina), the greatest game ever played was the Duke-North Carolina game of November 19, 1949.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 55 Issue 5, Oct 1987, p18-21, il

Subject(s):

College sports; Football--History; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Football; Duke University--Football

Record #:

2637

Author(s):

Williams, Robert L.

Abstract:

South Mountain State Park in Burke County offers, in addition to scenic trails, streams, and waterfalls, an added bonus to visitors - peace and quiet.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 55 Issue 5, Oct 1987, p22-25, il

Subject(s):

South Mountain State Park; Parks--Burke County

Record #:

2640

Author(s):

Whitfield, Pam

Abstract:

When Mae Blake and J. Walton Graves bought and restored the Sloop Point Plantation in Pender County, they had no idea the North Carolina Division of Archives and History would declare it, at 269 years, the state's oldest standing structure.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 63 Issue 7, Dec 1995, p25-27,29, il

Subject(s):

Plantations--Pender County--History; Historic buildings--Pender County; Sloop Point Plantation (Pender County)