Record #:

2773

Author(s):

Tomblin, Carol

Abstract:

Beaufort, in Carteret County, boasts nine bed-and-breakfast inns that range from historic homes, like The Cedars, to waterside inns, such as the Beaufort Inn.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 63 Issue 10, Mar 1996, p20-21, il

Subject(s):

Bed and breakfast accommodations--Beaufort; Tourist trade--Beaufort

Record #:

2774

Author(s):

Huffman, Steve

Abstract:

Located in the southern Piedmont, the Uwharrie Lake Region covers parts of seven counties and contains the nation's oldest mountains. Largely overlooked by tourists, the region is now being promoted to attract them.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 63 Issue 10, Mar 1996, p27-28, il

Subject(s):

Uwharrie National Forest; Tourist trade--Uwharrie Lakes Region

Record #:

2775

Author(s):

Hallman, Speed

Abstract:

Woody Durham, a familiar radio sports broadcaster across the Southeast, is celebrating twenty-five years of broadcasting University of North Carolina football and basketball games.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 63 Issue 10, Mar 1996, p30-32, il, por

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Basketball; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Football; Durham, Woody Lombardi, 1941-; Radio broadcasters--Chapel Hill

Record #:

2776

Author(s):

Arthur, Billy

Abstract:

Eustace and Mary Sloop passed over a big-city medical career, choosing instead to bring health care and hope to impoverished people in Avery County for 50 years. Mrs. Sloop told their story in her 1953 book MIRACLE IN THE HILLS.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 63 Issue 10, Mar 1996, p33-35, il

Subject(s):

Sloop, Eustace Henry, 1878-1961; Sloop, Mary T. Martin, 1873-1962; Physicians--Avery County; Medicine, Rural--Avery County

Record #:

2778

Author(s):

Stewart, Alva

Abstract:

The Charlotte Hawkins Brown Memorial State Historic Site in Sedalia is the first to honor a black person and the first to honor a woman. Brown founded Palmer Memorial Institute and led it for fifty years.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 55 Issue 9, Feb 1988, p24-27

Subject(s):

Brown, Charlotte Hawkins, 1883-1961; African Americans--Education; African American teachers--Sedalia; Historic sites--Sedalia

Record #:

2779

Author(s):

Arthur, Billy

Abstract:

Otto Wood was one of the state's more colorful criminals. That he was able to escape from prison ten times and commit numerous robberies and thefts is all the more remarkable because he had only one hand.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 55 Issue 10, Mar 1988, p30-31

Subject(s):

Wood, Otto, d. 1930

Record #:

2780

Author(s):

Saxon, John L.

Abstract:

For 19th-century women here and abroad, including even England's Queen Victoria, Sarah A. Elliott's 1870 book, Mrs. Elliott's Housewife, was an advice-filled guide to household management. She resided in Elizabeth City and Oxford.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 55 Issue 10, Mar 1988, p28-29, por

Subject(s):

Elliott, Sarah Ann Grice, 1819-1891; Home economics; Aged--Legal status, laws, etc.; Medicaid--Laws and legislation

Record #:

2785

Author(s):

Fox, Janet

Abstract:

Founded in 1965, the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MEDSA) in Winston-Salem houses reconstruction's of actual rooms from historic houses located across the South.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 55 Issue 10, Mar 1988, p8-11, il

Subject(s):

Museums--Winston-Salem; Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (Winston-Salem); Furniture, Early American; Deer; Motor vehicles; Accidents

Record #:

2786

Author(s):

Timblin, Carol

Abstract:

The hospitality of bed-and-breakfast inns in the state is found in private homes and also in historic dwellings, including the Langdon House in Beaufort and the Oakwood Inn in Raleigh.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 55 Issue 11, Apr 1988, p8-13, il

Subject(s):

Bed and breakfast accommodations

Record #:

2787

Author(s):

Williams, Robert L.

Abstract:

The state's western waterfalls are some of its most spectacular scenery. Whitewater Falls, at 413 feet, located along the Jackson/Transylvania county line, is the highest one east of the Mississippi River, and Dry Falls has one of the most unusual names.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 55 Issue 11, Apr 1988, p14-16, il

Subject(s):

Waterfalls--North Carolina, Western

Record #:

2788

Author(s):

Cahill, Carol

Abstract:

Although Phelps Lake in Washington County is in a remote section of the state, visitors are attracted there by Somerset Place, Native American history, and the natural environment.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 55 Issue 12, May 1988, p10-13, il

Subject(s):

Historic sites--Washington County; Indians of North America--North Carolina, Eastern; Phelps Lake; Somerset Place (Creswell)

Record #:

2790

Author(s):

Arthur, Billy

Abstract:

One of aviation's great early heroes was Belvin Maynard of Sampson County. An Army Air Service officer in World War I and a ministerial student at Wake Forest, he set many air records before his death in a plane crash in 1922.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 55 Issue 9, Feb 1988, p12-15, il, por

Subject(s):

Maynard, Belvin Womble, 1892-1922; Aeronautics--Records; Aeronautics--Biography; Air pilots

Record #:

2801

Author(s):

Jordan, Catherine

Abstract:

Visitors to Hope Plantation and the King-Basemore House in Bertie County experience rural life in the northeastern part of the state as it was lived in the late 18th- and early 19th-centuries.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 56 Issue 1, June 1988, p12-14, il

Subject(s):

Hope Plantation (Windsor)

Record #:

2811

Author(s):

Doggett, Anne G.

Abstract:

The state's premier historical artist is Sanford native Jerry Miller, whose pen-and-ink drawings and watercolors have preserved the state's scenery and architecture. His large output includes 10,000 house plans and 900 prints.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 56 Issue 2, July 1988, p28-31, il

Subject(s):

History in art; Miller, Jerry; Artists--Cary

Record #:

2812

Author(s):

Lindsay, Cason

Abstract:

The paintings of Michael McKinley Rogers of Macon County portray a lifestyle that some feel is disappearing forever -- the rural ways of the people of Western North Carolina.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 56 Issue 1, June 1988, p20-21, il

Subject(s):

Rogers, Michael McKinley; Painters--Macon County