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Born in Tyrrell County, Edward Warren won honors for his medical practice on three continents and service in the Confederate Army. Yet, at the end of his distinguished life he wished he had been content to remain in Edenton.
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The Ethel Taylor Crittendon Collection of Baptist History at Wake Forest University includes 12,000 books and 420 collections of personal papers that reflect not only denominational history, but also history of the state.
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Begun in 1979, the North Carolina Cemetery Survey Project seeks to locate and record cemeteries in the state with graves dated before 1913, the year the state began keeping death certificates.
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The Museum of the Cape Fear in Fayetteville, which opened in 1988, is the third branch of the N.C. Museum of History. The opening assures that all citizens are no further than 100 miles from a state-affiliated museum.
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The Town Creek Indian Mound near Mount Gilead in Montgomery County is one of the most carefully excavated and reconstructed Native American mounds in the nation.
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Frances Fisher, who wrote under the pen name Christian Reid, wrote almost fifty novels. The title of her most famous novel, THE LAND OF SKY, gave the phrase that has forever described the state's mountains.
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James Iredell Waddell of Pittsboro was master of the Confederate warship SHENANDOAH during the Civil War. He burned at least thirty-one Northern ships and surrendered in November, 1865, when it was clear that the war was over.
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Greenville, the county seat of Pitt County, is an important center for business, education, and medicine. Other features and activities visitors will find include parks, an art museum, year-round concerts, plays, and sporting events.
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Although his music is little performed today, Eugene MacDonald Bonner of Jacksonville was a well-known composer on the international scene in the 1920s and 1930s. He was also a music critic and the author of books and travelogues.
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Bicycling in the late 19th-century brought not only a new form of transportation to the state, but also a change in the social order of men and women.
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Moderate climate and a diverse landscape have given the state a variety of plant life. Many state gardens contain examples. They include the Elizabethan Gardens in Manteo, Airlie Gardens near Wilmington, and those in Old Salem.
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Frank Johnson's brass band was the best-known musical group in the state from 1830 to 1870. A former slave, he organized a band that traveled the state to play for plantation aristocracy and public events.
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The re-created gardens at the Moravian village of Old Salem in Winston-Salem remind visitors how much settlers depended on their fruits and vegetables, plants for medicines, and food for livestock.
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Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus accomplished many things during the Great Depression, including the state takeover of public education. He achieved national fame, however, when his car broke down, and he had to hitchhike to Fayetteville for a speech.
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East Carolina University School of Medicine physicians Nicholas A. Patrone and Richard A. Hoppman practice music medicine. Their clinic provides help for performing artists just as sports medicine helps athletes recover.
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