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Moore County was once considered the “Dewberry Capital of the World.†Today that is no longer true. Moore Country residents experienced the height of dewberry cultivation during the 1920s. During that decade, $30,000 to $60,000 dollars a day in dewberries were sold during the peak season. By the 1970s the crop had disappeared from the Moore County hillsides. Competition from mechanized farming in the Pacific Northwest pushed out the North Carolina dewberry farmer.
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The Great Philadelphia Wagon Road served as a main north-–south thoroughfare in Colonial America. Prior to English settlement, Iroquois tribes used the road as a trading route. A portion of the Wagon Road can still be found on William H. McGee's farm in Stokes County. As Stokes County Historical Council president, McGee is directing a project to retrace the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road through North Carolina. This project is sponsored by the North Carolina Quadricentennial Anniversary Committee. Along with other projects, such as the building of the Elizabeth II and the excavation of the Lost Colony on Roanoke Island, the North Carolina Quadricentennial Anniversary Committee is attempting to call attention to the first English settlements in America.
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In Saluda, North Carolina, Ann and Ken Hough have renovated an old house that once belonged to the Southern Railway. Now named the Orchard Inn, Ann and Ken have created a cozy mountain retreat. The Orchard Inn provides guests with a quiet and relaxing place to enjoy themselves. The inn also provides its guest with a delectable menu. In the town of Saluda, visitors may visit the local general store or seek antique treasures. The Saluda Association brings local artists and craftsmen together to sell their works to area visitors.
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Buckland Plantation played an important role in Gates County's early history. Dating from the early 1700s, Buckland Plantation grew to over 3,000 acres and had over 100 slaves working its fields. Following a succession of several owners, Buckland Plantation shrank in size. Today, the Buckland home is in disrepair. Plans are under way to begin restoration
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The electric sign over the Cannon Mills plant, built in 1930, was a local landmark in Kannapolis. Facing both U.S. 29 and the Southern Railway, the sign welcomed visiting travelers. Just as the textile industry disappeared from North Carolina, so too has this sign as it was recently taken down.
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Richard Kingston grew up admiring the sound of the harpsichord. He turned his interest into a business of building these musical instruments. With business going well in Dallas, Texas, Kingston decided to move to North Carolina. He located his harpsichord shop to the small mountain town of Marshall, North Carolina. The master craftsman has continued to find success with his harpsichord firm and has gained a good reputation throughout the United States
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In the 18th-century, William Byrd an aristocratic Virginnian, became the scorn of North Carolina when he wrote the Tar Heel state was \"vile and repugnant\" when he was assigned a commission to draw the official North Carolina-Virginia state line. Virginians defended Byrd's remarks, and the dispute lasted into the 20th-century, with Governor Hunt demanding an apology from the state of Virginia.
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Recent renovations of the Grove Park Inn in Asheville have once again made it one of the grandest resorts in America. The original structure, built in 1913, became a major retreat for America's elite. A two-million-dollar renovation and a twenty-million-dollar addition of 202 rooms have been completed. While Thomas Wolfe may no longer stroll through its grand hallways, the Grove Park Inn is once again a place of distinction for North Carolina, capturing the charm of the Appalachian area.
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In April of 1862 the Confederate government found itself short of metallic materials. As a result, the government appealed to churches to donate their bells. Officials calculated that one church bell could be used to construct up to three cannons. Churches in Hillsboro, Washington, Edenton, and Charlotte all contributed their church bells for the Confederate cause.
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A major irritation in picking blackberries is dealing with trombicula, more commonly known as chiggers. If you want to pick berries in the wild, you will have to suffer through chigger bites. There are some homemade remedies however, that can help to prevent bites, including wearing tight clothing and placing a kerosene soaked cloth around your ankles.
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While reading through the memoirs of her father, Betty Lou Bruton discovered recollections about her uncle E. L. Anderson. Anderson, known as “Uncle Ed†was well known in the Winston-Salem area for his abilities with horses. Local citizens during the 1920s and 1930s could usually see Anderson driving a coach through town, or in snow, a sleigh. The author grew up being told that Uncle Ed had driven the famous “Hattie Butner†stagecoach that was the last coach to run between Salem and High Point. Even with intense research, Bruton has been unable to verify that her uncle ever drove the famous buggy. She did find proof, however, that in 1932 her uncle played the role of George Washington's coach driver in a parade commemoration Washington's 1791 visit to Salem. Governor Max Gardner participated in the parade as well, playing the role of North Carolina governor Alexander Martin.
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The local legend of the White Fawn began over a century ago in the Turkey Swamp area of Sampson County. In 1839 a baby girl, named Susan Theodosia Burr, was born to Thomas I. Faison and his wife. Little Theodosia's beauty was so angelic that people traveled from afar to see her, and a painter who did a portrait of her when she was one year old used the portrait to advertise his work. Six months later, Theodosia succumbed to a fever and died. On the night of her death, two house servants spotted a white fawn nearby and believed it was the girl's spirit. Other tales of the white fawn arose over the years. In one, a slave boy sleeping in the woods awoke to find the white fawn in the tree he was sleeping against. In another, the fawn appeared to an old miller just before his accidental death. Another tale told of the passengers and driver of a stagecoach who said they were late because the white fawn had frightened the horses.
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In 1908, pioneer and adventurer Mrs. Bayard Wootten of New Bern and Chapel Hill became the first photographer in the state to take pictures from an airplane. She also became the first female commissioned officer in the N.C. National Guard at Camp Glenn in 1910. Her pictures of the deterioration of Camp Bragg near Fayetteville led to its rebuilding and the establishment of Fort Bragg. Mrs. Wootten started her artistic photography in the 1920s photographing of the women attending the Penland School of Crafts, which her cousin had founded. Her photographs were the main features in books, magazines and murals for public buildings. Before her death in 1959 at the age of 83, Mrs. Wootten had taken well over half a million photographs, however only 100,000 negatives and prints survived a studio fire, and are now kept in the North Carolina Collection at UNC Chapel Hill.
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Legend has it that Daniel Boone lived in a log cabin near the Yadkin River in Davidson County and took refuge from Indians in a nearby cave. Now called Boone's Cave State Park, this 110-acres park falls short of the 400-acre minimum for a state park. The state says there is no real evidence that Daniel Boone ever occupied the territory and is ready to stop funding of the park. A local dentist named Dr. Wade Sowers has been collecting historical material to prove Boone did actually live there. A second replica of Boone's cabin was built by the Daniel Boone Memorial Association after the first was burned by vandals. A park office was added, as well as restrooms, a picnic area, and wooden steps leading down to the cave. But the state's interest in the park is waning and it stopped counting visitors in 1983. Both the state and surrounding counties agree that the territory is part of North Carolina's heritage and should be preserved.
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Bedford Brown was born January 17, 1825, in Caswell County. He studied medicine at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, and spent several years in Virginia building a fine reputation as a physician before moving back to Yanceyville. In 1861, he became chief surgeon for the Confederate States training camp at Weldon and was appointed inspector of hospitals and camps in the Confederate Army. After the Civil War, he returned to Alexandria, Virginia, where he was a distinguished member of the Southern Surgical and Gynecological Association, as well as a member of the Virginia Board of Medical Examiners. Throughout his career he wrote several papers on disease and used his own techniques to work on healing diphtheria, meningitis, pneumonia, and other diseases. In 1896, he was elected president of the Virginia Medical Society. He died a year later at his home in Virginia.
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