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A commemorative plaque hangs on the East Trade Street wall of the Downtown Civic Center in Charlotte to honor the naval yard that stood there from 1862 to 1865. Although no ships were ever built there, large numbers of naval supplies and machinery were manufactured and assembled there. The largest steam hammer ever built in the south was engineered there, and a yard workman invented a machine that made perfect spheres for cannon balls and shells. Federal troops took possession of the Naval Yard in April 1865. John Wilkes repurchased the property and established the Mecklenburg Ironworks on it, but it was destroyed by fire ten years later.
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Born in Cary in 1855, Walter Hines Page became a journalist, humanitarian, and educator, and was appointed ambassador to England by President Woodrow Wilson. Although Page left North Carolina in frustration after he failed to rouse North Carolinians to social reform, he continued to love the state and was buried in Aberdeen, as he requested, when he died in 1918. The English considered him the greatest ambassador to the Court of Saint James. At his death, the king and queen of England sent notes of condolence; a tablet honoring him was placed in Westminster Abby and his portrait was hung in the Dartmouth House in London, England.
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Chapel Hill's 'famous flower ladies' are a dying breed. In the late 1960s and early 1970s a city ordinance forced sidewalk peddlers into the alleys, but the North Carolina National Bank invited the flower ladies to move into the plaza. Rosie Bell Stone spent the past fifty years selling flowers just off Franklin Street. Her mother started the tradition in Durham about sixty years ago and eventually it spread to Chapel Hill. There used to be eighteen flower ladies working at one time, but now there are only a few. According to Rosie Stone, the flower ladies' daughters don't want to take over the tradition. The flower ladies grow the flowers themselves and have to work late and get up early. Although the number of customers have also dwindled and their buying habits have changed the flower ladies passion for selling flowers remains the same.
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In 1804, on Spring Street in Concord, the first Presbyterians built a forty-foot-long log cabin church in the shape of a cross. The church is gone now and the cemetery remained in poor condition until 1930, when Mrs. Sallie Phifer Williamson and landscape architect Clarence Leeman of Charlotte transformed it into a memorial garden, for Presbyterians and their slaves buried there. Its beautiful stone pathways, terraces, fountains, pools, and little statues in unexpected places keep visitors coming in all seasons. The garden draws thousands of visitors each year with its flowering trees and plants indigenous to North Carolina.
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Willard Formyduval bought the Aberdeen and Briar Patch Railroad in 1983. Allison Francis Page and his two brothers built the railroad line in 1879 to haul timber from the forests to their mill. The original railroad line created the town of Briscoe, and its short-lived passenger business bloomed in the early 1900s. Now, the line goes from Aberdeen to Pinehurst, West End, Candor, and Briscoe, offering freight service to businesses in outlying communities. The A & BP's first run, in 1984, was met with skepticism, but, after two years, it is a thirty-four-mile railroad, serving fourteen businesses. Thanks to a 1985 grant from the Federal Railroad Administration, it is in the middle of a $1.2 million rehabilitation project.
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As head principal at the Bingham School in Asheville from 1860 to 1927, Colonel Robert Bingham was called North Carolina's greatest schoolmaster. Though he confined disobedient students to solitary confinement in a guard house, inflicted bodily punishment on them with leather straps, and encouraged them to 'fight out' their differences, the students considered Bingham just and fair. He strived to teach the boys devotion to truth, honor, and courage. The students reportedly bore their punishments good-naturedly and without a feeling of disgrace in front of classmates. The military school's code and tradition were started by Colonel Bingham's grandfather, who established the school in Wilmington in 1793. It moved to Pittsboro, the Oaks, and Mebane in Orange County, and finally to Asheville in 1890. Colonel Robert Bingham's educational creed was to 'make men of boys.'
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Former Senator Sam J. Ervin Jr., argues that old age is no reason to stop living life. Using quotations from Marcus Tullius Cicero, Ervin questions the common assumptions about old age and writes on how old age must not be equated with ill health. Ervin's article was the introduction to Nancy Rica Schiff's 1983 book, 'A Celebration of the 80s.'
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During World War II, eastern North Carolina became the home of several prisoner-of-war camps. Roberson focuses on the Williamston camp, where prisoners began arriving in 1943. Italians prisoners arrived first; however, they were soon moved to Butner. Following the Italians, German prisoners began to arrive. These soldiers had served in North Africa in Rommel's Africa Corps. In Williamston, the prisoners found work filling the labor roles of American men who had been drafted. Labor rules regarding the prisoners were dictated by the Geneva Convention. The Germans were allowed to furnish the camp with gardens and other decorations. They were even allowed to build a recreation building. Friendships between the prisoners and civilians grew and continued following the war. Several of the German soldiers have returned to Williamston to revisit the site of their incarceration as well as to reunite with old friends.
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Samuel D. Bissette, a former bank president, has devoted the last fifteen years to painting. His collection of thirty-five paintings depicting North Carolinian scenes from 1885 - 1910 is set to open as a mobile exhibit in 1984. These watercolors show scenes from all over the state. Financial support came from the Wachovia Corporation, and the Saint John's Museum of Art is arranging the tour. Bissette focuses on showing historical scenes in order to preserve North Carolina history. He predicts that his collection will be of special interest during the millennium celebration in 2000.
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Harlan Hall is supervising biologist at the North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission's Caswell County Game Lands that includes a forty-acre rehabilitation center that provides a place where wild animals are prepared for return to the wild.
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Winemaker, Pilippe Jourdain, produced the Biltmore Estate's first grape crop in 1978. Since then, Biltmore vineyards have produced a variety of wines. Currently, 120 acres of commercial grape vineyards are producing 35,000 cases of wine per year. This number is expected to grow to over 100,000 cases per year by 1994. This growth will come with the completion of a 30,000-square-foot, $6.5 million winery. The winery is scheduled to begin construction in September 1984. While production is expected to increase, Mr. Jourdain still focuses on the quality of Biltmore Vineyard's products rather than the quantity.
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Bamboo grows well in North Carolina. It works well in flood-prone areas; can be used as a windbreak or bird habitat; and even can be pickled. Although small shoots can sprout up in unwanted areas, it is easy to cut them back.
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George Washington became the first American to popularize mule breeding. Mules were vital to the late 19th- and early 20th-century southern farming community. While North Carolina was not known for mule breeding, it was known for mule trading. The town of Creedmore, North Carolina, became known as the largest mule trading center in the southeast. G.M. Chappell & Son was a Creedmore mule trading business. This firm processed the trading of over 2,500 mules a year during the 1920s and 1930s.
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The Old Burial Ground in Beaufort contains many grave sites dating to the 18th- and 19th-centuries. Headstone epitaphs provide an interesting look into period culture. Left unattended, the graveyard fell into disrepair, and in 1970, the Beaufort Historical Association sought to have it listed on the National Register of Historic Places. After the graveyard was designated a historic site, the association was able to obtain funds to restore it. Although the graveyard was officially considered full and closed in 1825, burials have occurred in family plots as late as 1980.
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The relationship between Democrat and Republican has long been tense. In this feud, however, there have also been moments that have produced anecdotal humor. Arthur provides small stories from North Carolina politicians and businessmen, such as W. W. Kitchin, Ralph Fisher, and Robert W. Winston. These anecdotes show that in the serious world of politics, humor does exist.
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