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Henry Ford made his first Model T in 1903. When people bought the car, they had to buy a number of accessories to go with it, including a fanbelt guide so that the belt wouldn't slip off the pulley. For a number of years, the Model T had to be hand-cranked, which required training and practice. Anti-Rattlers could be purchased and attached to the Model T in various locations to reduce sound. Blacksmiths made bumpers for Model T owners and the car's tires punctured frequently. Despite these and other problems, the Model T brought towns closer together in proximity and put Americans on the roads.
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The last major storm to strike the Outer Banks was on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 1962. The devastating storm destroyed hundreds of beach homes, as well as a large percentage of protective sand dunes from Dare and Currituck counties up to the Virginia state line. Wind gusts up to seventy miles per hour were recorded at Nags Head. At Southern Shores, sand drifts covered houses up to the roof tops. Although property damages totaled $12 million, only two people lost their lives. The National Weather Service declared the storm to be an abnormality, and no major storms have devastated the Outer Banks since.
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Once occupying a space of over a thousand acres, Bill Parker's Trent River Plantation in Pollocksville, only now spans 15 acres. The Manor House, bordered by Highway 17 and the Trent River, contains antiques from up and down the east coast, all of which are for sale. Guests can reserve one of the huge bedrooms in the Manor House and swim in the 50-foot pool, stroll along forest lanes, or go fishing on the Trent River. There are over 250 farm animals at the plantation, all of which guests can pet and feed. Local schools host field trips to the plantation just to see the animals. New ideas for tourist attractions occur to Bill Parker each year. These include moonlight river cruises, a Tennessee walking horse breeding operation, and even complete 18th-century escape weekends, offered by the Manor House working in cooperation with other area historic attractions.
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Until 1928, the Simmons Machine, led by Furnifold M. Simmons, was the dominating Democratic political force in North Carolina. The Shelby Dynasty, led by Governor O. Max Gardner, took over the Democratic Party as the machine's power dwindled. After leaving the governor's office, Gardner successfully put J.C.B. Ehringhaus in office as governor in 1932, beating out Richard T. Fountain in an unprecedented two primaries. Although the votes were close, Ehringhaus had the greater number of government officials on his side, due to Gardner's support, and was able to carry fifty-eight counties for a victory. The dynasty would not face a difficult challenge until the gubernatorial primary of 1936. This article continues in the June 1983 issue of The State.
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Reverend Frederick Blount Drane earned his B.A. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and completed his graduate work at the General Theological Seminary in New York. Both his father and grandfather were also clergymen, and, collectively the three of them devoted over 150 years of service to the Episcopal Church. Assigned to the mission field in Nenana, Alaska, in 1919, Reverend Drane found his work to be difficult. Although some of the native Indians spoke broken English, they translated his words into a dialect he did not understand and often confused his message. Reverend Drane was appointed Archdeacon of the Yukon in 1920, but after contracting tuberculosis in 1926, he was forced to return home. Drane died in 1982 at the age of 91.
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In 1911, the Vance Hotel in Henderson opened at the exact geographic center of town. People came from all over the East Coast to eat at the hotel; traveling troupes of actors would often spend the night there; but traveling salesmen were the biggest source of business. The Vance Hotel closed in 1977 but was recently bought by the Lighthouse Christian Fellowship, which uses it for its central offices and as a counseling center.
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Stationed off the Outer Banks in 1861, the WARREN WINSLOW captured four enemy ships. The WINSLOW's history is detailed in this article.
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In 1847, plantation owner John Haughton had his slaves build St. Mark's chapel on his property in Chatham County. Haughton moved from Tyrrell County to Chatham County in 1837 and bought all of the land that is the present-day town of Gulf. A funeral in 1934 was the last service conducted in the church while it was in the town of Gulf. St Mark's was moved to Siler City and reconsecrated in 1957. A small white church, St Mark's was moved to Raleigh's Mordecai Historic Park in 1980 where it remains today.
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In 1959, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax unit raided a moonshine still just outside Franklinton. The ATTU dumped thousands of gallons of finished whiskey into a little stream near the factory without realizing it emptied into the town's drinking water reservoir. Although many residents complained about the taste and odor of their water, there were no other adverse side effects to the spill. The smell and taste cleared up after several days.
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Born on June 27, 1864, Varina Anne “Winnie†Davis was the sixth and last child of Confederate president Jefferson Davis. Tutored by a governess until she was thirteen, Winnie spent four years at a boarding school in Germany, where she learned to speak both German and French fluently. In 1881, her parents brought her back to America to live with them in Beauvoir (now Biloxi), Mississippi. Winnie was publicly christened the Daughter of the Confederacy at a veteran's rally in spring of 1886. Because of disapproval from both her father and the South, she broke her engagement to a Yankee lawyer in 1888. After her father's death, Winnie and her mother moved to New York in order for both of them to write. Winnie published two novels and died on September 18, 1898.
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Industrialist John Motley Morehead wanted to do something special and educational for North Carolina children. In 1949, he gave the state the Morehead Planetarium in Chapel Hill. At the planetarium, celestial recognition and stellar navigation training was given to all of the American astronauts in the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, and Apollo-Soyuz missions. In 1969, during its installation, Neil Armstrong inaugurated the planetarium's projector, the Zeiss Model VI Projector, which is used for indoor stargazing. In 1974, NASA struck a commemorative medal marking the planetarium's significance in space research. The medal features both the planetarium's building and its Zeiss projector.
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Emmy-award-winning CC-M Productions, managed by Clare Crawford Mason and her husband, recently came to New Bern's Tryon Palace to film reenactments of the Civil War. CC-M is making a documentary on the pivotal role Tryon Palace played in 18th-century North Carolina history. The film is sponsored by Pepsi-Cola, a company which originated in New Bern. Filmed over the span of one week, the documentary will play in the Tryon Palace auditorium and will be called “The American Palace.â€
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Sarah Decrow of Perquimans County was recognized as the first woman postmaster in the United States. Although not much is known about her life, records show that she married twice and inherited land and an inn upon the deaths of her husbands. She was often in court disputing tenants' debts. She was appointed postmaster at Hertford in 1792 and held the position until at least the beginning of 1795. The date of her death is unknown but her will was filed for probate in May 1795.
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According to the legend of the white doe, survivors of the Lost Colony took refuge among friendly Indians. The legend says two Indians were in love with Virginia Dare, the first European child born in the New World. One, named Chico, transformed her into a white doe. The other, Okisko, learned that if he shot her with an arrow dipped in a Roanoke Island spring, he could change her back into Virginia. During Okisko's efforts, Virginia was killed, but Okisko pleaded with the Great Spirit to save her. She was again transformed into a white doe, which still roams the Roanoke woods. Periodically, sightings of the white doe are reported, the most recent of which was in 1981.
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Using a forked or y-shaped stick, dowsers walk a patch of earth and wait for the stick to bend. A bending stick indicates the presence of an underground water reserve. Dowsing is very popular in the United States, and there is an American Society of Dowsers, comprised of nearly 25,000 members. Although there is no scientific proof regarding dowsing, many people use it as a primary way to locate underground water.
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