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In July 1863, a Federal force destroyed communication lines on the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad and burned down the Confederate armory at Kenansville. The armory, owned and operated by Louis Froelich, had provided swords to the State of North Carolina. Because the armory was burned, only one sword has been positively identified as a Froelich sword.
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Moses Ashley Curtis of Hillsborough was regarded as the American authority on fungi in the 1850s. He developed international friendships, one with Reverend Miles Joseph Berkeley in England, with whom he wrote five scholarly papers. Curtis's most important work, however, was his forty-year study of plant life in North Carolina. His SHRUBS AND WOODY VINES OF NORTH CAROLINA was first published in 1860. This list of 4800 North Carolina plants was the largest North American regional list.
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During the blockades of the Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Civil War, it became necessary for North Carolina to convert its gristmills to saltworks. Windmills were used to pump sea water into the plant, where it was then either boiled or evaporated, leaving only salt residue. Toward the end of the Civil War, several saltworks were destroyed by Yankee forces. So far, only thirteen saltworks that used windmills in production have been identified. They are in New Hanover, Carteret, and Brunswick counties.
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Charles W. Wardell of Trinity, 61, is one of the nation's top six doorknob collectors. In the old days, people were particular about what doorknob to use on their front doors, and it is these antique doorknobs that Wardell collects. Not many have been manufactured since World War II. They can usually be found at flea markets, antique stores, and at sites where buildings are going to be torn down.
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Ear-marking livestock was a common practice up until the 1940s. Originally, ear-marking was done so that livestock could be easily identified. Families registered their earmarks, although no illustrations or descriptions appear in the registry maintained by the county. Even today pigs are still being ear-marked to record pedigrees and performance of individual shoats.
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8737
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Civil War governor, Zebulon Baird Vance, was born in Reems Creek Valley outside Asheville in 1830. The Vance Birthplace was built around 1795, and has been a state historic site for twenty years. The outer walls of the main log house have been reconstructed, but most of the interior of the house is original. There are also six log outbuildings on the site. The house has workshops for students and teachers, including how to dip candles, cook over an open fire, and hand weave.
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During 1865, Governor Zeb Vance admitted it was impossible to continue to carry out his gubernatorial duties in Raleigh. He moved to Statesville that spring, but was arrested at his home on May 12, 1865 by Federalist forces. Because Vance was not involved in the profiteering common in the state at that time, the house is humble and hardly a mansion. The house is now a museum in honor of Vance and is open to the public.
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William Sydney Porter, known as O. Henry, was born in Greensboro in 1862. Most of his stories were set in the south, and a recurrent theme in his tales was the old south versus the new south. Full of humor, satire, and stereotypes, several of O. Henry's stories are autobiographical and set in the Catskills. O. Henry died in 1910 and is buried in Riverside Cemetery in Asheville, not far from Thomas Wolfe.
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The Dietary Rehabilitation Clinic of Duke University is just one of four diet centers in Durham. Only two of the centers are associated with Duke Hospital. The four centers result in an estimated $25 to $30 million in revenue for the city. This means businesses in the area, including clothing stores, apartment complexes, and malls, are also seeing increased profits from visiting dieters. Celebrities, such as Elizabeth Taylor, and Buddy Hackett, have visited the diet centers.
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A satirical mezzotint depicting the Edenton Tea Party of 1774 was found at a shoemaker's shop in Ciudadela in 1826. In 1774, a group of fifty-one Edenton women gathered and signed a resolution against drinking tea. News of their tea party spread to London where the mezzotint was made, probably by artist Philip Dawe. Over the years, the mezzotint was shattered and only two-thirds of it has been successfully restored. It once again disappeared, but, years later, it was rediscovered by William Easterling in his bank in Edenton.
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The Cherokee Indian Hospital in Cherokee provides free medical services to all Qualla tribe members. Built in 1981, the single story structure cost $12 million to build. Although the hospital incorporates many modern treatments, traditional healing, characteristic of the Cherokee culture, is used here as well.
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Lula Vollmer was born in Keyser. She moved to New York in her early 20s and wrote plays about Asheville. SUN-UP was first produced by the Provincetown Players in 1923, and eventually opened in London, Amsterdam, and Paris. By the 1930s, Lula was writing three successful radio serials. Later, she wrote short stories for the SATURDAY EVENING POST and COLLIERS. She died on May 2, 1955 in New York.
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Around the turn of the century, many North Carolinians vacationed at one of several hotels built near mineral springs in the sandhills. Constructed in 1850, Ellerbe Springs Hotel, now Ellerbe Springs Restaurant, is the only hotel still in operation. Built by a South Carolina plantation owner, the hotel was sold to T. C. Leak after the Civil War. During World War II, the building was leased to the U.S. Government to train women in communications, and was visited by Eleanor Roosevelt. Currently, Harris M. McRae and Robert A. Henderson own the hotel and run a successful restaurant out of it.
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Dr. Boyce Griggs, inspired by a similar church in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, gathered local building experts and, together with donations, built a small church in Lincoln. Dedicated on June 20, 1981, the Little Country Church offers peace and comfort to those who seek it. There is no charge to use the church, and it is registered with the Internal Revenue Service as a nonprofit enterprise. Dr. Griggs says people continue to contribute money to the church, and all debt incurred during its construction is nearly paid off.
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This article is a reprint of a story published by the U.S. Veteran Signal Corps Association in October, 1902. It is Lt. Round's first-hand account of the burning of the capitol building in Raleigh in April, 1865.
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