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William Marcus Cathey was born on Conley Creek in 1871. A true frontiersman, Cathey killed his first bear at the age of twelve. Cathey took care of his mother until her death and never married. His mountain tales were recorded by Dr. Joseph Hall of Columbia University in 1938. Cathey died in 1944.
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Fayetteville's Maurice Fleishman was the Baltimore Orioles' batboy when Babe Ruth made his first professional home run in Fayetteville in 1914. That year, team owner Jack Dunn had put together a team of former Major Leaguers, including Ruth, to come to Fayetteville for spring training. Fleishman's father and a friend, Jim Johnson, paid all the bills for the team.
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Cricket's Nest in Winston-Salem is a small non-profit store. It sells the senior citizens' crafts in Winston-Salem and surrounding Forsyth County, providing them with needed income. Sponsored by the public recreation department, the shop opened in November, 1976, and currently has a membership of 662.
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Hatcher Hughes of Cleveland County won the Pulitzer Prize for “Hell-Bent for Heaven†in 1924. Material for the play was gathered near Boone and based on a 19th-century feud. Hughes graduated from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1907, and obtained his master's degree from Columbia University in 1909. Hughes died in 1945.
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North Carolinians speak a peculiar mix of southern and folk. The Tar Heel language, a reflection of a rural past, is dying under the growth of the New South. Guy Owen, however, is working to record the Tar Heel language through his writing. An author of several books, Owen sets his stories in rural North Carolina and includes old-time folk sayings. The Duke University Press is also preserving North Carolina's linguistic heritage in its Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore. Included in the article are many of the typical Tar Heel folk sayings.
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The coastal region of North Carolina was home to over 155 windmills during the 18th- and 19th-centuries. The windmills incorporated a post-mill design better suited for the region than tower-mills. Post-mills were effective because they allowed the windmill to be turned into the wind, were cheaper to construct, and were made with materials available in eastern North Carolina. Coastal mills were built for grinding grain or pumping water. Researcher Tucker Littleton found that in North Carolina, mills built above the Onslow County-Pender County line tended to be grist mills while those built below the line tended to be water mills. Littleton also discovered that Carteret County contained the largest number of windmills. Few North Carolinians remember the role windmills played in the state's past. Lynanne Westcott is trying to change this as she has built an exact replica of a 19th-century windmill in Manteo.
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Visitors have been coming to Pilot Mountain for many years. Located in Surry County, Pilot Mountain is a rock protrusion that elevates two-hundred feet from its base. Visitors once could climb to the mountain's peak by way of four oak ladders that were attached to the rock face. Guided by locals, visitors were led to a place on the mountain with a rock formation that closely resembles a man's footprint. Local legend says that Moses stepped off the ark and left the footprint. Climbing to the mountaintop is no longer possible as the North Carolina Parks Department now maintains the property. The ladders are gone and people are no longer allowed to climb to the mountaintop because the area is classified as a wildlife refuge.
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A humorous article, Pearce argues that kudzu was developed by the Japanese during the Great Depression to take over the United States.
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There is a legend in Asheville that surrounds the Biltmore Estate. George Vanderbilt constructed his mansion during the 1890s. The project brought jobs to the region and all residents were happy, almost. One refused to sell his land. That mountaineer wanted to keep his property because it was had been his family's land for over three generations. The gentleman held onto his property until his death. Reprinted from the April 1, 1968 edition.
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The whaling industry began along the North Carolina coast during the 17th-century. Prized for their oil and bones, whales were hunted primarily between February and April as they migrated toward northern waters. Whaling was a community activity. Men would man the ships and bring in the catch while women and children waited onshore readying scrapping knives and tending fires to boil the oil from blubber. In 1899 a hurricane ravaged Camp Lookout. The hurricane, and a dwindling whale population, ended North Carolina's whaling industry.
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Cornelia Phillips Spencer led the movement for North Carolina to make a flag to be included in the centennial Independence celebration in 1876. While only a decade removed from the Civil War, Spencer believed North Carolina's Revolutionary heroes should be honored with North Carolina's participation in the celebration. The flag hung in Independence Hall for a year. It was then returned to North Carolina where it was placed in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Eventually the flag was taken down and stored away, but it has since been lost.
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North Carolina's mountains are some of the oldest ranges in the world. The state's mountain ranges create a ladder running north and south. The Unaka Mountains and the Blue Ridge make up the ladder's two sides. Between the sides are smaller ranges that run east and west. North Carolina's mountains contain both igneous and sedimentary rock. They also are home to a wide variety of plant species that range from sub-artic to sub-tropic.
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James Mooney of the U.S. Bureau of American Ethnology visited the Cherokee in 1877. He met one Cherokee named Swimmer who had hid in the North Carolina mountains during the Cherokee's forced migration. Swimmer became a tribal doctor, priest, and keeper of traditions. He also severed in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Swimmer's manuscript, compiled by Mooney, is one of the best looks into Cherokee cultural traditions.
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Tobacco advertising has changed through the years. Early 19th-century advertisements featured men and women joyously smoking and walking together. J.B. Duke created the first major tobacco advertising campaign with Bull Durham cigarettes. He also sold the first cigarettes marketed for women: White Rose and American Beauties, and conceived the idea of including picture-cards in cigarette packs that served as advertisement and stiffened the cigarette box offering greater protection for the tobacco. In 1911 R.J. Reynolds began a marketing campaign that focused on only one cigarette -- Camels.
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There are many superstitious toothache remedies in North Carolina. Ranging from animal parts tied around the neck to chewing tree roots, these remedies are a part of North Carolina's culture. Article is reprinted from the January, 1975 edition.
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