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The morel is the first mushroom that grows in the spring. From a distance, they look like pine cones and grow most abundantly in Michigan, Ohio, and Kentucky. There is still no effective way to guarantee morels will grow in the same place year and after year, and therefore commercially growing the mushrooms has proven impossible. They can be found in apple orchards and woods, and the best time to search for them is after a warm spring rain.
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Carolyn Trail of Norwood orders wheat for weaving from Minnesota where it is organically grown and cut by hand. She makes baskets, wall hangings, and house blessings. Trail enjoys teaching her craft to local Girl Scouts as well as other townspeople. She hopes to soon work with a grower closer to home.
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8948
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Both the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of South Carolina at Columbia shorten their names to Carolina. By examining school records and name changes, the author comes to the conclusion that UNC-Chapel Hill first called itself Carolina, although USC-Columbia will continue to be known by the same name in its state.
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Administered by the Travel and Tourism Division of the State Department of Commerce in Raleigh, North Carolina currently has five Welcome Centers on its borders. Called information specialists, the women who work at the centers dispense information regarding tourist sites and distances to various attractions. They estimate about half of the out-of-state visitors are visiting North Carolina for the first time.
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Stone Mountain State Park near Roaring Gap is the favorite spot for rock climbing in North Carolina. The 300-million year old monadnock has thirteen ascent routes, all of which are smooth granite and allow for friction climbing. Audiences often gather to watch the climbers.
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Clarence Poe only attended one year of high school and first came to Raleigh in 1897 where he was employed by the PROGRESSIVE FARMER. Later, he became the editor of the magazine and continued to write editorials for it until his death in 1964.
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The Dog Days of summer are the forty hottest days of the year, marked by the helical rising of the star Sirius. The Egyptians created the 365-day calendar by watching the movements of this star. There is some dispute about whether the Dog Days run from July 3 to August 11 or July 28 to September 5, but generally the term refers to any stifling hot days.
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Beginning in 1975 and held each September since, a reenactment of the Overmountain Victory March takes place. The march honors a the mountain men who were victorious at Kings Mountain during the Revolutionary War. Armed with a horn, a scroll, and Bible, and dressed in clothing of the time period, the group begins at Sycamore Shoals and marches 160 miles to Kings Mountain.
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Built in 1899, the River Forest Manor is today owned by Axson Smith, Jr., who inherited the manor after his father's death earlier this year. The Belhaven house has entertained sportsmen, vacationers, and food-lovers. Among notables having visited the manor are the Roosevelt boys, Robert Ripley, and Roy.
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The Walk of Fame at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, recently added a stone for North Carolina's best known author, Thomas Wolfe. The walk is bordered by over 800 stones such as Wolfe's, and all are from the birthplace or other spot associated with the person they honor. Begun fifty years ago as a personal hobby by Dr. Hamilton Holt, then president of Rollins, as many as thirty stones are added to the walk each year.
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As early as 1694, livestock was being raised and sold on the Outer Banks. Although subject to the onslaught of storms, livestock was well fed and protected by the marshes. Because of overpopulation, free ranging stock has been almost completely eliminated in recent decades.\r\n
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Lex Kelly, a district engineer for the state Department of Transportation, spends his free time building scale models of bridges. Although he also sculpts and paints, bridge-building is Kelly's favorite pastime. Funds are being gathered to build a new transportation museum in Spencer, and Kelly plans to donate several of his models to it.\r\n
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John Ericsson designed the MONITOR, a Civil War ironclad that inspired European countries to build similar vessels. Although Russian Admiral Alexander Popoff attempted to improve upon the design, his rounded vessels were subject to spinning helplessly in the ocean and were eventually retired.
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Gail Kirchner, the only female whitewater guide and manager, works for the Nolichucky White Water Center for the New River Outfitters. Nolichucky Gorge, discovered last year, now attracts crowds of rafters.
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The second part of Charles Poe's account of his father's life after moving to Raleigh. Clarence Poe was the long-time editor of the magazine, PROGRESSIVE FARMER. He died in 1964 at the age of eighty-three.
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