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On October 11, 1896, the E.S. NEWMAN, a three-mast schooner out of Stonington, Connecticut, was caught in heavy storms off the Virginia coast. Captain S.A. Gardiner ordered the ship be beached in the \"Graveyard of the Atlantic,\" and a warning rocket be fired. At the time, Captain Richard Etheridge and his crew, all of whom were black Americans, were at the Pea Island Lifesaving Station, two miles north of the wreck. Although Etheridge had no lifesaving equipment, he and his crew were able to rescue the ten aboard during the dangerous storm currents. Etheridge was born in Dare County in 1842 and was in charge of Pea Island until his death in 1900.
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9129
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The new Cleveland County Historical Museum in Shelby is housed in the old courthouse building, built in 1907. The museum opened on May 8, 1976, and has nine rooms, each depicting an historic time for the county. The equipment used by John R. Logan, the original surveyor of Shelby, is located in the center of the building. The museum is free and open to the public.
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This article is a reprint of a 1963 memo relating a four-year acquaintance between the author and Thomas Wolfe. Written at the request of author Andrew Turnbull, who was writing Wolfe's biography, passages of the memo appear in Turnbull's book. The memo is reprinted here in its entirely for the interested readership of THE STATE.
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The State Art Society was founded fifty years ago, and run by Kat Pendleton Arrington of Warrenton for twenty-nine years. The first gallery of the Art Society was opened on February 26, 1929, just a year after Arrington's death. Although the society's long line of executives has made a point to continually contribute to the Museum of Art, its budget is completely separate.
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Joann Denton of Morganton is a self-proclaimed witch. When she accurately predicted the death of Dorothy Ramsey, Ramsey's daughter brought charges against Denton. Denton, cleared of all charges and now with nationwide notoriety, predicted the death at a séance. Denton never charges for her séances or readings.
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During the Colonial Period, North Carolina accounted for three fifths of all naval stores shipped from the American colonies to England. Naval stores include tar, rosin, turpentine, and pitch. In 1705, England, no longer dependent on Sweden and the Baltic countries for stores, passed the Naval Stores Bounty Act, authorizing large payments for the goods from the colonies. Although the turpentine industry boomed in the 1840s and 50s, the Civil War was devastating to the industry which never fully recovered after the war.
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John Allen and his family left the Hawfields community in 1852, and moved to Arkansas. By the time they arrived, letters from home were waiting for them. The letters between Allen and his family at home in Alamance County give a detailed description of what occurred in Hawfields in the decade leading up to the Civil War. Fountain records some of the events here, including slave ownership, the copper boom, and deadly diseases.
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Nona Lockhart began stitching monograms as a hobby ten years ago. Since then, she has enjoyed a profitable business making hundreds of flags for boats, marinas, and clubs all across the country. Each flag is handmade and designed by Lockhart. She can be contacted in Morehead City.
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This article is a reprint of “Uncle Billy's Fire Burn On,†originally printed in THE STATE, Vol. 12, No. 13, August, 1944. The article discusses Billy Morris and the fire kept burning in his Saluda cabin for over 150 years. Begun in 1790 by his great-grandfather, Uncle Billy's fire got national recognition in 1937 when he was taken to New York and put on a national radio program.
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Gus's Original Forty Niner restaurant in Charlotte contains historic Victorian furniture. Owned and operated by the Kokenes family, the restaurant has pieces from estate auctions and building demolitions. Lighting fixtures, counter tops, and doors all come from old buildings in the Charlotte area, ranging from bars to churches. A brochure, free at the front desk, fully documents all of the pieces in the restaurant.
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Connie B. Gay of Wake County was born on a 17-acre farm. By the 1950s, Gay owned fourteen radio stations. The first to operate a country music station in a large metropolitan area, Gay's gross fortune was estimated by THE WASHINGTON POST to be $50 million. Gay sold his businesses and retired to homes in Florida and Virginia in 1972.
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The Yancey Railroad operates nearly 25 miles of track between Burnsville, Micaville, Bowditch, and Kona, providing passengers with a leisurely ride. At Kona, passengers hike, picnic, and wade. The Spruce Pine Junior Woman's Club in charge of the railroad runs charters for groups up to 150.
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Margaret Anna Burwell's frame house in Hillsborough will be dedicated to community service by the Historic Hillsborough Commission on October 10, 1976. Forming the Burwell School in 1835, Margaret began teaching young girls at her home to supplement her husband's meager salary. The Burwells, along with their son John, worked as an educational team at the Charlotte Female Institute from 1857 until Margaret's death in 1871.
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9141
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The largest longleaf pine in the state is on Boyd Estate just outside Southern Pines. Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve's Jay Carter discovered the tree last summer and believes it to be 285 years old. Although virgin longleaf pines covered the southeastern Coastal Plain at one point, they are now rare.
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Ross Morphew and his family runs a boat repair shop in Morehead City but he and his family live on a pirate ship. Morphew hired an architect to design and build the ship, and his family lives there, dressing on pirates on weekends and holidays to “attack†other boats. The State has awarded the Morphews an official privateer's commission for the success of their exploits. Their boat is called the MEKA II and is a highly popular tourist attraction.
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