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This article presents an excerpt from Director Dr. Tise's speech after the N.C. Division of Archives and History assessed the New River valley's threatened resources. Appalachian Power Company has projected building a New River dam, and a team of twenty specialists went on-site to conduct the survey.
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In Siler City, Milo Holt operates his Memory Mobile, a trailer that houses one of the largest collections of old movies, radio programs, magazines, and the like. His collection is centered around the cowboy although not entirely devoted to it. Holt welcomes visitors and charges no fee to view the collection.
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Beginning in late September and continuing until the end of October, both the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park offer spectacular sights to be scene. Both parks are operated by the National Park Service, and it is recommended that visitors call ahead to check weather conditions before venturing out.
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The earliest documented gold found in North Carolina was a seventeen-pound nugget discovered in Cabarrus County in 1799. An eleven-year-old boy named Conrad Reed made the find, and the gold was valued at $3,600. Until 1825 when vein mining was introduced in North Carolina, most gold mining was haphazard and done by amateurs. By 1891, there were thirty-five active mines in the state, and the Reed Gold Mine in Cabarrus County is now a state historical site.
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Named after Royal Governor William Tryon, Tryon County was created in 1789 and disbanded in 1778. Because of a boundary dispute, a land survey was done and half the county was found to lie in South Carolina and the county was divided. Although it is not easy to locate ancestors in Tryon County, efforts made by genealogists over the last century have proven fruitful.
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St. John's Masonic Lodge in Wilmington, built in 1804, has housed the St. John's Museum of Art since 1964. Newly added to the museum are the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and the Cowan school. The church is a three level galley housing the gallery, and the school has been converted into teaching studios and an administrative loft. The lodge is being renovated and will house the permanent collection.
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Thanks to Joffre Lanning Coe, an archaeology professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Town Creek Indian Mount was reconstructed. The site is the state's only prehistoric National Historic Landmark, and looks today as it did 500 years ago when inhabited by Creek Indians. First acquainted with the mound in 1936, Coe has spent much of his life researching and overseeing the restoration of the area. The landmark is now open to the public.
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On April 16, 1865, General Joseph E. Johnston surrendered at Bennett Place. Now a state historical park and museum, all of the main buildings at Bennett Place have been restored, and plans for a visitor's center are underway. The surrender documents are on display as are pictures of Atlanta after it was burned.
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Willie Taglieri was a police officer in Manhattan for seven years before becoming an artist in 1958. Last year, the Kellenberger Foundation and the Craven and Jones County Art Councils put together a grant for Taglieri to pant a scaled-down mural in a former bank building in downtown New Bern. Taglieri is currently working on the full-scale mural in the courthouse and hopes to have it completed by May.
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The Wilmington and Weldon Railroad was a crucial part of the Confederate supply line for Richmond. In July, Union forces focused their attention on severing the railroad bridge at Weldon. Led by General Matt W. Ransom, 200 Confederates held off Union Colonel Samuel P. Spears and his 2,000 men at the bridge. Having been surprised while swimming, many Confederate soldiers fought the battle without clothes.
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James Boyd of the coal firm Boyd, Stickney and Company, accumulated over 1,500 acres of land in his lifetime. He named his land Weymouth Woods and built a home for his family there. Boyd died suddenly in 1910 and the estate passed onto his grandson who took down the original home and built a new one in 1922.
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William Braxton was granted a 265 acre plat from Lord Granville in 1756. The land is in Alamance County, and the Braxton family lives there still. They own the entire plat and even have the deed granting Braxton the land.
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County-by-county listing of good news from 1976 includes awards won and new buildings or renovations begun or completed. For example, Elk Park in Avery County got a new fire department and police department and the job market in Lincoln County is steadily improving.
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Lake Julian near Asheville is a man-made lake created for the Skyland steam electric generating plant. Because of the resultant high water temperature, 6,000 tilapia fish, who are accustomed to warmth, were released into the lake on an experimental basis. Female tilapia brood their eggs in their mouth while their male mate digs a nest. Each then take turns guarding the nest from other fish, such as largemouth bass, which also thrive in the lake. Thus far, the warmed water has not proven a problem for the tilapia, although several fish kills have been observed both in the summer and in the winter.
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The beginning of coinage in North Carolina is not entirely clear, but the first copper or brass pieces appeared in the late 17th century. In the early 19th century, coins began to disappear, and the market was inundated with tokens, paper, and other base metals. By 1834, North Carolina was back on the gold standard thanks to the Bechtlers of Rutherford County who minted the country's first gold dollar. North Carolinians began to be featured on currency, including Virginia Dare who appeared on the half-dollar in 1937, Governor Zebulon Vance, and the North Carolina Capitol Building.
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