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Welker, a minister in the Reformed Church, came to North Carolina from Pennsylvania. After the Civil War, Welker was one of the men who helped write North Carolina's new constitution. He contributed greatly to the section which dealt with the welfare of the state's less fortunate people and had the most to do with the establishment of the North Carolina Board of Public Charities.
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10217
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Washington Duke rose from a yeoman farmer with little formal education to become one of North Carolina's great industrialists and philanthropists of the 19th-century.
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10218
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John Henry Boner was born in Salem, North Carolina, in 1845. Rogers recounts incidents in the life of this little-known North Carolina poet.
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10235
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This is the first of a series of articles of unusual industries which have been established in North Carolina. In 1939, WIX Accessories Corporation began operations in Gastonia. Ten years later it ranks as the nation's fourth largest automotive oil filter manufacturer and only one of two such plants in the South.
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10236
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Sink discusses Samuel Selden's influence on the building of the Mountainside Theatre, where the outdoor drama, Unto These Hills, opened on July 1, 1950.
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10237
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In 1921, the schooner CARROLL A. DEERING, under full sail, ran aground on the treacherous Diamond Shoals off North Carolina's coast. Lifesavers from four stations responded, but heavy seas and strong wind prevented boarding the ship for four days. When they did, rescuers found the crew had vanished without a trace.
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10238
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Published for the first time in 1828 by, BLUM'S ALMANAC is the oldest continually published magazine in the state. The content and format have remained the same through the years, including bold predictions, safe advice, witty sayings, farming help, and times for sun risings and settings. Sales average 250,000 copies.
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10239
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Josiah Bailey was North Carolina's United States Senators from 1931-1946. Rogers recounts incidents in his political life.
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10242
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Rogers recounts the life of Matthew Whitaker Ransom--lawyer, farmer, Confederate general, United States Senator, and Ambassador to Mexico.
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10244
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Rogers recounts the life of Michael Schenck, who moved from Pennsylvania to Lincoln County in North Carolina around 1790. He established himself as a merchant and is credited with building the state's first cotton mill in 1813.
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11.Dr. Richard Jordan Gatling by Roger, Lou We the People of North Carolina Vol. 8 Issue 4, Aug 1950
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10245
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Dr. Richard Gordon Gatling of Maney's Neck in Hertford County was born September 12, 1818. Gatling was world-famous for his agricultural inventions, and after the outbreak of the Civil War, he began work on a weapon that would bring him lasting fame - the Gatling Gun.
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10246
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Warren discusses the involvement of many individuals and groups in bringing to life Kermit Hunter's outdoor drama, “Unto These Hills,†in Cherokee in July 1950.
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10247
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Rogers recounts the life of Josephus Daniels, whose many activities included newspaper editor, Secretary of the Navy, author, and ambassador to Mexico.
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10248
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Some of Thomas Wolfe's fellow citizens in Asheville did not appreciate it when he began writing novels with the city and some of her citizens as background. Rogers recounts the life of North Carolina's greatest writer.
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10249
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Rogers recounts the life of William E. Dodd, who was one of the nation's greatest teachers and historians of the 20th-century.
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