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10250
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Lockhart Gaddy's wild geese refuge started accidentally in 1934, when migrating Canadian geese began settling on his farm pond in Anson County. This year he expects to have over 7,000 wintering there. Because he was feeding them up to twenty-five bushels of corn a day, Gaddy began charging a small fee admission to defray the cost of the feed. This attracted the tax collector who said the fee was subject to the government�s amusement tax.
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10251
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Bowman Gray Sr., was one of the men who contributed to North Carolina's industrial growth in the first half of the 20th-century. He was also a man who benefited education and other civic enterprises. One of his greatest benevolences was providing funds for the Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem.
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10252
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Dr. J. Frank Highsmith was a pioneer in surgery and hospital practices. He established the first privately owned hospital in Fayetteville at the turn of the century, and many of his rules for its running are still in operation today.
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10256
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Rogers recounts the lives of brothers Caesar and Moses Cone, who were industrialists and philanthropists. Following successful business ventures in other sections of the country, the brothers opened a textile mill in Greensboro in the late 1890s that within a decade grew to be the largest cotton mill in the South and the largest denim manufacturing mill in the world. The family was the benefactor of Moses Cone Hospital.
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10270
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Ten counties in North Carolina have been abolished, absorbed, or otherwise are gone off the maps of today's North Carolina. A map accompanying the article indicates where the counties were formerly located.
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10271
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The old covered bridge is vanishing in North Carolina due in part to the highway construction programs over the last thirty years. Only eight remain--one in Rockingham County, six in Randolph County, and one in Catawba County.
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10272
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“Horn in the West,†a new outdoor drama by Kermit Hunter of Chapel Hill, will open in Watauga County on June 27, 1952. The drama tells the story of the settlement of Northwestern North Carolina, and it will be performed in the new outdoor theatre between Boone and Blowing Rock. Hunter is the author of another outdoor drama with a North Carolina theme, “Unto These Hill,†which is performed at Cherokee.
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10273
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Warren describes the opening of North Carolina's newest outdoor drama, “Horn in the West,†which is performed at Boone.
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10274
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Draughn discusses the outdoor drama, THUNDERLAND, which is based on the life of Daniel Boone and covers his fight to open up and hold the mountain lands of western North Carolina for settlers and pioneers. Herbert (Hubert) Hayes, the play's author, is a direct descendant of Daniel Boone. The drama is performed in Asheville.
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10283
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Stick discusses the planning of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
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10284
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Walker discusses the reemergence of handicrafts in western North Carolina. Craftsmen are creating arts, such as weaving and pottery, they learned as a child from older generations and are finding a ready market for them.
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10285
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In 1791, Congress chartered the “first†United States Bank in Philadelphia. That bank was liquidated in 1811. That same year the “second†United States Bank was chartered and empowered to operate branches. Rogers recounts the history of the North Carolina branch which was located in Fayetteville.
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10286
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The Great Dismal Swamp, an area of history and mystery, sprawls across North Carolina's northeastern corner and southeastern Virginia. No one knows who discovered it or when. Parker discusses historical events and persons connected with the swamp.
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10287
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Before the advent of the new hard-surfaced highway on the Outer Banks, bus travel to Hatteras could be a long, often thrilling experience. The Midgett family has operated the route for almost thirty years. The trip could take as much as six hours to complete. Travel was over the sand trails, with detours into the surf at times in order to find firmer sand and crossing Oregon Inlet was by ferry.
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10288
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Richardson gives a historical sketch, including dates and data, of North Carolina's efforts in the field of public health.
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