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Sneads Ferry, located just south of Jacksonville in Onslow County, is OUR STATE magazine's featured Tar Heel town of the month.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 77 Issue 5, Oct 2009, p28-30, 32-35, il Periodical Website
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Bobby Denton lives near Burkemont Mountain outside Morganton. He is a master woodworker who crafts guns, guitars, and banjoes. He is a specialist in making the Lancaster Rifle, a long flintlock gun carried by colonists in their fight against the British during the Revolutionary War.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 77 Issue 5, Oct 2009, p56-60, il, por Periodical Website
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On December 27, 1892, in a remote pasture near Salisbury, in the cold and snow, Johnson C. Smith University (then Biddle Memorial Institute) and Livingstone College played the first football game between historically black colleges. This game laid the groundwork for black college football. Today, nine historically African American schools in North Carolina have football programs.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 77 Issue 5, Oct 2009, p62-64, 66-67, il, por Periodical Website
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Jackson describes three bed-and-breakfast establishments, all named for some of North Carolina's sweetest fruits. They are Blueberry Villa Inn (Banner Elk); Wildberry Lodge (Leicester); and Raspberry Hill (Black Mountain).
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 77 Issue 5, Oct 2009, p138-140, 142, 144, 146-147, il Periodical Website
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Melanie Walter of Wilmington creates baskets from an unusual material. Walter, an accomplished clay artist, uses needles from the longleaf pine for her basketry.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 77 Issue 5, Oct 2009, p152-154, 156, 158, 160, il, por Periodical Website
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