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Instead of locating vast fields of oil for exploitation, two failed test holes drilled by the Esso Oil Company, one at 987 feet and the other 2,40 feet, yielded information relative to the geologic history of North Carolina. Further inquiries made by the Carolina Petroleum Company, between 1946 and 1947, also failed to locate fossil fuels but provided valuable information regarding the composition of the basement rocks within the state.
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Celebrating their 75th anniversary, Wachovia Bank, the largest financial institution in the mid-south, first opened in Winston 1879. Beginning at a time when bank deposits totaled less than $10 million, Wachovia persisted through various changes in economy, becoming the largest bank between Washington, DC and Atlanta, GA.
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Falls relates interesting information about the Scuppernong grape, which is most popularly used for jelly or for winemaking. The grape is probably indigenous to North Carolina and it grows singly or in small clusters. The color varies from a modest terra vert to a suntan with freckles. Its skin is tough and its juice and flesh musky-sweet. The best time for harvesting is between the first and last week of September.
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Old Trudge describes a daytrip through two rugged gorges in the Pisgah National Forest--the Johns River Gorge and Linville--where old swimming holes are still popular.
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Bisher describes his hometown of Denton. Located south of Lexington in Davidson County, it's a place he says \"wouldn't win any municipal beauty contests.\" The town is small and plain, consisting of paved streets, stores, filling stations, hosiery mills, a schoolhouse and a bank.
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