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Surveyed and plotted in 1713, Beaufort has served as a popular spot for North Carolina natives as well as visiting tourists for centuries. A focal point during the Civil War, Beaufort is home to attractions such as the Hammock House as well as a U.S. Fishery Biological Laboratory.
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Initiated by Robert Lee Humper of Greenville, legislators appropriated one million dollars to purchase an art collection to match a gift of paintings worth another million by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. These works of art now hang in the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh. Other art galleries established across the state include galleries in Charlotte, Asheville, Winston-Salem, Hickory, Greensboro, Greenville, and Fayetteville.
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Commissioned by the legislation in 1854, construction began on the Western North Carolina Railroad, set to connect Salisbury and Asheville. Requiring millions of dollars and nearly 25 years to build, the railroad suffered almost a complete disaster during the Civil War. Completed on 11 March 1879, the rail line has six tunnels, one of which spans one-third of a mile.
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12956
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Initiated by Robert Lee Humper of Greenville, legislators appropriated one million dollars to purchase an art collection to match a gift of paintings worth another million by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. These works of art now hang in the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh. Other art galleries established across the state include galleries in Charlotte, Asheville, Winston-Salem, Hickory, Greensboro, Greenville, and Fayetteville.
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