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William Mills began planting apple orchards in Henderson County, shortly after the Revolutionary War. He was born November 10, 1746, while John Chapman, the famous “Johnny Appleseed,†was born in 1775. His apple orchards preceded Chapman's by thirty years. Today apple growing is a strong pillar in Henderson County's economy. About 65 percent of North Carolina's apple harvest is grown there. The state ranks seventh in the U.S. in apple production.
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The Texasgulf Company has the right to mine phosphate, the key ingredient in fertilizer, from a 40,000-acre plot of land close to Aurora. Combined with sulphuric acid, phosphate becomes phosphoric acid, and the plant ships it product to customers who make liquid fertilizers, such as those used by the state's farmers. The company has spent six million dollars on pollution control and monitoring equipment. It has also given Smithsonian Institution paleontologists the right to search the site for prehistoric fossils, such as sharks.
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Senator Thomas Lanier Clingman, who was born in Yadkin County in 1812, graduated at the top of his class from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He served as a representative and senator, was a Whig and later a Democrat, and defeated his opponents in landslide elections. Clingman was a general during the Civil War. Clingman's Dome, one of the highest peaks in the Smoky Mountains, is named for him. He died in Morganton in 1897.
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During the last weekend of September, Mule Days is held in Benson. Conceived in 1949 by Garland McLamb, Mule Days is a four-day long festival designed for people to buy, sell, and pay homage to the mules. The festival is now in its twenty-sixth year and attracted over 50,000 people in 1974. Although North Carolina's mule population dwindled in the past, it has grown steadily in the last twenty years, spurred in part by Mule Days.
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The Marryin' Tree, or Big Lynn, of Little Switzerland, was cut down in January 1965, because it had become a hazard to passing traffic. The tree was registered by the National Forest Association as the champion of the linden species in the country and was estimated to between 500 and 600 years old.
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Tube riding, or \"tubing,\"Â has become a popular recreational activity in Deep Creek at Bryson City and has spread to the Oconaluftee and Tuckasegee River areas of North Carolina, as well as streams in the Great Smoky Mountains.
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