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Continuing his travels around the state, Goerch reaches Edgecombe County. It is a county that has produced such famous men as Col. Louis D. Wilson, Elias Carr, Henry L. Wyatt, and many others. It is a place with a rich colorful history. Goerch describes a number of interesting places in Tarboro and other parts of the county.
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Murphy selects two football teams in the state he feels were the best of all time. His criteria--players played in every game for ninety minutes; no substitutions; a few minutes rest at intermission; games as frequently as three or more a week. The teams were Trinity (now Duke) of 1891 and the North Carolina team of 1892. He also chooses an all-time team.
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Calvin Graves of Caswell County was a farmer, lawyer and Speaker of the N.C. House and Senate. Lawrence calls him \"the man who showed a greater display of political courage than any other man in the history of the state.\" The event happened during the Assembly session of 1848-1849. There was a tie vote on a railroad issue important to the state. Though his party opposed it, Graves voted for it, thereby ending any political future he might have had.
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