Eastern North Carolina was once like the wild, wild west.
History
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Since 1870 the Cape Hatteras lighthouse has stood guard on the North Carolina coast; like a mother hen shielding her …
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Those are fighting words!
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During the Great Depression, life was hard for everyone, and Vernon Rudolph was no exception. But at least he had …
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Here’s a name you’ve probably never heard of: Hiram Rhodes Revels. Ring a bell? We didn’t think so.
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Outnumbered five-to-one, Patriot Colonels Thomas Robeson and Thomas Brown knew they needed a lot of luck, and a little deception, …
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The North Carolina Museum of History welcomes a new, interactive multimedia exhibit, North Carolina and World War I. This exhibit …
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They called it “cookie time” and it had as much in common with those crumbly delights as … say, milk …
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Great Dismal Swamp. Just saying the name out loud conjures up a sense of dread. But there is more.
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Many of us race through Iredell County on our way to somewhere else. Iredell is a name you don’t hear …
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There are doers and followers. Walter Hines Page was a doer.
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Life’s hard. Ava was one of seven children when the Great Depression hit, and her family lost their small farm …
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Caleb Bradham dreamed of being a physician when he graduated UNC-CH in 1867. He was accepted to a Maryland medical …
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An avid golfer, James Barber knew when he immigrated to the United States in 1887 he wanted to settle in …
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A lighthouse is supposed to warn ships at sea of the perils of nearby land. What if the sea seeks …
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He was a young kid, only 19, on his first train ride, traveling from Baltimore to Fayetteville.
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“Can he play golf?”
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We’ve all passed Camp Lejeune going to the beach, but how the heck do you pronounce it?
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With Scotch-Irish ancestry, familiarity with whiskey – especially making it – has always been in his blood. It was a …
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For more than 100 years, we all have enjoyed O. Henry’s short stories. No greater love exists than the love …
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The thirst for education runs deep in our veins. We know it is a pathway to a better future. The …
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One of North Carolina’s most famous authors, Thomas Wolfe, wrote some of America’s most treasured novels and short stories. Wolfe …
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He was one of the best athletes the country has ever produced, but because he played minor league baseball in …
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On August 6, we remember the day that changed the world – the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima …
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They wanted a cup of coffee. And to right a wrong.
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Orton Plantation, located on the Cape Fear River, just inspires. It always has.
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We’ve all heard people say the town they’re from is so small that if you blinked, you’ve missed it.
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Located in an old family cemetery outside the small town of Warrenton in northeastern North Carolina stands an 11-foot obelisk …
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David was known in Cumberland County as a hothead, a thief, and then when the sheriff busted his illegal still, …
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A rock is a rock. So when his 12-year-old son brought home one discovered in a Cabarrus County stream in …