In the late 1880s, charmed by Asheville’s beauty, railroad scion George Washington Vanderbilt II decided to build a “little mountain …
NC History
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“My disease has increased in severity and I feel that it will soon cost me an increased amount of money …
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During the Great Depression, a young entrepreneur named Vernon Rudolph purchased a unique recipe for fluffy doughnuts. In 1937, he …
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In 1932, a composer and WWI veteran named Lamar Stringfield united a gaggle of musicians to form the North Carolina …
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From 1720 to 1870, North Carolina led the world in the production of tar, pitch and turpentine – products used …
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In 1587, after a failed first attempt, the English again tried to colonize Roanoke Island. Received peacefully by the Croatoan …
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“Nothing happens unless first a dream.” Carl Sandburg, one of America’s best-known, best-loved poets and writers wrote that back in …
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It was bloody and never pretty. In the early days of the North Carolina colony, Native Americans inhabited the land …
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It was first known as a school for teachers until it became a college. Now, it is one of the …
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It may be hard for us to fathom, but school has not always been public and free. In the state’s …
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He’s often considered the world’s greatest showman. But when P.T. Barnum spent a November Saturday night in 1836 at Rocky …
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North Carolina entered a new era in its effort to regulate alcoholic beverage sales when the state’s first Alcohol Beverage …