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state of:
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North Carolina
The Old North State or
The Tar Heel State
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- North Carolina is famous for furniture, tobacco, brick, textile
production, blueberries, strawberries and sweet potatoes.
- The Wright brothers had the first successful airplane flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on December 17, 1903.
- The first public university in the US was the University of North Carolina.
- The first English child born in America was Virginia Dare, born in Roanoke, North Carolina, in 1587.
- The first state art museum is located in Raleigh, North
Carolina.
- The tallest lighthouse in the US is the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.
- The tallest dam in the eastern US is the Fontana Dam (480 feet high.)
- The highest waterfall in the eastern US is Whitewater Falls in Transylvania County,
NC.
- The largest air base in the Marine Corps is Cherry Point in Havelock, NC.
- The largest producer of sweet potatoes in the US is North Carolina.
- The largest home in the US is The Biltmore Estate in Ashville, NC.
- Krispy Kreme Doughnuts was founded in Winston-Salem.
- Pepsi was invented in 1898 in New Bern, NC.
- Babe Ruth hit his first professional home run on March
7, 1914, in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
- "The top ten states in number of lightning casualties (deaths and injuries combined): Florida leads the list, with twice as many casualties as any other state. Other states represented are Georgia, Tennessee,
North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Colorado and Texas."
Source: http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/essd18jun99_1.htm
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- Clay Aiken - Singer
- David Brinkley - Journalist
- Curtis Brown - Astronaut
- Howard Cosell - Sportscaster
- Born in Winston-Salem, NC
- Cecil B. DeMille - Actor, Director
- Elizabeth Dole: Senator and former president of the
American Red Cross and wife of former senator Bob Dole (a US presidential
candidate.)
- Charlie Duke - Astronaut and one of the few people to ever
walk on the moon.
- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. - Athlete - NASCAR
- Born April 29, 1951 in Kannapolis, North Carolina. Died in a crash on the last lap of the Daytona 500 race on February 18, 2001.
- Web site: www.daleearnhardt.net
- John Edwards - North Carolina Senator and US presidential
candidate.
- Roberta Flack, Singer
- Born February 10, 1939 in Asheville, North Carolina
- For information and photos, see: www.robertaflack.com
- Ava Gardner, Actress
- Ava Gardner was born on Christmas Eve, 1922, in a rural community 7 miles east of Smithfield, NC.
She died January 25, 1990 from pneumonia. She is buried in
Smithfield NC.
- Web site and information about the Ava Gardner Museum, see: www.avagardner.org
- Billy Graham - Evangelical preacher
- Andy Griffith - Actor
- Born June 1st, 1926, in Mount Airy, North Carolina.
- For more information, see: www.mayberry.com
- Catfish Hunter - Athlete (Baseball)
- Andrew Johnson - 17th US President (1865-1869), first President to be
impeached
- Michael Jordan - Athlete (Basketball)
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- Sugar Ray Leonard - Athlete (Boxing)
- Dolley Madison - Former First Lady, wife of President James Madison.
- Edward R. Murrow - Journalist
- Born in Polecat Creek, North Carolina
- Richard Petty - Athlete - NASCAR
- James K. Polk - 11th US President (1845-1849)
- Michael Smith - Astronaut
- James Taylor - Musician
- Born in Boston in 1948, Taylor grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
- Web site: www.jamestaylor.com
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Casinos in North
Carolina
- Cherokee Tribal Casino
- Harrah’s Smoky Mountains Casino
- Tee Pee Village Casino
For information about
North Carolina Casinos, see:
Casinos in
North Carolina Lottery
in North Carolina
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Other Gambling in
North Carolina
Racetracks, Bingo, Poker,
etc.
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| World
Casino Directory and International Gambling Guide
provides the most complete information for North
Carolina casinos and other gambling facilities for
anywhere in the world - including
North Carolina - such as casino cruise
ships, poker rooms, poker tournaments, pari-mutuel
facilities, horse racing, dog races, racinos,
off-track betting (OTB), sportsbooks and racebooks.
World Casino Directory also publishes lottery
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Gambling
information for American gamblers and tourists! |
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U.S. Casino Links presents a gambling forum for every state in the
US. Clicking above on Land Based Casinos or U.S. Casinos will take you to the same site.
Click the link below to visit the state guide with information
about casinos, riverboat gambling,
Vegas-style casinos, Indian casinos, casino cruise ships,
racetracks, pari-mutuel facilities (dog & horse betting), poker games,
state lotteries, and other forms of land-based gambling. |
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Click on the link below
for information about gambling in North Carolina:
North
Carolina Casinos and Gambling |
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Humor
- North
Carolina Jokes
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A new law recently passed in North Carolina:
When a couple gets divorced, they're still brother and sister.
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Fun North Carolina State
Slogan:
Tobacco IS a vegetable.
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You know you're from North Carolina if you've ever
turned on the heat and the air-conditioning in the same day.
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You know you're from North Carolina if you ordered your hot dog or burger
'all the way' - with mustard, slaw, chili and onions.
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The Old North State
Carolina! Carolina! heaven's blessings attend her,
While we live we will cherish, protect and defend her,
Tho' the scorner may sneer at and witlings defame her,
Still our hearts swell with gladness whenever we name her.
Hurrah! Hurrah! the Old North State forever,
Hurrah! Hurrah! the good Old North State.
Tho' she envies not others, their merited glory,
Say whose name stands the foremost, in liberty's story,
Tho' too true to herself e'er to crouch to oppression,
Who can yield to just rule a more loyal submission.
Hurrah! Hurrah! the Old North State forever,
Hurrah! Hurrah! the good Old North State.
Then let all those who love us, love the land that we live in,
As happy a region as on this side of heaven,
Where plenty and peace, love and joy smile before us,
Raise aloud, raise together the heart thrilling chorus.
Hurrah! Hurrah! the Old North State forever,
Hurrah! Hurrah! the good Old North State.
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- Berries: Blue: Blueberry/ Red: Strawberry
- Beverage: Milk
- Bird: Cardinal
- Boat (Historical): Shad Boat
- Colors: Red & Blue
- Dog: Plott Hound
- Fish: Channel Bass
- Flower: Dogwood
- Fruit: Scuppernong Grape
- Gem Stone: Emerald
- Insect: Honey Bee
- Mammal: Grey Squirrel
- Motto: "Esse Quam Videri" (Latin for "to be rather than to seem.")
- Nickname: The Old North State or The Tar Heel State
- Reptile: Eastern Box Turtle
- Rock: Granite
- Shell: Scotch Bonnet
- Song: The Old North State
- Tree: Pine
- Vegetable: Sweet Potato
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For brochure of North Carolina State Symbols,
see:
www.secretary.state.nc.us/pubsweb/NCSymbols.pdf
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Links
To Other North Carolina Web Sites |
North Carolina Legends & Ghost Stories
www.secretary.state.nc.us/kidspg/legends.htm
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The Flag Factory
Monroe, NC
800-868-7111
www.flagfactory.com
Military & Patriotic Flags
Applique, Embroidered and Printed Flags.
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Inspiration &
Motivation
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Thoughts...
You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than
you can by what others say about him. -- Leo Aikman
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