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Interesting Data About North Carolina

- In 1903 the Wright Brothers made the first successful powered flight by man at Kill Devil Hill near Kitty Hawk. The Wright Memorial at Kitty Hawks now commemorates their achievement.
- High Point is known as the Furniture Capital of the World.
- Know as "Fish Town" in the early 1700's when Blackbeard frequented the coast, "Beaufort Town" was established as a seaport with the right to collect customs, in 1722.
- The Outer Banks of NC hosts some of the most beautiful beaches in the country.
- Whitewater Falls in Transylvania County is the highest waterfall in the eastern United States.
- Cape Hatteras is the largest lighthouse ever to be moved due to erosion problems.
- The University of North Carolina's mascot, the Tarheels, is a nickname for North Carolinians that supposedly came from the days when NC produced a lot of tar, and someone saw a set of footprints made by someone who had stepped in the tar.
- Charles Karault was born and raised in Wilmington.



- Havelock is home of Marine Base "Cherry Point." It is the largest air base in the Marine Corps.
- North Carolina is the largest producer of sweet potatoes in the nation. Students at a Wilson County school petitioned the North Carolina General Assembly for the establishment of the sweet potato as the official state vegetable.
- Harker's Island hosts the annual Core Sound Decoy Festival in December.
- Morehead City is home to the North Carolina Seafood Festival, held the first weekend in October every year.
- The World War II battleship 'North Carolina' is permanently berthed on the Cape Fear River at Wilmington. She was saved from the scrap heap in the 1960's by public subscription, including donations of dimes by schoolchildren.
- The first English colony in America was located on Roanoke Island. Walter Raleigh founded it. The colony mysteriously vanished with no trace except for the word "Croatoan" scrawled on a nearby tree.
- Mount Mitchell in the Blue Ridge Mountains is the highest peak east of the Mississippi. It towers 6,684 feet above sea level.
- Krispy Kreme Doughnut was founded in Winston-Salem.
- The Venus Fly-Trap is native to Hampstead.
- The first miniature golf course was built in Fayetteville.
- Babe Ruth hit his first home run in Fayetteville on March 7, 1914.
- Winston-Salem was created when the two towns Winston and Salem combined.
- The Biltmore Estate in Ashville is America's largest home, and includes a 255-room chateau, an award-winning winery and extensive gardens.
- The first English child born in America was born in Roanoke in 1587. Her name was Virginia Dare.
- The Lost Colony Outdoor Drama in Albemarle commemorates the birth of Virginia Dare. Scheduled to run just one year, it proved so successful that it has played for nearly sixty consecutive summers.
- The first state owned art museum in the country is located in Raleigh.
- Fontana Dam is the tallest dam in the Eastern United States, at 480 feet high.

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North Carolina State Trivia
Capital City:
Raleigh
Area: 53821 sq.mi.
Land: 48718 sq.mi.
Water: 5103 sq.mi.
Area Codes: 252 - 336 - 704 -
828 - 910 - 919 - 980
Bird: Cardinal
Flower: Dogwood
Highest Point: 6684 feet
Lowest Point: Sea level
Soil: North Carolina - Cecil
Tree: Longleaf Pine
Largest Cities: Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, Durham, Winston-Salem, Fayetteville, Cary, High Point, Wilmington, Asheville
Nickname: Old North State
Population: 8,049,313
Economy:
Agriculture:
Poultry and eggs, tobacco, hogs, milk, nursery stock, cattle, soybeans
Industry: Tobacco products, textile goods, chemical products, electric equipment, machinery, tourism


North Carolina  State Flag

That the flag of North Carolina shall consist of a blue union, containing in the center thereof a white star with the letter N in gilt on the left and the letter C in gilt on the right of said star, the circle containing the same to be one-third the width of the union. The fly of the flag shall consist of two equally proportioned bars; the upper bar to be red, the lower bar to be white; that the length of the bars horizontally shall be equal to the perpendicular length of the union, and the total length of the flag shall be one-third more than its width. That above the star in the center of the union there shall be a gilt scroll in semi-circular form, containing in black letters this inscription "May 20th, 1775," and that below the star there shall be a similar scroll containing in black letters the inscription: "April 12th, 1776."

 
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