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introducing North Carolina you know they
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say there's nothing finer and for a fact
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you'll have to travel far to match the
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ever-changing pictorial beauty of the
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old North State probably there's no
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place more beautiful to begin your
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acquaintance and here on the Blue Ridge
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Parkway a sky-high Avenue that winds
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along the crest of the Appalachian range
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for more than a century travelers have
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visited this mountain country a hundred
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years ago they came on horseback in
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stagecoaches and ox carts today's
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travelers enjoy the same scenic vistas
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traveling in comfort and safety along
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America's most spectacular Malvern
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Boulevard there are no trucks or buses
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on this Highway not even a telephone
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pole tomorrow the visitors view
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this young couple look happy why not
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they're on vacation and they've come to
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North Carolina because they've heard
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that here they will find all the things
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they want to do and see all the way from
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mountaintops to ocean shore you know
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it's not every state that can boast of
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high ranges and the coastline ideal for
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swimming boating and fishing what a
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wonderful way to settle that old old
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question which shall it be the mountains
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or the sea say pardon me just a moment
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William quite sure this is your first
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visit to North Carolina isn't it that's
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right there know much about it but it
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sure looks fine from here yes it does
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look fine and we think it is fine you
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say you don't know much about it so here
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goes here's where you are right on the
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top of the greatest mass of mountains in
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the eastern United States east of the
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mountains lies the rolling country of
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the Piedmont beside fine farmlands this
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section contains most of our big
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industries powered by electricity
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developed from the state's abundant
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water supply eastward again are the
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coastal plains one of the richest
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agricultural regions of the south rich
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in history too for it was here nearly
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three centuries ago that the first
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English colony in America was
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established a scene very much like this
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greeted Sir Walter Raleigh's settlers
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when they first met North Carolina on
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this exact spot lived that colony only
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to disappear without a trace leaving a
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mystery unsolved to this day on Roanoke
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Island during the summer months a
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dramatization of that mystery is
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presented it commemorates - the birthday
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of Virginia Dare first child born of
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English parents in the new
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i baptize the Virginia in the name of
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the Father and of the Son and of the
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Holy Ghost amen
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oh man
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although this first attempt at
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colonization was a failure later
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settlers were successful not far from
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Roanoke Island North Carolina's first
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permanent settlement was established the
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town of Bath which centers around this
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old church built in 1690 throughout the
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state landmarks in its history and
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progress are found one of the most
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stately of these is orton mansion
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established in 1725 symbolic of an era
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of colonial prosperity this tower
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overlooks the campus of the University
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of North Carolina's first State
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University to open its doors in the
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United States dear to the hearts of all
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alumni is the old well a 150 years a
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favorite meeting place of undergraduates
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you know North Carolina seems to have a
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knack for staying in the headlines of
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history on windswept Kill Devil Hill
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this towering pylon marks the spot where
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the Wright brothers challenged the skies
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making the first powered airplane flight
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all of its past it is small wonder that
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the capital city of north carolina is
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named Raleigh in memory of those first
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brave settlers on Roanoke Island
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confidence of the future the people of
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North Carolina have built many thriving
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cities Charlotte the Queen City largest
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in the state and center of Industry
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Trade and transportation Greensboro
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strategic central location makes it an
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important distribution point
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go back Oh capital of the world
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winston-salem
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Durham is another important tobacco and
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Anja factoring center and it's the home
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of Duke University one of the most
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heavily endowed schools in the United
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States these handsome gothic buildings
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set in a spacious campus attract many
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visitors the principal seaport is
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Millington it's waited on the Cape Fear
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River and the inland waterway with
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Channel and harbor for ocean-going ships
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in a setting of emerald forest and Blue
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Hills is the city of Asheville high on a
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plateau between the blue ridges and the
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Great Smoky Mountains above an extensive
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resort area it is the metropolis of
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Western North Carolina
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among Asheville's many attractions is
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Biltmore House a chateau that has been
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called the most beautiful home in
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America now open to visitors Biltmore
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House contains a treasury of famous
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paintings and other well-known and
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historic works of art say that's alright
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I'd like to see some of those places for
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myself and there's no reason why you
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shouldn't but you'll see lots of other
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things in the state you might like to
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know something about take that cigarette
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you're smoking you may not know it but
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seven out of every ten American
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cigarettes come from this state it
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begins here fields of green growing
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tobacco stretching from the piedmont
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through the coastal plain in late summer
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seems like this on every hand farmers
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harvesting the state's most profitable
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cash crop stripping the matured leaves
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from the stalks at this busy season the
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whole family and all the neighbors turn
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out to prepare the valuable crop for
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market
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the leaves are made in two hands the
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hands are strung on two sticks ready to
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be placed in the tobacco barns where the
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leaves will be cured by the heat from
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wood or oil fires
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this curing gives the tobacco the
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characteristic golden color which means
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market time money in the bank the
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necessities and the comforts of life for
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the whole farm family in the town of
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Wilson the traveler may visit the
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largest bright leaf tobacco market in
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all the world
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he may even see and hear one of the
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famous auctioneers as he conducts a
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tobacco sale and here's an option
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develop in development of a war one deer
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do not appear in all a little too early
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to go down a nine to go tell appears
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take it out of a tomorrow 45 o dividing
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seven eight nine eleven tomorrow do
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three interval winner from father bit
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dividing is everyday elevator one legged
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cistern elastic David 161 did you really
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all years of careful aging are still
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necessary before this tobacco will be
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ready for final processing
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and then in huge factories in
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winston-salem Durham and Reidsville long
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process which started in the field
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culminate in the manufacture of
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best-known brands of cigarettes and
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smoking tobacco this factory ships an
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entire train load of cigarettes every
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day of the year and brother that's a lot
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of smoking there's another interesting
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angle to this cigarette business most of
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the paper used in cigarette manufacture
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comes from this large modern plant a
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nationwide search for water of
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unexcelled purity ended here on the
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banks of the sparkling Davidson River
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near Brevard domestic flax and pure
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water are essential items in the
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production of this stupid high-quality
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paper
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the big rolls are cut into little ones
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each of these small rolls contains
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enough paper for 85,000 cigarettes
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fishing is one of the more important
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occupations along the coast strangely
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enough the most important catch is not
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primarily a food fish but the fabulous
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menhaden
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always found in enormous schools these
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fish seem to favor the North Carolina
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Shore as a result an important marine
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industry has been developed based on the
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valuable oil extracted from the menhaden
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oil used in soaps in paints used as a
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lubricant as a medicine and as a sizing
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for tax code even the residue is
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valuable as a high protein stock feed
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and for fertilizers
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well I guess it's true most everywhere
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old and young alike go for goobers or
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crisps freshly roasted peanuts North
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Carolina grows her own with a good share
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for the rest of the country the loamy
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soil of the coastal plain is dotted with
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hundreds of fields in early autumn the
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tuber Laden vines are taken from the
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ground and stacked to dry later
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harvesting equipment moves into the
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fields to separate the nuts
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from the drive line
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the vines are bailed and become an
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important and highly nutritious addition
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to the diet of farm herds
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peanuts themselves are made into dozens
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of products and hundreds of byproducts
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but the most familiar form is old man
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peanut himself roasted to a golden tasty
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brow
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just peanuts you say yes but peanuts are
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big business in North Carolina
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more north carolinians earn their
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livelihood from the manufacture of
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textiles than from any other industrial
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endeavor the state grows a lot of its
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own cotton and it's a good customer for
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its cotton growing neighbors
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the fleecy bowls are transformed into
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yarn and the yarn is woven into colorful
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fabrics eventually to appear on markets
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around the world
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here's another kind of weaving one that
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might interest the ladies the
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manufacture of nylon hose
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this is uncolored nylon awaiting only
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the magic of chemistry to produce the
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myriad shades to please any ladies fancy
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Burlington is the hosiery capital of the
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South fair and in many other cities this
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most glamorous item in the feminine
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wardrobe is produced in millions of
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units the traveler in North Carolina
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will see everywhere evidence of the
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state's chief natural resource over half
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of the state is forested and these
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forests contain the largest reserve of
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hardwoods remaining in this country
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hundreds of thousands of acres of the
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best lands have been set aside as
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preserves where scientific lumbering and
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reforestation assure a never failing
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supply of this essential material
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Mills like this conceal the large part
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of the output of the forests for
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conversion into paper products of many
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kinds perhaps the paper on which your
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favorite magazine is printed came from
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this very Factory besides paper and
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paper product over 3,000 manufactures
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making everything from rayon to radio
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cabinets depend on the forests of North
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Carolina for their raw material supply
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chief among these industries is the
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manufacture of finished wood products
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centered at High Point and Lenoir this
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state leads all others in the
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fabrication of fine furniture here's an
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interesting operation this multiple
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carver enables one Operator to shape 24
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identical pieces at one time
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would from the hills fabrics from the
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mills plus the skilled craftsmanship of
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the old North State combined to make
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furniture that is really fine furniture
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that one day may grace your living room
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I guess that's enough education for a
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while you got a long way to go you
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better get on without vacation all right
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mr. traveler what's your pleasure
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is it the scenery you're after modern
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highways will take you past cascading
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streams and sparkling waterfalls
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- as your lakes rimmed by high hills
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- spectacular chimney rock with
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breathtaking views
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to the very top of Mount Mitchell
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highest point in the Eastern mountain
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range or up the rugged slopes of old
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grandfather himself which geologists
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claim is the oldest mountain in the
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world in spring and early summer the
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hills burst into a symphony of color
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with displays of rhododendron of
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mountain laurel
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a feather clinging to the rocky
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hillsides
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and the flame Azalea found nowhere else
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on this continent everywhere you go
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you'll find settings of incomparable
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beauty in fact nice settings for your
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own vacation photographs and you don't
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have to go far west to enjoy dude
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ranching modern mile high resorts
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provide facilities playing or fancy for
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the Wild West man most popular National
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Park in America is in the Great Smoky
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Mountains readily accessible by
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automobile it is threaded by marked and
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graded trails leading the adventurous
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vacationers to points of interest denied
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to casual motorists while you're
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visiting the park don't be surprised if
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you meet a friendly bear or two
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interesting acquaintance yes but don't
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get too chummy mr. bear's idea of a love
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hat is the human equivalent of a
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knockout punch
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if meeting bears or footing at our ideas
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of fun you may prefer the comforts of
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one of the many modern resort hotels or
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lodges with sports and recreation right
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outside the door something more modest
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many visitors prefer a cozy mountain
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cabin
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this one is near Fontana Dam highest
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water barrier in the East this huge
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structure creates only one of dozens of
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lakes providing watersports and
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year-round fishing or vacations if
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you're a real traveler you'll be
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interested in the folkways of the hardy
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people who populate this state in the
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shadow of old grandfather a yearly
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festival known as singing on the
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mountain bring spectators and
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contestants from all the south a
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palatial range young and old alike
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turn out to hear the ancient ballads of
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the hill like the old songs the old ways
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of doing things persist in many homes
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the products of the modern textile
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industry of North Carolina mean little
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to this spelled early lady like her
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mother and her grandmother she cards and
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spins her own yarn to make garments for
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her family yes strange as it seems the
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people of North Carolina who have led
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the South in development of machine
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industries have maintained their pride
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in fine hand workmanship a carving of
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beautiful and quaint figures from
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hardwoods is only one of the many
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handcraft skills
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old-fashioned drudgery you say not at
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all within a hundred miles of Asheville
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more than 3000 persons make all or part
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of their living from the creation of
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examples of fine handicraft eagerly
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sought by travelers as treasured
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mementos of their visit mementos ranging
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from the humorous to the supply
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hey this is a pretty scene looks like
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one of our vacationing friends and sure
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enough it is I guess she doesn't realize
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that outfit she's wearing would scare
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any respectable trout a mile downstream
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hey what this looks like she's hooked
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one and she has well it just goes to
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show you North Carolina streams are kept
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so well stocked
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even an amateur angler has a chance the
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state even reserves one valve stream
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exclusively for women fishermen um
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wonder where her husband is well no
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sooner said than done hey what's he up
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to anyway hmm looks like a little
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campfire cookery in progress let's go
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over and see what is out on the fire
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beauties too
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and hot biscuits hey this lad is quite
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talented or if picnicking is more in
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your line why not pack a basket and
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visit one of the state parks or numerous
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recreational areas set aside for your
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pleasure what that teen outdoor air does
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to the appetite is nobody's business but
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your own an interesting novelty is this
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bridge built across the highway for the
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exclusive use of horsemen hundreds of
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miles of bridle paths line through the
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forested hills of Western North Carolina
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if you don't want a horse or issues you
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can still have fun besides mountain
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streams the bass lakes are popular with
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inland fishermen none more so than Lake
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Lure in its alpine setting where
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swimming boating and aquaplaning round
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out the vacationers packy to pleasure
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let's leave the mountains for a while
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and drive down through the rolling
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Piedmont into the Sand Hills
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once an ancient sea covered this country
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and left behind it the characteristic
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dunes of golden sand the dwelling place
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of the stately longleaf pine of Halle
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and dogwood for reasons unexplained by
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science the sand hills enjoy an
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unusually mild climate crisp cool nights
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Sun a brilliant days so it's no wonder
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that for half a century this region has
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been a popular winter resort and it's no
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wonder to that golfers flocked to these
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resorts in such numbers because even
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when it showers the thirsty sand absorbs
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the water so quickly that in a matter of
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minutes a foursome can resume play many
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of today's famous players won their
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first recognition in tournaments on
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these championship courses riding fox
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hunting tennis and other outdoor sports
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can be enjoyed almost every day
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you
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the 300-mile coastline presents two
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distinct realms of exploration the Outer
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Banks comprised of maritime wilderness
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appealing strongly to the adventurous
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sportsman and to those who would leave
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the madding crowd behind rough trails
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lead to Honduras and Ocracoke graveyard
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of the Atlantic where many a brave ship
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has met disaster Coast Guardsmen
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stationed on this windswept bar have
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been awarded more congressional medals
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of Honor per capita than any other group
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the little fishing village of Hatteras
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looks peaceful indeed and it is peaceful
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no police no Sheriff and not even a jail
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but the fishing it's wonderful in
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contrast to the isolation of the Outer
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Banks are the easily accessible Beach
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Resort Sun and sound and the tumbling
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surf make these popular playgrounds
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there's fishing here too in the surf if
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you like
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or try your luck come appear
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but some sportsmen take to the open seas
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and they're in the indigo waters of the
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Gulf Stream await challenging amberjack
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fighting dolphin the vicious Barracuda
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zero sailfish bonito and the
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incomparable blue marlin the growing
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Legion of small craft sailormen find in
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North Carolina's sounds and rivers many
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hospitable waters for their graceful
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sport
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if you like a little more speed you
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might try this one on for size
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other practice of the wild burst though
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if you're wondering how to get off these
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things just what
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simple isn't it a still more speed here
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it is and plenty of it on one of North
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Carolina's many broad rivers
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just as we saw in the mountains there's
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plenty of scenery in other parts of
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North Carolina in fact the scenery along
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the beach is unusually pretty
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and with who's taking in all this
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scenery it's our friends again they've
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done what they set out to do and in one
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vacation they've had a glorious week in
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the mountains and another week of
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sunshine and fun on the seashore wonder
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how they liked it tell me have you
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enjoyed your Tar Heel vacation we sure
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have
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and we really met North Carolina I'm
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glad you did I knew you'd like it
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because for fun in winter summer spring
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or fall North Carolina has them all
00:31:05
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