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The 1987 movie Dirty Dancing starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey was filmed near Lake Lure (pop. 1,027) and in Giles County, Va.

first appeared: 4/6/2003

Only 75 feet tall, Ocracoke Lighthouse on Ocracoke Island (pop. 769) is the shortest lighthouse on the Outer Banks.

first appeared: 3/30/2003

Wild horses have roamed the island of Shackleford Banks since the 1500s.

first appeared: 3/23/2003

Billy Graham, the nation’s leading religious revivalist for more than 50 years, was born in 1918 near Charlotte.

first appeared: 3/16/2003

Sliding Rock makes a splash with swimmers as an all-natural 60-foot rock water slide in the Pisgah National Forest in Brevard (pop. 6,789).

first appeared: 3/9/2003

At 15, soccer star Mia Hamm from Chapel Hill (pop. 48,715) became the youngest player on the U.S. women’s national team. In 1999, she set a world record with 108 career goals scored in international competition.

first appeared: 3/2/2003

Glen Raven Mills in Glen Raven (pop. 2,750) created pantyhose in 1959.

first appeared: 2/23/2003

Will Rehder Florist in Wilmington is North Carolina’s oldest family-run florist shop. Henry and Johanna Rehder founded the business in 1872. Their descendant, Henry Rehder Jr., marks the shop’s fourth generation.

first appeared: 2/16/2003

North Carolina is divided into three geographical regions: the Coastal Plain, bordered by beaches and the Outer Banks; the Blue Ridge/Appalachian Mountains, featuring 200 mountains rising 5,000 feet or more; and the Piedmont Plateau, home to the state’s six largest cities.

first appeared: 2/9/2003

North Carolina has had two permanent capitals—first New Bern, now Raleigh. Three Capitols also have served the state, including New Bern’s Tryon Palace. Raleigh’s first Capitol burned in 1831, and the current Capitol has been standing since 1840.

first appeared: 2/2/2003

In 2001, the blueberry became the state’s official blue berry. North Carolina ranks fifth in the country for blueberry production. The strawberry is the state’s official red berry.

first appeared: 1/26/2003

The pine became the state’s official tree in 1963. It is the most common tree in North Carolina and has always been vital to its economy, from Colonial shipbuilding to today’s construction industry.

first appeared: 1/19/2003

In 2001, the strawberry became the state’s official red berry. Rightly so, since the fruit generated more than $17 million in revenues there in 2000.

first appeared: 1/12/2003

In 1965, the Scotch Bonnet became the state shell. The colorful shell is found in North Carolina waters at depths between 200 and 500 feet.

first appeared: 1/5/2003

Not only has North Carolina produced more gold than any other Southeastern state, it also is said to have been the site of the country’s first silver mine, which opened in 1833 near Lexington (pop. 19,953).

first appeared: 12/29/2002

U.S. Highway 64, opened in 1932, stretches 613 miles across the width of North Carolina. Travelers and residents say it exemplifies the essence of the state as it stretches from the sandy coast to the wooded mountains.

first appeared: 12/22/2002

The origin of the state’s nickname, the Tar Heel State, came about during the Colonial period, when the colony’s chief exports were pine tar, pitch, and turpentine.

first appeared: 12/15/2002

The battleship U.S.S. North Carolina was once considered the greatest sea weapon ever built by the United States. Her battle record included participation in every major engagement in the Pacific during World War II. Affectionately called “The Showboat” by Navy men, her memorial site is in Wilmington.

first appeared: 12/8/2002

The tallest dam east of the Rockies is located near Bryson City (pop. 1,411). Fontana Dam is 480 feet tall and backs water for 30 miles.

first appeared: 12/1/2002

Many historians believe North Carolina was first to declare independence from England with the Mecklenburg Declaration of 1775, which dissolved the colony’s ties to the British Crown—a year before the Declaration of Independence.

first appeared: 11/24/2002

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