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Fort Bragg was named after General Braxton Bragg, a key figure in the Seminole and Civil Wars. He was born in Warren County in 1817.

first appeared: 2/10/2002

The International Whistlers Convention, held annually in Louisburg (pop. 3,111), brings together whistlers for contests and workshops. Prizes go to the loudest, oldest, and youngest whistlers in categories including classical, contemporary, and novelty music.

first appeared: 2/3/2002

Mecklenburg County, formed in 1762, was named in honor of Princess Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the queen to England’s King George III. The city of Charlotte also was named for her.

first appeared: 1/27/2002

Founded in 1850, High Point was so named because it was at the highest point along North Carolina Railroad.

first appeared: 1/20/2002

The Old Mill of Guilford in Oak Ridge (pop. 950) has produced all-natural corn meal for more than 200 years.

first appeared: 1/13/2002

Sportscaster Howard Cosell was born Howard William Cohen in Winston-Salem in 1918. He was an original member of the Monday Night Football cast.

first appeared: 1/6/2002

The Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest is named for World War I soldier and poet Alfred Joyce Kilmer, author of Trees. It is part of the Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness in Graham County.

first appeared: 12/30/2001

Constructed in 1734, St. Thomas Church in Bath (pop. 652) is the oldest existing church in the state.

first appeared: 12/23/2001

In the late 1950s, the state Legislature established a fund of $1 million to create the North Carolina Museum of Art, the first state art museum in the country.

first appeared: 12/16/2001

The Country Doctor Museum in Bailey (pop. 670) is dedicated to the family doctors of the 1800s. It preserves the era’s medical instruments and equipment.

first appeared: 12/9/2001

In the late 1940s, Francis Rogallo of Kitty Hawk (pop. 2,991) created delta wings—two sails joined along a central pole—which led to the design of hang gliders.

first appeared: 12/2/2001

Salvo in Dare County is home to a post office measuring 8 feet by 12 feet. A casualty of fire in 1992, residents restored the red and white building and placed it beside Highway 12 for passersby to see.

first appeared: 11/25/2001

Hiddenite (pop. 800) is named for a rare green gem. W.E. Hidden discovered the gemstone in 1879 in Alexander County, the only area where Hiddenite has been found in North America.

first appeared: 11/18/2001

Wilmington native George Lemon, better known as Meadowlark Lemon, played with the Harlem Globetrotters for 24 seasons. He is the self-proclaimed “Clown Prince of Basketball.”

first appeared: 11/11/2001

In 1661, George Durant purchased land from Chief Kilcocanen of the Yeopim Indians. This first recorded land grant in North Carolina became Perquimans County.

first appeared: 11/4/2001

Gaylord Perry of Williamston (pop. 5,843) was the first pitcher to win the Cy Young award in both the National and American Leagues (1972, Cleveland Indians; 1978, San Diego Padres.) His brother, Jim Perry, won in 1970, making them the only brothers to receive it.

first appeared: 10/28/2001

At 208 feet, the 1870 Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in Dare County is the tallest brick lighthouse in the United States and the second-tallest brick light tower in the world.

first appeared: 10/21/2001

At 5,505 feet, Beech Mountain in Watauga County (pop. 36,952) lays claim to being the highest incorporated community east of the Rockies.

first appeared: 10/14/2001

Jockey’s Ridge State Park in Nags Head (pop. 2,700) has the highest sand dunes on the East Coast, at more than 100 feet high.

first appeared: 10/7/2001

Lake Mattamuskeet, on the Albemarle-Pamlico peninsula in Hyde County, is the largest natural lake in North Carolina. Averaging only 2 feet in depth, it spreads over about 50,000 acres.

first appeared: 9/30/2001

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