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The long leaf pine is used to harvest pine tar, pitch and turpentine. Once abundant in ENC, the long leaf pine's habitat has moved south, in part due to a lack of knowledge of forest management.
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Local lore didn't agree on what the ship was used for. Was it dormitory for the WPA? A military ship converted to a barge? Or used a target practice during WWII?
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Invented by Richard Jordan Gatling of Murfreesboro, N.C., the Gatling gun is the earliest iteration of the modern machine gun.
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The Cowan Musuem is home to all sorts of nifty inventions, including a 7-in-1 kitchen tool. But, the museum's curators may need to reevaluate what the device actually is.
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The Confederate ironclad ship CSS Neuse was built to protect Goldsboro and deter Union troops from moving inland, but it hardly saw battle.
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The typewriter found aboard a sunken ship off the Outer Banks was wired to an Enigma, a machine used by Nazi Germany to cipher messages during WWII. Now, the typewriter is being painstakingly restored at the NC Maritime Museum after decades on the sea floor.
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Fred the horse was a part of the New Bern Fire Department for 17 years. The well-trained horse became known for its ability to navigate the city almost entirely on its own.
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After a Norwegian ship carrying bananas ran aground at Hatteras, residents there grew sick of eating them.
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When you think of surfing, you probably think of Hawaii or California, but surfing has been popular in North Carolina since before all those '60s beach films.
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Housed in a former federal courthouse and post office, the Imagination Station in downtown Wilson features some odd architectural choices — like a completely enclosed catwalk that only the postmaster could access.
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Rubber rattles are among the cargo lost on a voyage from New York to Texas.
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A century long rivalry between Union and Confederate affiliated volunteer fire departments.