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Map of North Carolina
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The story of North Carolina
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His flag depicted a skeleton stabbing a heart with its spear and toasting the Devil with a glass in the other hand. It showed the danger that Blackbeard brought and his alliance with the Devil. This was another technique used to instill fear into his enemies and to let them know just who was attacking them.
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“It arrived in 1821 and was installed in the statehouse, which was remodeled to provide a fitting showcase for the work. It occupied that place of honor until June 1831, when the statehouse burned, severely damaging the statue.”
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On April 19, 1775, Massachusetts militiamen clashed with British regulars at Lexington Green. Until that point, North Carolinians had maintained a strained yet loyal allegiance to the mother country.
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“From secession on May 20, 1861, till April 26, 1865, … with the surrender at Bennett Place, North Carolina played a pivotal role in the Civil War.”
More from the North Carolina Division of State Historic Sites and Properties
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What Happened in 1889
according to the North Carolina Museum of History
The state’s first electric streetcars begin operating in Asheville.
Leonidas Polk is elected leader of the national Farmer’s Alliance. The organization is powerful enough that the Democratic Party seeks its support by endorsing issues favored by the Alliance.
The Eastern Band of Cherokee is incorporated under North Carolina law.
Western Carolina University is founded as a semipublic school. It is chartered as Cullowhee High School in 1891, to serve the Cullowhee community and boarding students from neighboring counties and other states. In 1893 the first state appropriation of $1,500 establishes a normal department.
1890 North Carolina Census Data
Total 1,617,949
Free white persons 1,055,382
Black 561,018
Indian 1,516
Chinese 32
Japanese 1
Other races not available
James B. Duke incorporates the American Tobacco Company from five smaller firms. W. Duke, Sons and Company manufactures half of the cigarettes consumed in the United States.
Because of overproduction, cotton prices drop to an all-time low of 5¢ per pound, down from 25¢ per pound in 1868. Agricultural depression ruins many North Carolina farmers, forcing them into bankruptcy.
Sergeant William McBryar of the 10th United States Cavalry becomes the first African American from North Carolina to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
October: Congress creates the United States Weather Bureau as a part of the Department of Agriculture.
Check out this wonderful resource from the North Carolina Museum of History
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EARLIEST DAYS; Takeoff! How the Wright Brothers Did What No One Else Could
Who’s first in flight? This time, Ohio and NC are on the same side. Sort of.
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The women suffrage movement in North Carolina began in 1894 with the formation of the North Carolina Equal Suffrage Association in Asheville.
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Pepsi is a carbonated soft drink manufactured by PepsiCo. Originally created and developed in 1893 by Caleb Bradham and introduced as Brad's Drink, it was renamed as Pepsi-Cola in 1898, and then shortened to Pepsi in 1961.
In 2022, it was the second most valuable soft drink brand worldwide, behind Coca-Cola…
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According to E. Merton Coulter in The South During Reconstruction (1947), the red shirt was adopted in Mississippi in 1875 by "southern brigadiers" of the Democratic Party who were opposed to black Republicans.
The Red Shirts disrupted Republican rallies, intimidated or assassinated black leaders, and discouraged and suppressed black voting at the polls.
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Signs of the Times is an exhibition about the history of protest in North Carolina—about the people who protest, the wide array of issues they debate, and the way they shape society. The artifacts and images illustrate how protests occur over time, the many forms and expressions they take, and the lasting legacies of these movements.
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an American photographer.
She named Pepsi Cola and created its iconic logo for her neighbor Caleb Bradham, who invented the iconic drink.
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A secret game held in 1944 between a white team from Duke University and a black team from North Carolina Central University was one of the first integrated sports events in the South.