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George Washington Vanderbilt II (1862–1914), billionaire who created the Biltmore Estate in the North Carolina mountains; it is the largest privately owned mansion in the Western Hemisphere and North Carolina's top tourist attraction (Asheville) Blake R. Van Leer (1893–1956), president of Georgia Tech, inventor and civil rights advocate ...
Pages in category "People from Black Mountain, North Carolina" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Susan C. Fisher, North Carolina House of Representatives; D. Bruce Goforth, North Carolina House of Representatives; V. Lamar Gudger, United States House of Representatives; Bill Hendon (1944–2018), author, POW/MIA activist, and two-term U.S. Congressman from North Carolina; Patricia Hollingsworth Holshouser (1939–2006), First Lady of North ...
Asheville. The mountainous western North Carolina city of Asheville is mentioned several times throughout the book. Kya’s dad, Pa, is from Asheville. His family owned a plantation there, but ...
Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney’s Real-Time Billionaire ranking. Tim Sweeney, founder of Epic Games in Cary, ranked No. 508 with a net worth of $4.7 billion in the April list.. His real-time net worth ...
The following people were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Kings Mountain, North Carolina. Pages in category "People from Kings Mountain, North Carolina" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
The mountains of North Carolina may be conveniently classed as four separate chains: The Great Smoky Mountains – also called the "Smokies". The Blue Ridge Mountains – North Carolina's largest mountain range, the Blue Ridge run across the state in a very tortuous course and often shoot out in spurs of great elevation over the surrounding ...
Oliver North. Another famous Pawleys Island resident is Oliver North.Although he is an author and TV political commentator, North is probably more well-known for his involvement in the Iran-Contra ...