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The Nantahala Regional Library was founded May 1, 1937, when the Murphy Library Board entered into a contract with the Tennessee Valley Authority to provide library services at the construction site of Hiwassee Dam. The first regional librarian was hired at that time. The NRL started operation in the Carnegie library building in downtown Murphy ...
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 ...
The State Library of North Carolina is an institution which serves North Carolina libraries, state government employees, genealogists, and the citizens of North Carolina. . The library is the main depository for North Carolina state publications [1] and serves the needs of North Carolina government agencies and state government employees by providing access to information resources that are ...
Present-day Yadkin County was home to the Tutelo and Saponi Indian tribes. [3] European-descent settlers moved into the area around 1748. Though in the western Piedmont region of the state, the residents of the eventual county developed more economic, political, and cultural similarities with their contemporaries in the mountains to the west than to many of their peers in other sections of the ...
Central North Carolina, also known as the Piedmont, is a region of North Carolina. It is located between the Mountains to the west and the Coastal Plain to the east. It is the most populous region of the state, containing Charlotte, the state capital of Raleigh, and Greensboro. These cities form the Piedmont Crescent region, much of which ...
STEVENS POINT – Portage County Public Library announced Monday the hiring of Alexander Johnson as library director to replace Larry Oathout, who will retire effective Sept. 6. Oathout has served ...
Jacob S. Mauney Memorial Library and Teacher's Home, also known as the Mauney Memorial Library and Dr. Jacob George Van Buren Hord House, is a historic home and library located at Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina. It was built in 1923 as a private dwelling and donated to the city of Kings Mountain in 1947.
MADISON, Wis. — A 15-year-old girl who police say killed two people and wounded multiple others at a private Christian school in Wisconsin endured what appeared to be a tumultuous home life ...