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Website. www.appstate.edu. Appalachian State University (/ ˌæpəˈlætʃən /; [ a ] (App State) is a public university in Boone, North Carolina. It was founded as a teachers' college in 1899 by brothers B. B. and D. D. Dougherty and the latter's wife, Lillie Shull Dougherty.
Children's book writer [154] Peter Sichel: M: September 12, 1922: 102 years, 34 days: German-American: Wine merchant and secret services operative [155] John S. Foster Jr. M: September 18, 1922: 102 years, 28 days: American: Physicist [156] William Leuchtenburg: M: September 28, 1922: 102 years, 18 days: American: Historian [157] Jacques Borker ...
Walkertown was named for Robert Walker who was living at the site by 1771. [9] Walker left the area to relocate in the West, but his home remained standing through the mid-20th century. [10] The town was incorporated in 1984. [11] The old-time musician Riley Baugus, a notable inhabitant of Walkertown
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Adelina Domingues (February 19, 1888 – August 21, 2002) was a Cape Verdean American supercentenarian who was the world's oldest person from the death of 114-year-old British-American woman Grace Clawson on May 28, 2002, to her own death less than three months later. [ 42 ] Domingues was born in Cape Verde.
Tobacco Factory. The Tobacco Factory is the last remaining part of the old W. D. & H. O. Wills tobacco factory site on Raleigh Road, Southville, Bristol. It was saved from demolition by the architect and former mayor of the city George Ferguson and through his vision has become a model of urban regeneration. It is now a multi-use building which ...
Built in 1793, the Carson House is one of the oldest standing structures in Marion, along with the nearby Joseph McDowell House. Large walnut logs were harvested from nearby Buck Creek to construct the massive three-story plantation house. Between 1804 and 1827, the area now known as McDowell County was a large producer of gold, and people from ...
Nick Walker (born 1969) [1] is a British graffiti artist originating from Bristol, England. His paintings often feature a bowler-hatted gentleman 'vandal'. [2] He is credited with being part of the stencil graffiti movement that Robert Del Naja started in the 1980s, which was also an influence on Banksy. Walker recreated the graffiti'd streets ...