North Carolina

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R stands for Reed Gold Mine. Reed Gold Mine is the first written-documented-gold find found in Charlotte of NC. In 1803 a slave found a piece of gold weighing 28lbs (pounds) that was worth more than sixty-six hundred dollars. Reed Gold Mine existed back then during the gold rush and was visited by people during the gold rush. In 1848 during the gold rush Reed Gold Mine caved in so a few years later it was restored and rebuilt.


http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/Sections/hs/reed/reed.htm

R stands for Raleigh.

http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/Sections/HS/capitol/default.htm It is a part of N.C. because it is N.C. state capitol. It is where N.C. laws are passed. It is located in Wake county of N.C. and it is located in the Piedmont region. It is named after Sir Walter Raleigh. It was founded in 1792 as the N.C. State Capitol. It is also where the state fair is held.
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T is for Tryon Palace. It was the colonial capitol of North Carolina and it was built in New Bern North Carolina in 1767. William Tryon had it built on the Trent River. It was used for delegates to gather and meet in 1777. President George Washington stayed for a short visit. Now, Tryon Palace is a museum for all people. (W-TH)
(image from: http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/nc/ncsites/tryoncol.gif)

T stands for Transportation museum

image from: http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/Sections/HS/spencer/roundhouse.htm
The Transportation Museum is located in Spencer NC. It is located where the Southern Railway had its steam locomotive repair center. This is located in the Piedmont region of North Carolina. At the Transportation museum is the round house. It was built in 1924. There are 25 locomotives and rail cars, shop areas where men still work on locomotives, videos,observation areas, and other exhibits. (W-MM)

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V is for VIRGINA DARE – More than 400 years ago, a woman named Eleanor Dare, and a man named Ananias Dare had a baby. Her name was Virginia Dare. She was born August 18, 1587. She was important to N.C because she was a part of Roanoke Island which is now called The Lost Colony and she was the first English child born in America. She lived in a short lived colony in Roanoke Island . Virginia Dare disappeared with the rest of the colony when her grandfather, John White, returned to England. When he came back 3 years later, the colonists were gone. No one knows what happened to them. (W-D)

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image from: http://www.nps.gov/wrbr/ W stands for the Wright Brothers. They went to the Outer Banks of North Carolina and flew the first motor powered airplane. The marker in Dare County marks where the Wright Brothers flew their motor powered air plane. It all started when their father brought home a toy. He brought home a toy helicopter. They broke it by accident….. but they fixed it (on purpose). So they decided that they wanted to learn more about planes. And on December 17th of 1903 they flew the airplane that they built. They tried four times. On the 4th time they had success. And they have a complete replica of the modern motor powered airplane in an air space museum in Washington, D.C. Then they went back to Dayton where they had actually developed a practical airplane through testing at Huffman Prairie through 1904-05. (SCN)

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Z stands for Zebulon Baird Vance.

image from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Zebulon_Baird_Vance_-_Brady-Handy.jpg
Zebulon Baird Vance was born in the North Carolina mountain region in Buncombe County. He took office in September of 1862. Zebulon was governor from 1862-1865. He also was governor during the civil war. They re-elected him in 1864. General Longstreet received 12,000 uniforms from him. In his honor the town of Zebulon was created. (TT)

Z is for Zebulon B. Vance

Vance was born on May 13, 1830 in Weaverville, N.C. Weaverville is in Buncombe County in the mountains of North Carolina. He was a lawyer, congressman, senator, and the governor of North Carolina three times. He was also a civil war officer and spent time in prison. He died in Washington, DC on April 14, 1894. His funeral was in the Chamber of the United States Senate and he is buried in Asheville, NC. (W-MM)