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4 unusual facts about Carolina


John A. Holm

Thanks to the study of creoles, he showed that because of its importance in Barbados, the white population is the starting point of most of the english creoles that are spoken by the Indian, white and black peoples in most parts of the Caribbean and Carolina.

Piedmont Natural Gas Company

It was reported that the company filed for reductions in its natural gas sales rates for customers in North Carolina and South Carolina.

As of December 23, 2013, the company served about one million residential, commercial, industrial, and power generation customers in of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, including wholesale customers served by municipalities.

Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc., headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, is a public energy services company that distributes natural gas in the United States.


A Def Needle in Tomorrow

A Def Needle In Tomorrow is the second full-length album from North Carolina's The Comas.

A Union in Wait

In 2009 he moved back to North Carolina where he is now working for the North Carolina General Assembly.

Adlai Stevenson I

John Turner Stevenson's grandfather, William was born in Roxburgh, Scotland then migrated to and from Ulster around 1748, settling first in Pennsylvania and then in North Carolina in the County of Iredell.

Alabama v. Georgia

In 1732, George II granted James Oglethorpe and other settlers a charter to all South Carolina Colony land west of the Savannah River.

Allan Weiner

The South Carolina operations were to be funded partially by controversial fundamentalist preacher Brother Stair, whose broadcasts would also be carried from the ship.

Bharath Sriraman

The Mathematics Enthusiast: Monograph Series in Mathematics Education, no.12, Information Age Publishing Charlotte, North Carolina

Blatt

Solomon Blatt, Jr., federal district judge in South Carolina and former trustee of the University of South Carolina

Bold Alligator

Bold Alligator 2012 was held ashore and afloat, in and off the coasts of Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida, and it culminated in three large-scale operations - an amphibious assault at Camp Lejeune; an aerial assault from the sea into Fort Pickett; and an amphibious raid on Joint Expeditionary Base East.

Bryan Grimes

On September 15, 1863, he married Charlotte Emily Bryan, and they eventually had ten children together, including John Bryan Grimes, who would become North Carolina's secretary of state.

Cherokee treaties

;Treaty with South Carolina, 1721 : Ceded land between the Santee, Saluda, and Edisto Rivers to the Province of South Carolina.

CSS Lady Davis

On May 19, Lady Davis began her career with distinction by capturing and taking into Beaufort, South Carolina the A. B. Thompson, a full-rigged ship of 980 tons and a crew of 23 out of Brunswick, Maine, whom she encountered off Savannah while on an expedition seeking the U.S. armed brig Perry.

Dan Radakovich

At South Carolina, he managed $33 million in facility improvements, including the Colonial Life Arena, now the home of USC's basketball teams as well as other sports.

Daniel Fowle

Daniel Gould Fowle (1831–1891), governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina, 1889–1891

East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine

East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine was recently granted accreditation by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association.

ENC

Eastern North Carolina, the eastern third, the coastal plains, of the state of North Carolina

Enterprise-Record

The Davie County Enterprise-Record, a weekly newspaper serving Davie County, North Carolina

Franklin J. Moses

Franklin J. Moses, Jr. (1838-1906), Governor of South Carolina from 1872 to 1874, son of the above

Golden LEAF Foundation

#The foundation recently approved spending $100 million for a new manufacturing plant at North Carolina's Global TransPark (GTP) to be built by Spirit AeroSystems that will eventually employ more than 1,000 people.

Herald Journal

Spartanburg Herald-Journal, daily newspaper in Spartanburg, South Carolina

Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit

These consortium members included the three commercial partners GE Corporate R&D, Kitware, Inc., and MathSoft (the company name is now Insightful); and the three academic partners University of North Carolina (UNC), University of Tennessee (UT), and University of Pennsylvania (UPenn).

James O'Hara

James E. O'Hara (1844–1905), U.S. Representative from North Carolina

Joel Adams

Joel's great grandson Warren Adams (1838-1884) was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Confederate States Army and was in command of the First South Carolina Infantry Regiment at Battery Wagner.

Justice Douglas

Robert M. Douglas, an Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court

Justin Catanoso

In 1992 his investigative reporting for the News & Record into fraud in the tobacco industry earned a Pulitzer Prize nomination, a Science in Society Journalism Award from the National Association of Science Writers, and Medical Writer of the Year in North Carolina.

Kerr Lake

The lake is named for Congressman John H. Kerr of North Carolina, who supported the original creation of the lake.

Maddie Hasson

Hasson grew up in Wilmington, North Carolina, where she attended Cape Fear Academy.

Marjory Heath Wentworth

Wentworth is a close friend of former South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford.

Metrolina

Metrolina Native American Association, a Native American community association in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Neonympha mitchellii

francisci (see main article), commonly called Saint Francis' satyr, is found in a single metapopulation in a 10x10 km area of Fort Bragg in North Carolina.

No direction home

No Direction Home, a 1983 album by North Carolina hard rock band Nantucket.

North Berwick Law

John Henry Devereux South Carolina architect who used whale jaw bones to adorn the largest mansion on Sullivan's Island

North Carolina Learning Object Repository

NCLOR participants include the 58 colleges from the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS), University of North Carolina (UNC ) System, North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities (36 private institutions), the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (DPI), and North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS).

North Carolina's 5th congressional district

North Carolina's 5th congressional district covers the northwestern corner of North Carolina from the Appalachian Mountains to the Piedmont Triad.

Ovens

Ovens Auditorium, an auditorium located in Charlotte, North Carolina where concerts and other entertainment events are held

Panthers Stadium

Bank of America Stadium, in Charlotte, North Carolina, home of the Carolina Panthers American football team.

Rice production in the United States

Between 1866 and 1880, the annual production of the three States averaged just under 41 million pounds, of which South Carolina produced more than 50 percent.

Robert Chapman

Robert Hett Chapman (1771–1833), president of the University of North Carolina

Seagrove, North Carolina

Seagrove is notable for its many potteries, and it is sometimes referred to as the "pottery capital of North Carolina", or pottery capital of the world.

South Carolina's 1st congressional district special election, 1971

The 1971 South Carolina 1st congressional district special election was held on April 27, 1971 to select a Representative for the 1st congressional district to serve out the remainder of the term for the 92nd Congress.

Swails

Stephen Atkins Swails (1832–1900), black Union Army officer and South Carolina politician

TD Ameritrade Park Omaha

Before the opening game of the CWS between Vanderbilt and North Carolina on Saturday, June 18, the ceremonial first pitch was delivered by former President George W. Bush.

WCDG

WKSA, a radio station (92.1 FM) licensed to serve Moyock, North Carolina, United States

WCNC

WCNC-TV, a television station (channel 36 analog/22 digital) licensed to Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

WCOS

WCOS-FM, a radio station (97.5 FM) licensed to Columbia, South Carolina, United States

Wesley Critz George

George's activities in I. Beverly Lake's unsuccessful campaign for North Carolina governor are reflected in documents dated 1958 - 1960.

Westchester Academy

Westchester Country Day School, formerly known as Westchester Academy, located in High Point, North Carolina, United States

William Drayton, Sr.

Tutored in South Carolina, he completed his education in the Middle Temple, in London, England in 1754.

WRSN

WKSL, a radio station (93.9 FM) licensed to serve Cary, North Carolina, United States, which held the call sign WRSN from 1996 to 2006

WSFM

WAZO, a radio station in Southport, North Carolina, United States formerly known as WSFM from 1988 to 2004

WUIN

WLTT, a radio station (1180 AM) licensed to Carolina Beach, North Carolina, United States, briefly known as WUIN in January 2011


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