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Aiken, Clay
by Horton, Emily S. Clay Aiken 1978- by Emily Horton, 2012; Kelly Agan, 2014, 2015. NC Government & Heritage Library Related Entries: Fantasia Barrino; Kellie Pickler; Chris Daughtry; Bucky Covington; [...] (from NCpedia.)
Amos, Tori
by Franke, Matthew. Tori Amos is a singer, songwriter, pianist, and producer best known for her confessional lyrics and piano-based alternative rock music style. She was born Myra Ellen Amos on August 22, 1963 in [...] (from NCpedia.)
Barrino, Fantasia
by Horton, Emily S. Fantasia Barrino June 30, 1984- by Emily Horton NC Government & Heritage Library, 2016. Related Entries: Clay Aiken; Kellie Pickler; Chris Daughtry; Bucky Covington; Scotty McCreery; [...] (from NCpedia.)
Beards
by Jones, H. G. Beards of two North Carolinians attracted worldwide attention during their lifetimes. Sam G. Brinkley (1850-1929), a schoolteacher at Magnetic Hill (renamed Buladean) in Mitchell County, had facial [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)
Chautauqua
by Powell, William S. Chautauqua was an adult educational program established in 1874 by leaders of the Methodist Episcopal church on the shores of Lake Chautauqua, N.Y. From this base, programs spread to many parts of [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)
Covington, Bucky
by Horton, Emily S. Bucky Covington 1977- by Emily Horton NC Government & Heritage Library, 2012. Related Entries: Clay Aiken; Fantasia Barrino; Kellie Pickler; Chris Daughtry; Scotty McCreery; Anoop [...] (from NCpedia.)
Dare Stones
by Childs, T. Mike, Agan, Kelly. The Dare Stones By T. Mike Childs (2013) and Kelly Agan (2019), Government & Heritage Library Listen to this entry Download MP3 audio The Dare [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Daughtry, Chris
by Horton, Emily S. Chris Daughtry 1979- by Emily Horton NC Government & Heritage Library, 2012. Related Entries: Clay Aiken; Fantasia Barrino; Kellie Pickler; Bucky Covington; Scotty McCreery; Anoop [...] (from NCpedia.)
Desai, Anoop
by Horton, Emily S. Desai, Anoop 1986- by Emily Horton NC Government & Heritage Library, 2012. Related Entries: Clay Aiken; Fantasia Barrino; Kellie Pickler; Chris Daughtry; Bucky Covington; Scotty [...] (from NCpedia.)
Donner, George and Jacob
by Powell, William S. George and Jacob Donner, western immigrants for whom the Donner Pass in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California was named, were born in Rowan County, probably in the part that is now southern [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)
Donner, Tamsen Eustis
by Hardy, Martha Nell. Tamsen Eustis Donner, western immigrant, was born in Newburyport, Mass., the daughter of William and Tamsen Eustis, respected and well-to-do members of that community. Young Tamsen was encouraged to [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)
Flack, Roberta
by Franke, Matthew. Roberta Flack is a Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, and pianist renowned for her smooth, "velvety" voice. Born in Black Mountain in Buncombe County on February 10, 1937, she was one of four [...] (from NCpedia.)
Gibbons, Kaye
by Childs, T. Mike. Gibbons was born Bertha Kaye Batts in Nash county, N.C. on May 5, 1960. She had a poor and troubled childhood from which she has drawn liberally to create her novels. She grew up in a tin-roofed [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Heidi the Cross-Eyed Opossum
by Childs, T. Mike. Heidi the Cross-Eyed Opossum By T. Mike Childs NC Government & Heritage Library, 2013. 2008–September 28, 2011 See also: Slow Poke the Possum, Opossums Heidi the Cross-Eyed Opossum [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Is the 'Outer Banks' Series Fact or Fiction, Geographically Speaking?
by Holloman, Mollee. Is the Outer Banks Series Fact or Fiction? Geographically Speaking ... By Mollee Holloman, 2021 See also: Is the Outer Banks Series Fact or Fiction, [...] (from NC Office of Archives and History.)
Is the Outer Banks Series Fact or Fiction, Culturally Speaking?
by Holloman, Mollee. Is the Outer Banks Series Fact or Fiction? Culturally Speaking ...  By Mollee Holloman, 2021 See also: Is the Outer Banks Series Fact or Fiction, Historically [...] (from NC Office of Archives and History.)
Is the Outer Banks Series Fact or Fiction, Historically Speaking?
by Holloman, Mollee. Is the Outer Banks Series Fact or Fiction? Historically Speaking ... By Mollee Holloman, 2021 See also: Is the Outer Banks Series Fact or Fiction, Geographically Speaking?,and Is the Outer [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
J. Cole
by Eckard, Max. Jermain Lamar Cole, better known by his stage name, J. Cole, is a Grammy-nominated rapper, singer and producer from Fayetteville, NC. In 2009, he became the first artist to be signed to Jay-Z's Roc [...] (from NCpedia.)
Jovian
by Smith, Chris T. Jovian was a Coquerel’s sifaka (a species of lemur) chosen to star in the title role of the popular PBS children's television series Zoboomafoo, which began airing in 1999. Jovian was born April 10, [...] (from NCpedia.)
McCreery, Scotty
by Horton, Emily S. Scotty McCreery 1993- by Emily Horton NC Government & Heritage Library, 2012. Related Entries: Clay Aiken; Fantasia Barrino; Kellie Pickler; Chris Daughtry; Bucky Covington; Anoop [...] (from NCpedia.)
McKoy, Millie-Christine
by Umfleet, LeRae. Millie-Christine McKoy by LeRae Umfleet, 2010 Research Branch, NC Office of Archives and [...] (from Research Branch, NC Office of Archives and History.)
Mooning
by Powell, William S. Mooning means to expose the bare buttocks as a challenge or a taunt. Although it was undoubtedly used previously in some settings, the word first came to national attention after it appeared in a [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)
Murrow, Edward Roscoe
by Powell, William S. Edward Roscoe Murrow, news broadcaster and government official, originally named Egbert, was born near Centre Quaker Meetinghouse in Guilford County on Polecat Creek, the youngest of three sons of [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)
Pickler, Kellie
by Horton, Emily S. Kellie Pickler 1986- by Emily Horton NC Government & Heritage Library, 2013. Related Entries: Clay Aiken; Fantasia Barrino; Chris Daughtry; Bucky Covington; Scotty McCreery; Anoop [...] (from NCpedia.)
Possum Drop: New Year's Eve, Brasstown, North Carolina
by Agan, Kelly. The local human inhabitants call Clay County's Brasstown the “Opossum Capital of the World.” While this claim may be difficult to prove, the town has become known internationally from news [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
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