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The Stokes Light
The Stokes Light, or sometimes referred to as The Pactolus Light, is in Pitt County between Greenville and Washington, North Carolina, in a crossroads town named Stokes, North Carolina. The way I first heard the story is that over a hundred years ago along a train track a railway worker was walking with his lantern on or…
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Prohibition
In order to talk about whiskey in the United States, you have to talk about the good and bad times. That’s right. Whiskey in America hasn’t always been a Happy Hour. In fact, there was a time when not only whiskey but all alcohol wasn’t even allowed on the menu of your favorite restaurant
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Bourbon With Heart
Bourbon with Heart is a new nonprofit that uses Kentucky’s world-renowned Bourbon industry to elevate the Bluegrass State’s art and culture scene.
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Rare Breed
The story of a southern breed that almost vanished, the Marsh Tacky, and the man who fought to save them.
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How I Came To Give Up On Writing- Remembering Dickey
I once fashioned myself as a writer. Launched an underground newspaper. Grew my hair long in a bohemian style. Published an article or two here and there, won a poetry contest, too. I had all the bases covered. All I needed was a touch of insanity and a round of alcoholism on the side to be the...
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“I’ll Have A Double!”: Holiday Party
Make your spirit festive with these recipes sure to please the palate and spread holiday cheer.
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Hidden Stories in Taxidermy: Cocaine Bear
A dead body in someone’s backyard in Tennessee, a plane crash in the North Carolina mountains, a dead bear in Georgia, Waylon Jennings’ house in Las Vegas, and millions of dollars of Colombian blow: Let’s connect the dots.
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The Gray Man: 200 Years Later
We are at the end of October, but we have over a month left in the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season. We have already had one major storm with hurricane Ian causing historic damage in Florida. Reports say Ian is the worst hurricane to hit Florida since the 1935 Labor Day hurricane slammed into the Keys with winds…
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Southern Spirits: Five Chilling Tales of the Old North State!
Come. Sit. Enjoy five spooky tales from where the land touches the sky to the Queen City. Each a place of rich history and chilling paranormal activity that you can visit this Halloween season.
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Spaghetti: The Scotland County Mummy
When People think of Mummies they think of Egypt or even Peru, but they certainly don’t think of a small town in Eastern North Carolina, but for sixty one years there was a mummy in the town of Laurinburg. In those years man took flight , the world went to war not once, but twice, the first boot prints were left on moon, the Korean conflict and the United States involvement in Vietnam began and ended along with a lot of other historical events and during all that time a small unknown Italian man stood silently in the corner of a funeral home watching it all, the Scotland County mummy…
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