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North Carolina

Tarheel State

North Carolina is home to some of the most beautiful beaches on the eastern seaboard as well as the best golf courses. With over 1500 lakes larger than 10 acres each and over 37,000 miles of fresh water streams, recreational activities abound with water sports such as kayaking, canoeing, swimming and fishing leading the way. North Carolina attracts vacationers by the thousands and other sports include year-round golfing and skiing at mountain resorts. Both fresh and salt water fishing and hunting are just two more recreational activities that appeal to residents and visitors alike making tourism an important part of the economy with visitors spending more than $1 billion annually.

North Carolina leads the nation in furniture, tobacco, brick and textile production. Metalworking, chemicals and the production of paper are also important industries. The major agricultural products are tobacco, corn, cotton, hay, peanuts and vegetable crops. The state is the country's leading producer of mica and lithium.

Among the major attractions to be seen are the Great Smoky Mountains, the Blue Ridge National Parkway, the Cape Hatteras and Cape Lookout National Seashores, the Wright Brothers National Memorial at Kitty Hawk, Carl Sandburg's home near Hendersonville and the Old Salem Restoration in Winston-Salem.

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Quick Facts

Population: 8,683,242
Land in Area: 48,711
Per Capita Personal Income: $33,636 as of 2007
Capital: Raliegh


Professional Sports Teams


Football: Carolina Panthers

Basketball (WNBA): Charlotte Sting

Hockey: Carolina Hurricanes
That North Carolina was once commonly known as the Old North State, because of its position and history? North Carolina has some beautiful mountain country which led it to also be known as the Land of the Sky. But the modern day nickname of the Tarheel State goes back to the mid 19th century. North Carolinians were known as "tarboilers" as early as 1845, also as "Tar Heels". Why they were so called is not really known - one suggestion is that a brigade of North Carolinians failed to hold a position during the war in 1869, and Mississippians blamed the fact that they had failed to tar their heels that morning. By 1844, the state was being called the Tar and Turpentine State, and by 1859 just Turpentine State. The Wright Brothers launched their first flight in North Carolina, and this has led to First In Flight, a nickname or motto which now appears on car license plates, along with First in Freedom.

That Pepsi was invented and first served in New Bern, North Carolina in 1898?

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