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  NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: North Carolina   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
North Carolina is bordered by South Carolina on the south; Georgia on the southwest; Tennessee on the west; Virginia on the north; and the Atlantic Ocean on the east.
That the flag of North Carolina shall consist of a blue union, containing in the center thereof a white star with the letter N in gilt on the left and the letter C in gilt on the right of said star, the circle containing the same to be one-third the width of the union.
North Carolina was originally inhabited by various tribes of Indians, the three principal ones being the Tuscaroras in the east, the Catawbas in the centre, and the Cherokees in the west.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/North-Carolina   (1296 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: North Carolina
It is bounded on the north by Virginia, east and south-east by the Atlantic Ocean, south by South Carolina and Georgia, and west and north-west by Tennessee.
The climate is generally equable, and North Carolina produces nearly all the crops grown in the United States with the exception of sub-tropical cane and fruits.
This grant was enlarged in 1665 both as to territory and jurisdiction, and in 1669 the lords proprietors promulgated the "Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina", framed by John Locke, the philosopher, but they proved too theoretical for practical operation.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/11108a.htm   (3228 words)

  
 Welcome to the North Carolina Encyclopedia.
An overview of county demographic and economic data from the North Carolina Department of Commerce.
Explore North Carolina's topographical diversity from the Appalachian Mountains to the Outer Banks and the Atlantic coast.
A brief navigation through 400 years of North Carolina history from the original native inhabitants and Sir Walter Raleigh to the Wright Brothers and the twentieth century and all points in between.
statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us /nc/cover.htm   (507 words)

  
 North Carolina
It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N).
University of North Carolina - North Carolina, University of, main campus at Chapel Hill; state supported; coeducational;...
North Carolina's Touchstone Energy Cooperatives Award More Than 55 Kay Yow and Roy Williams Basketball Camp Scholarships to Deserving Students From Across the State.
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