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| North Carolina Facts |
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The Swiss and German settlement of New Bern, North Carolina was named in honor of the founder's home, Bern, Switzerland. When Bern, Switzerland was founded, it was named by a group of hunters. They named the city for the first animal they came upon on the |
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In 1903 the Wright Brothers made the first successful powered flight by man at Kill Devil Hill near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The Wright Memorial at Kitty Hawks now commemorates their achievement. |
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Located in northeastern North Carolina on the Albemarle-Pamlico peninsula, Columbia is on the eastern shore of the Scuppernong River. The Indians called the area "the place of the sweet bay tree." |
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