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| North Carolina Facts |
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Mount Mitchell located in North Carolina in the Blue Ridge Mountains is the highest peak east of the Mississippi. It towers 6,684 feet above sea level. |
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North Carolina is the largest producer of sweet potatoes in the nation. Students at a Wilson County school petitioned the North Carolina General Assembly for the establishment of the sweet potato as the official state vegetable. |
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The town of Wendell, North Carolina town was named for the American writer, Oliver Wendell Holmes. |
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