Posted on November 21, 2016
North Carolina by the numbers:
1 of the 13 original colonies
1 of 10 states that have 2-word names (can you name the others? ...answers below)
1 of 2 states with a name that starts with “North”
12th to join the U.S. (on this date in 1789)
10th (out of 11) to secede from the U.S. during the Civil War
9 out of 50 in population
28 out of 50 in size (area)
Check out these beautiful sights in North Carolina:
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| Callasaja Falls |
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| Jockey's Ridge State Park |
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| I remember being mesmerized by the natural beauty of North Carolina... and then finding out that I was in the very spot where the movie "Last of the Mohicans" was filmed -- and I'd been mesmerized by the natural beauty of that movie's setting, too! Linville Falls, above, and Chimney Rock, below, were part of the region where the movie was filmed. |
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| Mile High Swinging Bridge - yikes! |
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| The "Road to Nowhere" -- not a magical place, but instead a place of broken promises! |
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| The rest of these photos are from the lovely Craggy Bottoms Trail... |
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| ...including a view of the Blue Ridge Mountains from the trail! |
ANSWERS:
States with 2-word names:
New Jersey
New York
New Hampshire
New Mexico
Rhode Island
North Carolina
South Carolina
North Dakota
South Dakota
West Virginia
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