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North Carolina

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12th State (November 21, 1789), the south U.S.

State Abbreviation: NC

Capital: Raleigh

Origin of name: In honor of Charles I of England.

Motto: "Esse Quam Videri" (To be rather than to seem)

Nickname: Tar Heel State, Old North State

North Carolina State Symbols

North Carolina: State Seal

Beverage: Milk

Bird: Cardinal

Blue Berry: Blueberry

Carnivorous Plant: Venus Flytrap

Colors: Red and Blue

Dog: Plott hound

Flower: Flowering Dogwood

Folk Art: Whirligigs created by Vollis Simpson

North Carolina State Symbols

Fossil: Megalodon Shark Teeth

Folk Dance: Clogging

Freshwater Fish: Southern Appalachian Brook Trout

Fruit: Scuppernong Grape

Historical Boat: Shad boat

Horse: Colonial Spanish Mustang

Insect: Honeybee

Mammal: Gray squirrel

Reptile: Eastern Box Turtle

Rock: Granite

Precious Stone: Emerald

Red Berry: Strawberry

Mineral: Gold

Saltwater Fish: Channel Bass

Shell: Scotch Bonnet

Song: The Old North State

Sport: Stock Car Racing

Tartan: Carolina Tartan

Tree: Pine

Vegetable: Sweet Potato

Wildflower: Carolina Lily

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Things to Know

United States Senators from North Carolina.

The Roanoke Colony was the first attempt by England to establish a colony in the Americas. The Roanoke Colony is referred to as the "Lost Colony" because the colonists disappeared and were never heard from or seen again.
The Lost Colony of Roanoke

Kitty Hawk
The first airplane flown by Orville and Wilbur Wright at Kitty Hawk, NC.

North Carolina agriculture. North Carolina ranks number one nationally in the production of tobacco, sweet potatoes, poultry, and eggs.

Lights of the Outer Banks

Whitewater Falls
The highest waterfall in the eastern U.S.

Mile High Swinging Bridge, Grandfather Mountain, NC.
The nation's highest suspension footbridge.

Major rivers: Neuse River, Roanoke River, Yadkin River

Famous North Carolinians

Andrew Jackson, 7th president of the United States

James Knox Polk, 11th president of the United States

Andrew Johnson, 17th president of the United States

Things to Do

Sites to See

Brown Mountain
Mysterious lights.

Connemara The home of Carl Sandburg, renowned poet and Pulitzer prize winner. Pictures of Connemara.

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