scholarly journals Lagniappe: Country Music in North Carolina: Pickin' in the Old North State

2009 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 103
Author(s):  
Gary R. Boye
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Native Americans ◽  
Instrumental Music ◽  
Country Music ◽  
American Music ◽  
Textile Mill ◽  
The West ◽  
Outer Banks ◽  
Southern States ◽  
Moravian Church

While all Southern states share historical connections in culture and geography, North Carolina is in many ways unique. From the Outer Banks to the industrial Piedmont to the High Country of the west, the state has a unique mix of regions and cultures. Music figures prominently in North Carolina, and its musicians reflect the diversity of the geography. The state’s earliest musicians were the Native Americans, especially the Cherokee, whose music has been recorded and studied in some detail. European-American music has flourishedsince colonial days: in Salem, the Moravian church has sponsored the development of sacred choral and instrumental music for over 200 years. In the early twentieth century a distinct African American blues style originated from the textile mill and tobacco towns of the Piedmont region.

scholarly journals Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) Off the North Carolina Coast 1709–2011

2012 ◽  
Vol 128 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-43
Author(s):  
John Hairr
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Killer Whale ◽  
Popular Literature ◽  
Historical Record ◽  
Orcinus Orca ◽  
Killer Whales ◽  
The West ◽  
Outer Banks ◽  
The North ◽  
North Carolina Coast

Abstract Killer whales, Orcinus orca, were first reported off North Carolina by naturalist John Lawson in 1709, and during the 20th century were documented from North Carolina eight times in the scientific and popular literature. The most recent confirmed sighting of killer whales off North Carolina was in the spring of 2011. There have been no reports of killer whale deaths from North Carolina. There has been only one killer whale stranded along the North Carolina coast, with the animal being alive when it was returned to the sea. All sightings have been in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, none on the west side of the Outer Banks in the waters of Pamlico or Currituck sounds. Only three confirmed reports are from nearshore waters, while the rest were spotted more than 20 km offshore. Orcas are most frequently reported from the waters off the Outer Banks from Cape Lookout north to the Virginia border. A 200 yr gap exists in the historical record of killer whales from North Carolina.

scholarly journals Nineteeth Century Oil Exploration in North Carolina

2011 ◽  
Vol 127 (4) ◽  
pp. 264-274
Author(s):  
JOHN HAIRR
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Early Period ◽  
Mineral Resources ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
The West ◽  
Outer Banks ◽  
Rock Formations ◽  
North Carolinians ◽  
Nineteeth Century ◽  
Piedmont Region

Abstract North Carolina has an abundance of mineral resources. Gold, uranium, copper and coal have been found and successfully extracted at one time or another, as have precious stones such as rubies, emeralds and sapphires. One very valuable natural resource has eluded North Carolinians—petroleum. Despite millions of dollars invested in searching for this valuable resource from the shadow of the Blue Ridge in the west to the abyssal depths of the Manteo Exploration Unit off the Outer Banks to the east, no one has yet discovered a commercially viable oil field in the rock formations underlying the Old North State. I attempt to correct many of the misconceptions that prevail concerning the early attempts to discover oil in North Carolina by discussing early efforts to locate oil here, and examine what was learned at a relatively early period about the potential for extracting petroleum from the Triassic Age rock formations of the Piedmont region of the state.

Kirk Hazen. Identity and ethnicity in the rural South: A sociolinguistic view through past and present Be. Durham, NC: Duke University Press for the American Dialect Society, 2000. Pp. xii, 178. Pb $20.00.

2003 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 442-445
Author(s):  
Brian José
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Native Americans ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Sociolinguistic Variation ◽  
Vernacular English ◽  
Duke University ◽  
Warren County ◽  
Linguistic Behavior ◽  
The University

This book is the revised version of Hazen's 1997 Ph.D. dissertation at the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill). In it, Hazen investigates the linguistic behavior of three ethnic groups in Warren County, North Carolina, both individually and collectively, with respect to copula absence and leveling of past be, with the aim of ascertaining the linguistic boundaries that delineate the ethnic groups. These ethnic groups are African Americans (comprising 57% of the overall population in the 1990 Census), European Americans (38%), and Native Americans (4%). In addition to ethnicity, Hazen considers the influence of age, sex, and cultural identity. He situates his data and findings in the broader sociolinguistic context by discussing, for example, the contributions that they make to the origins debate and the divergence/convergence debate surrounding African American Vernacular English (AAVE). Perhaps the two most significant contributions of the study, however, are the discussion of wont as an innovative variant descended from wasn't, a past-tense corollary of present tense ain't (cf. Hazen 1998), and the discussion of the influence of cultural identity on sociolinguistic variation (cf. Hazen 2002).

Economic Impact of Investments in Bicycle Facilities

2005 ◽  
Vol 1939 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Paul Meletiou ◽  
Judson J. Lawrie ◽  
Thomas J. Cook ◽  
Sarah W. O'Brien ◽  
John Guenther
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Economic Impact ◽  
Impact Analysis ◽  
Public Investment ◽  
Outer Banks ◽  
North Carolina Department ◽  
Economic Impact Analysis ◽  
The North ◽  
Spending Patterns ◽  
The One

The northern Outer Banks coastal area in North Carolina is well suited to drawing bicycle tourism because of its geography, climate, and attractions. In 2003, the North Carolina Department of Transportation commissioned a study to examine the value of public investment in bicycle facilities that have been constructed in this area over the past 10 years at a cost of approximately $6.7 million. A particular challenge in conducting this study was that tourists visited the Outer Banks for a variety of reasons, not just for cycling. Thus, the collection of information on the amount and nature of bicycling activity and on the spending patterns of bicyclists in the area was critical for the development of an economic impact analysis. Researchers surveyed cyclists using the bicycle facilities (shared-use paths and wide paved shoulders) and obtained data from self-administered surveys of tourists at visitor centers during the primary tourist season. The data collected were then used to determine the economic impact of bicycling visitors to the area. Seventeen percent of tourists to the area reported that they bicycled while there; this translates to 680,000 people annually. The economic impact of bicycling visitors is significant: a conservative annual estimate is $60 million, with 1,407 jobs created or supported per year. This is almost nine times greater than the one-time expenditure required to construct the facilities. Continued investment in bicycle facilities is expected to increase this favorable economic impact and is therefore recommended.

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