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Fraser fir [5] ("balsams" or "She balsams"). Forests of these trees appear black from a distance; however, these trees are declining due to the balsam woolly adelgid. [6] Red spruce [7] ("He balsams"). The red spruce is distinguished from the Fraser fir by having bark whose rosin cannot be milked (hence, "He balsams") and by having hanging cones.
North Carolina plantation were identified by name, beginning in the 17th century. The names of families or nearby rivers or other features were used. The names assisted the owners and local record keepers in keeping track of specific parcels of land. In the early 1900s, there were 328 plantations identified in North Carolina from extant records.
This list includes properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, North Carolina. Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view a Google map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below. [1]
This is a list of structures, sites, districts, and objects on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina: . As of May 1, 2015, there are more than 2,900 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in all 100 North Carolina counties, including 39 National Historic Landmarks, two National Historic Sites, one National Military Park, one National ...
Graveyard Fields is the name of a flat mountain valley in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina.It is located in the Great Balsam Mountains.The valley, itself over 5,000 feet in elevation, is surrounded by mountains exceeding 6,000 feet in elevation, such as Black Balsam Knob, Tennent Mountain, and Sam Knob.
Richland Balsam is a mountain in the Great Balsam Mountains in the U.S. state of North Carolina.Rising to an elevation of 6,410 feet (1,950 m), it is the highest mountain in the Great Balsam range, is among the 20 highest summits in the Appalachian range, and is the ninth highest peak in the Eastern United States. [3]
North of Winston-Salem on NC 65, SR 1611, 1628, and 1688; also roughly the area outside the original district west and north along Muddy Creek, south to Reynolda Rd., and east along Walker Rd. 36°10′51″N 80°20′16″W / 36.180833°N 80.337778°W / 36.180833; -80.337778 ( Bethania Historic