The Outer Banks History Center in Manteo specializes in the history of the North Carolina coast, and provides reference services onsite and via telephone, mail, and e-mail.

For detailed information on housing specifically planned for older adults, including subsidized housing, we recommend that you first narrow your search to one or two areas of the state. Then contact the Area Agency on Aging for the county(ies) in which you are interested. The Area Agency on Aging can direct you to various local sources of information or send you a listing of types of housing in the area. You may also want to review our North Carolina Elder Housing Locator Service.

The Outer Banks History Center in Manteo specializes in maritime history and culture, and provides reference services onsite and via telephone, mail, and e-mail.

For broad questions such as this, try doing some searches first. If you want sheet music on a specific topic, see the browse page for lists of topics, or search the sheet music for a specific subject. (Sheet music on the Civil War may be found by searching for "civil war".

We currently have no plans to make another Civil War game, but are open to the possibility at some point in the future. The latest release in our "Great Battle Series" is Sid Meier's Civil War Collection. It's a compilation of Gettysburg, Antietam, and the new South Mountain scenarios all on one CD-Rom. People who already own Antietam can go here and download the South Mountain scenarios for free.

Interstate 73 and the 74 extension are specified in the ISTEA legislation. I-73 will go from Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, while the 74 extension will head east from its present Cincinnati, Ohio terminus to Portsmouth, Ohio and be mostly multiplexed with 73 south of there. A North Carolina portion south of Greensboro was already freeway, so they installed signs there. Some states are reluctant to build the new highway, specifically Ohio.

I wanted to escape New York but stay on the east coast. I wanted to go warmer rather than colder, and I was looking for a small, liberal arts school with a gorgeous campus and a Division III baseball program. Guilford had it all and happened to be in Greensboro.

Slavery as an institution can be understood in two ways. The ancient pagans understood it as the right of ownership of one person over another, as over a thing or an animal, the slave entirely belonging in every aspect to his master, without any recognition of his free will. This is illicit and immoral, for one person can never have the right of control over another's intellect and will, according to which he is made in the image and likeness of God.

The manufacture of fruit jars really didn't take off until after the civil war. Before the war, canning jars (many were actually large, heavy, bulky enamel lined cans) were expensive and difficult to use. Mason's patent was issued in 1858 but it wasn't until the Consolidated Fruit Jar Company began making jars after the war did the Mason jar really begin catching on.

AFTER. Just as the original Uncle Remus stories written by Joel Chandler Harris, Song of the South is set in a time period after the Civil War and the abolition of slavery. This is evident by the fact that in the movie Uncle Remus is able to freely leave the plantation. Walt Disney probably assumed that people already knew this fact and may have felt that stating the date was unnecessary.

This service is provided by a variety of organizations in each county. They may be private for profit, private non-profit and public agencies. Examples are home health and home care agencies, councils or departments of aging, departments of social services, and hospitals. They are frequently listed under "Home Health Services" in the Yellow Pages of your telephone book.

Relocating for retirement is a big step. Such a major move has the greatest potential for success when retirees move to an area with which they are already well-aquainted, and where family members or close friends can serve as a support network. It is important to have well-planned arrangements for housing, transportation, medical care, living costs, social needs, and finances before making a move.

Information about North Carolina's mineral production can be obtained from the annual state mineral chapter (.pdf format) published by the U.S. Geological Survey in collaboration with the North Carolina Geological Survey. Past production history for a number of years is also available in .pdf formt. A list of active and inactive permitted mines (MS Excel and tab delimited ASCII format) in North Carolina contains addresses and contact information. Mr. Arnold Tanner is the U.S.

The North Carolina Information Highway (NCIH) provides state government entities with a broadband network for high-speed data, voice, and video. It operates within the Department of Commerce and is managed by Information Technology Services (ITS). The information highway supports the vision that all people of North Carolina will have broadband access simultaneously and efficiently for teleconferencing, high-speed data, distance learning, and multimedia applications.

A list of the Textbook Commission members and a brief outline of the adoption process is located on this website.

There was only a very basic system to identify dead soldiers during the Civil War, mostly relying on identifications made by fellow soldiers. Because the soldiers had uniforms (blue for Yankees, grey for Confederates) and battles were usually conclusive, soldiers were identified by whatever uniform they were wearing and were usually assigned to their respective army. There were also truces to remove the dead, a practice that faded in the 20th century.

No, Crane was born in 1871, six years after the war ended. For more details, see the Queries 2004 page. You can find some help in the Student Queries section of this site. The questions and references there should help you with your paper. Also, you can search the bibliographies for secondary sources that would be relevant to your topic. Some individual bibliographies, such as the one on "The Blue Hotel," are also available.

Could you tell me how I can find a pattern for the lovely nightgowns of the Romantic/Victorian Era? I just adore them! Many thanks and I love your site! I wanted to ask you about Little House on the Prairie patterns. These are our favorite style - but I can't find anything that really looks like what Laura and Mary wore. One that I did find was a Butterick and it had a yoke. Most of the girls dresses did not have a yoke. I'd like to find a pattern for a dress that is wearable, as theirs were.

Strategically, Missouri shared a border with both Union and Confederate states and territories (Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Arkansas, the Indian Territory, Kentucky and Tennessee), and contained vital waterways (the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers), which were critical to both transportation and communication. In addition, the state was rich in resources, including agriculture products (hemp, mules, etc.), and raw materials such as iron and lead.