Saturday, March 20, 2010

North Carolina Tidbits-- Part 1

From the Winter 2009 Food for Thought bulletin from the Mt. Olive Pickle Company in North Carolina.

Here are some North Carolina facts, some that I knew and others that I didn't.

KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS-- founded in Winston-Salem in 1936.

The BILTMORE-- in Asheville is America's largest home.

STATE MUSEUM OF ART-- NC was the first state to establish one.

BABE RUTH-- hit his first professional home run in Fayetteville in 1914.

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL-- oldest public university in US.

More to Come. --DaCoot

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