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west, at the all-year resort of
Tryon, Olympic Trials for the
U. S. Equestrian Team will be
held March 1917, with the Block
House Steeplechase set for April
ia.
Pinehurst's famous North South
Invitation Golf Championship for
Women will be held March 14-19,
followed by the North and South
Invitation Amateur Golf Champ
ionship on April 1928.
On Highway So near Ansonville,
North Carolina, is Gaddy's Goose
Refuge, winter home of some 10
to Is thousand wild Canada Geese.
At this unique privately operated
refuge, the big birds become tame
enough to permit visitors to feed
and photograph them. The refuge
is open daily and Sundays.
Also within a short drive of
Southern Pines and Pinehurst is
Jugtown Potteries, where visitors
see famous Jugtown Ware being
produced by centuries-old methods.
The pottery is in operation Mon
days through Fridays, and is also
open to visitors on Saturdays.
One of North Cardinals hand
soonest new highway projects, the
rebuilding of Highway 29-70 as a
free through-way, makes it pos
sible for motorists to drive this
main route for 118 miles without
encountering a traffic light, stop
sign or grade crossing. About half
of this section is dual-lane. Near
the route is Sedgefield, an all-year
resort offering golf and riding.
Thirty miles west of 29-70, at Win
ston-Salem, is the quaint Moravian
community of Old Salem, where a
museum and authenticity restored
homes and public buildings dating
back to the 18th Century are open
to visitors. Also at Winston-Salem
are the worlds largest cigarette
factories (R. ]. Reynolds & Com
pany) where free guided tours are
offered each weekday and each
weekday evening. Visitors can also
take free guided tours of the Lig-
gett & Myers Company cigarette
factories at Durham, and the
American Tobacco Company fac
tories at Reidsville.
Along U. S. II, the cities of
Edenton and New Bern are former
colonial capitals of North Carolina
and have special charm for visit
ors because of their beautiful
homes and public buildings dating
back to the 18th Century. At New
Bern, Tryon Palace, built in the
zoos as the residence of the
Colonial Governor, is being re-
stored as an historical shrine.
April is the month of garden
tours and flower festivals in North
Carolina. Wilmington will hold it's
big Azalea Festival April 5-8. At
Southern Pines, q garden tour is
scheduled for early April. MUIR
freesboro, near Highway IL in
Eastern North Carolina, will offer
a Pilgrimage of Murfreesboro and
Countryside April IA and Is. EARLY
April brings Duke Gardens, at
Durham, and Reynolds Gardens, in
Winston-Salem to the peak of their
spring bloom.
Year round, the capital city of
Raleigh on U. S. attracts many
out-of-state visitors, not only for
it's historical interest and signifi-
cant new buildings, but because
it offers such a wide selection of
new motor courts and good hotels.
Points of interest include the State
Capitol, Andrew johnson Birth
| place, Nuclear Reactor at State
College, and modernistic State
Fair Arena.
| Along all of North Cardinals
main highways, as well as in it's
cities and small towns, accom-
modations for the traveller have
been increased during the past
year. New motor courts are being
built, many of them with restau-
rants and swimming pools.
Bypasses already completed
make travel more convenient, and
new bypasses to take traffic
around congested areas are under
construction.
The North Carolina Travelbook
is available free on request from
the State Advertising Division, De-
partment of Conservation and De-
velopment, Raleigh.
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