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North Carolina Firsts & Superlatives
- The University of North Carolina at-Chapel Hill was the FIRST public university in the nation.
- Babe Ruth hit his FIRST professional home run in Fayetteville in March 1914.
- The FIRST English child born in America, Virginia Dare, was born in
Roanoke in 1587.
- Cabarrus County was the site of America's FIRST gold rush.
- The FIRST state art museum in the country is located in Raleigh.
- The FIRST Pepsi was created and served in New Bern in 1898.
- NC has MORE paved roads than any other state--a total of 78,000 miles.
- The Biltmore Estate in Asheville is the LARGEST private house in the world with 250 rooms.
- Grandfather Mountain is home to the HIGHEST swinging bridge--one mile high.
- Mount Mitchell is the TALLEST mountain in the eastern US.
- The LOWEST point in Wake County is 160 feet above sea level.
- Rex Healthcare in Raleigh and Glaxo Wellcome in RTP have been named among the BEST places to work by Working Mother magazine.
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