nc history

up from the Caribean

500

The taino the native americans wgo lived in the carebean some 500 years ago called them hurakns the spanish who first met the taino placed an accent on the term and added it to thoier lanugyage

nc lands region

Nov 13, 1540

Hernando de soto who in 1540 became the first eourpean to set but
in the region the spanish explorer named the mountains after the appalachi a group of native americans on the coast of florida.

north carolinas land regions

Dec 5, 1908

The writter willams least heat moon included in his book blue highways an interview with a north carolininian who lived along the outer banks.