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[gentle orchestral fanfare]

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♪

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[resonant strings 
lead building orchestration]

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♪

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(male narrator) 
Welcome to "Our State,"

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a production of UNC-TV

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in association 
with "Our State" magazine--

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for over 70 years,

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bringing the wonders 
of North Carolina

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to readers across the state.

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On this edition,

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Bland Simpson takes us

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down the Intracoastal Waterway,

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from Money Island

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to Sunset Beach...

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real cowboys

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in the real cowboy town

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of Love Valley...

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and the charming creations

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of the Doll Lady.

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[gentle piano melody]

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(male announcer) 
From Manteo to Murphy

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and all the small towns 
and big cities in-between,

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BB&T believes opportunity lives 
everywhere in North Carolina.

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It's a belief we've held 
for more than 130 years

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and guides us 
as we support our communities

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from the mountains 
to the coast.

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We love calling 
North Carolina home,

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and we're proud to provide 
major funding for "Our State."

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Quality public television 
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contributions

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of viewers like you,

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♪

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[birds call as waves slosh]

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[engine humming]

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rrrr

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[gentle melodica 
leads guitar notes]

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(Simpson) 
If you leave the drawbridge

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at Wrightsville Beach

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and head south 
down the Intracoastal Waterway,

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you'll soon approach 
a storied little strand

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of beach at the mouth 
of Bradley Creek,

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a spot long known 
as "Money Island."

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According to legend, 
pirate Captain William Kidd--

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overburdened 
with Spanish plunder

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from the Caribbean--

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buried two chests 
of gold and silver plate

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right here 
at Money Island.

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Captain Kidd 
was soon arrested in New York

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and subsequently hanged 
in London in 1701.

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And he never did get back 
to Greenville Sound

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to lift his loot.

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Now that 
was just a legend,

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but what about the mullet 
men who found gold doubloons

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on the beach 
here at Money Island...

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or Hezekiah, 
the old oysterman

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who, according to 
one Bradley Creeker,

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discovered a pirate chest

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"under an oyster rock 
in Greenville Sound,"

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loaded it onto his mule 
cart, and quit being a waterman

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for the rest of his days...

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and the Intracoastal Waterway 
dredgers,

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who sliced into Money Island

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as they created 
this channel 75 years ago--

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what turned up 
in their dredge pipes?

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Pieces of eight.

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Stories of doubloons 
in the sand

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and pieces of eight, 
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are a whale 
of a lot more valuable

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than the gold and silver 
itself could ever be.

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And that's the real treasure 
of Money Island.

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But since I'm here...

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[strings lead placid 
piano and melodica tune]

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Across the Cape Fear 
from Snow's Cut

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sits the ghostly 
Brunswick Town.

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Here in the 1740s, 
the Spanish plundered

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what was then a thriving 
naval stores port.

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And in the 1760s,

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North Carolinians stood down 
Governor William Tryon

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and the notorious Stamp Act 
and shut down tax collection

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and shipping 
on the Cape Fear.

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Before long, people moved on 
upriver to Wilmington,

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and Governor Tryon had himself 
a palace built up in New Bern.

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By the end 
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Brunswick Town really did 
belong to the ghosts,

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who have held it ever since, 
except during the Civil War

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when Confederate Fort Anderson 
helped defend Wilmington.

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A group of visitors 
to this quiet place

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was surprised 
back in October 1961

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to see 
the "Battleship North Carolina"

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making its way 
up the Cape Fear

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for a permanent berth 
at Eagles Island

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across the river 
from downtown Wilmington.

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[birds calling] 
eeet, eeet...eeet

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[horn tooting] 
prfff, prfff

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[deep horn blowing] 
hrrrnnnn

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Below Brunswick Town a ways, 
sits Price's Creek Light,

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a small brick tower 
only 20 feet tall

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built about 1848,

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now dwarfed by 
the industrial works around it.

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One might find it 
hauntingly hard to believe

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that Price's Creek Light here

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had been an important 
communications link

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for the Confederacy--

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the link  to signal Fort Fisher 
across the lower Cape Fear.

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Fort Fisher 
with its two-mile pounders

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kept the Union blockade 
at bay,

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allowed the blockade runners 
to operate

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and keep Wilmington open-- 
the last Southern port open

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after Vicksburg fell 
in July 1863--

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and thereby sustain 
the rebel nation

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for nearly two years more.

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And one might pause 
to wonder that the fate

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of the long-gone Confederacy 
once hung, in part,

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upon what Price's Creek's 
iron lantern said,

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or didn't say.

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Longer lived 
and a little better cared for

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is Old Baldy,

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the tawny 
Bald Head Island Lighthouse--

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the oldest one still standing 
on the Carolina coast,

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dating to 1817.

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When Cap'n Charlie Swan 
came out of retirement

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to throw the first power on

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at Oak Island Light in 1958,

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across the Cape Fear River 
from Old Baldy,

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what he lit 
was for its time

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the brightest light 
in all America!

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[vibraphone joins]

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At 2 1/2 million 
candlepower,

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it is  still  one 
of the brightest lights

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on the face of the earth.

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[bird calling] 
eeet, eeet...eeet

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Across the channel 
from Oak Island

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and Bald Head Island,

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just across the river 
from Southport,

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lies Battery Island.

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[gentle piano tune]

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To this small spot 
yearly fly 8,000 or 9,000 ibis.

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They arrive 
around Eastertide

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in flights of 50 
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the birds' wings 
first flashing in the sun

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and then, as they come 
dropping down to the island,

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the wind whistling 
through their wings

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as they fall 
out of the sky.

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A single cedar here 
will sport 50 to 60 nests,

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the trees becoming 
not merely laden

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but literally packed beak 
by tail feather with birds.

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The white ibis have had 
a booming success breeding

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in the lower Cape Fear, 
and the numbers tell the tale.

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In May of 1983,

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there were 3,700 
white ibis nests here.

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In the spring of 2004,

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the ibis built over 
11,500 nests

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here on Battery Island.

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[mellow bass melody]

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Southport, 
formerly Smithville,

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was the pilots' town 
where for generations

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the men who guided ships 
across the bar

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at the mouth 
of the Cape Fear River

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had a nearly closed union.

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In the old days,

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if you weren't the son 
or nephew of a Cape Fear pilot,

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you couldn't 
become one yourself.

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You just couldn't crack 
the select group

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they called 
the "Combination."

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Even if you  were  a pilot, 
you wouldn't have wanted

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to be up top 
of the Pilots' Tower

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on October 15th, 1954.

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[mournful cello arrangement]

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That's when Hurricane Hazel 
roared ashore here

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in Brunswick County 
on a full-moon high tide

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with 150-mile-an-hour winds.

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Hurricane historian 
Jay Barnes has written,

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"The surge wrecked 
the many shrimp houses

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"that lined 
the Southport riverfront

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"and carried 
the remaining debris

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"far into the town's streets.

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"Hazel ranks as one of 
the most catastrophic hurricanes

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to strike the United States 
in the 20th century."

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[oboe joins]

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[crickets chirping]

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One morning, 30-odd years ago, 
I heard a story

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about the old Smithville 
burying ground

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from James Harper, 
editor,

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and with his wife Margaret, 
publisher,

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of Southport's 
wonderful newspaper,

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"The State Port Pilot."

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Mister Harper leaned back 
in his captain's chair and said,

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"When the earthquake 
of 1898 hit Southport,

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"people came streaming 
out of their houses,

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"into the streets.

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"And they all ran-- 
I mean  ran--

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down to the old cemetery."

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[mellow bass 
and guitar arrangement]

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He said, "They all 
formed up in a big mob,

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"the ground shaking 
every now and again.

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"People crying, praying.

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"All of them at the cemetery 
because they thought it was

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"the Judgment Day and there was 
gonna be the great Revelation.

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"The graves 
were going to open up,

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"and their dead 
relatives and friends

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"were gonna fly up 
and, you know,

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be made whole!"

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Mister Harper told me,

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"You ought to walk 
on by the old cemetery.

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"You'll see the same thing

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those old-timers 
saw that night."

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[lilting melodica 
and ukulele arrangement]

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A Brunswick County native 
named "Mannon Gore"

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slapped this old 
pontoon bridge

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across the Waterway 
decades ago,

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connecting the mainland 
to a causeway

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through the gorgeous 
mile-wide marshes

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out to Sunset Beach.

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The bridge rises and falls 
with the tide.

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So depending on where you are 
in this endless cycling,

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you either drive up 
across a peak,

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sink down into a trough,

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or just roar across flat.

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[machine noise] 
hrrnnn

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A cable and winch works

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floats it open on the hour 
for pleasure craft

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and as needed for fishing boats 
and barge trains.

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Though the forces of speed

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have sought for years to scrap 
this homely, old clunker

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and replace it 
with a high-span flyover,

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other forces stood firm 
and fought that major change

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to a standstill... 
till now.

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A new bridge is coming soon, 
and tens of thousands of people

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who grew up 
with this one

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are really gonna miss it 
when it's gone.

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[lilting melodica 
and ukulele arrangement]

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These are just 
a few waterway tales

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from southeastern 
North Carolina.

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Thanks for joining us,

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and I hope we'll see you again 
somewhere along the waterway.

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For now, from Mannon Gore's 
old pontoon bridge

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at Sunset Beach, 
farewell.

261
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♪

262
00:11:35,701 --> 00:11:38,233
[acoustic guitar 
leads Western arrangement]

263
00:11:38,333 --> 00:11:42,834
♪

264
00:11:44,368 --> 00:11:46,367
[gears squeaking] 
eee, eee...eee

265
00:11:51,167 --> 00:11:53,134
(Billy Barnes) 
Some days you wake up

266
00:11:53,234 --> 00:11:55,434
and wonder, where am I?

267
00:11:55,534 --> 00:11:58,734
[whistler leads 
Western arrangement]

268
00:11:58,834 --> 00:12:00,368
Dirt streets,

269
00:12:00,468 --> 00:12:02,434
hitchin' rails,

270
00:12:02,534 --> 00:12:04,867
boardwalks 
instead of sidewalks...

271
00:12:04,967 --> 00:12:08,668
♪

272
00:12:08,768 --> 00:12:11,700
reminds me of ghost towns 
I've seen in Nevada--

273
00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:13,834
more like 
the Old West

274
00:12:13,934 --> 00:12:16,700
than the Old North State.

275
00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:18,735
But I'm told 
I'm really

276
00:12:18,835 --> 00:12:21,400
just a few miles north 
of Statesville.

277
00:12:21,500 --> 00:12:23,035
Morning.

278
00:12:23,135 --> 00:12:26,234
[Barnes voiceover] 
Looks like a good place 
to be a cowboy.

279
00:12:26,334 --> 00:12:28,633
[strings and brass 
lead upbeat Western theme]

280
00:12:28,734 --> 00:12:31,867
♪

281
00:12:31,967 --> 00:12:35,501
[Western theme softens]

282
00:12:35,601 --> 00:12:37,867
Every self-respecting 
cowboy town

283
00:12:37,967 --> 00:12:40,768
has a fellow 
who just runs the place,

284
00:12:40,868 --> 00:12:44,701
sort of like 
the local Wyatt Earp type.

285
00:12:44,801 --> 00:12:46,967
On a rainy day 
not long ago,

286
00:12:47,067 --> 00:12:48,967
I finally met him,

287
00:12:49,067 --> 00:12:51,534
a tall, lanky fellow 
named Andy.

288
00:12:51,634 --> 00:12:53,034
(man) 
It's Andy Barker!

289
00:12:53,134 --> 00:12:54,700
(Barnes) 
Everybody knows Andy Barker.

290
00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:56,368
Good to see you, 
Glen.

291
00:12:56,468 --> 00:12:57,734
Hello, 
there.

292
00:12:57,834 --> 00:12:59,235
(Barnes) 
Back in 1954,

293
00:12:59,335 --> 00:13:01,834
he pulled out of his family's 
thriving construction business

294
00:13:01,934 --> 00:13:03,368
in Charlotte,

295
00:13:03,468 --> 00:13:07,301
bought 369 acres 
of wild country,

296
00:13:07,401 --> 00:13:10,234
and turned it 
into a legendary land

297
00:13:10,334 --> 00:13:13,968
that he named 
"Love Valley."

298
00:13:14,068 --> 00:13:16,701
(Barker) 
I just always wanted 
to play cowboy,

299
00:13:16,801 --> 00:13:19,633
and the first public statement 
that I ever made

300
00:13:19,734 --> 00:13:21,301
was in the fourth grade,

301
00:13:21,401 --> 00:13:23,701
when you stand up 
before the class and say,

302
00:13:23,801 --> 00:13:26,634
when I grow up, 
I'm gonna do so-and-so.

303
00:13:26,735 --> 00:13:29,034
Well, my friends was gonna 
be doctors and lawyers.

304
00:13:29,134 --> 00:13:30,735
I stand up and say,

305
00:13:30,835 --> 00:13:33,534
"I'm gonna build me 
a Western town."

306
00:13:33,634 --> 00:13:36,067
The first building 
I built was a church.

307
00:13:36,167 --> 00:13:37,735
I felt like 
that then

308
00:13:37,835 --> 00:13:39,834
we could build 
a community around it.

309
00:13:39,934 --> 00:13:41,868
[lively guitar strumming]

310
00:13:41,968 --> 00:13:45,467
(Barnes) 
Then Andy built 
his business district.

311
00:13:45,567 --> 00:13:46,968
[whistler joins]

312
00:13:47,068 --> 00:13:50,368
There are a couple 
of saloons and a dance hall.

313
00:13:50,468 --> 00:13:51,900
If you're 
wearing guns--

314
00:13:52,001 --> 00:13:53,834
and it's legal 
to do that here--

315
00:13:53,934 --> 00:13:55,501
you have to check them

316
00:13:55,601 --> 00:13:57,633
as soon as soon 
as you step inside.

317
00:13:57,734 --> 00:13:59,201
[gunshot] 
bmm!

318
00:13:59,301 --> 00:14:00,601
Across the street,

319
00:14:00,701 --> 00:14:02,801
there's a store 
full of saddles,

320
00:14:02,901 --> 00:14:04,835
bridles, 
everything you or your horse

321
00:14:04,935 --> 00:14:10,967
could possibly need 
except  hay and oats.

322
00:14:11,067 --> 00:14:12,768
The Moonshine gift shop

323
00:14:12,868 --> 00:14:17,167
has cowboy buyables 
for the folks back home,

324
00:14:17,267 --> 00:14:19,867
and for 
the travel-trailer deprived,

325
00:14:19,967 --> 00:14:22,367
there's Miss Kitty's 
grand hotel.

326
00:14:22,467 --> 00:14:25,134
♪

327
00:14:25,234 --> 00:14:27,334
And so it was done.

328
00:14:27,434 --> 00:14:30,834
A childhood dream 
became reality.

329
00:14:30,934 --> 00:14:34,501
Love Valley was born...

330
00:14:34,601 --> 00:14:36,668
a place 
where a gentle breeze

331
00:14:36,768 --> 00:14:39,501
is followed 
by a face full of dust

332
00:14:39,601 --> 00:14:42,101
and man's best friend 
plays second fiddle

333
00:14:42,201 --> 00:14:43,767
to another 
four-legged animal.

334
00:14:43,867 --> 00:14:46,135
[horse whinnying] 
whe-hee-hee-heey

335
00:14:46,235 --> 00:14:49,067
(Barker) 
All the horse people 
like to congregate together.

336
00:14:49,167 --> 00:14:50,867
They come in 
on the weekend,

337
00:14:50,967 --> 00:14:53,002
and they get in 
and tell their tales

338
00:14:53,102 --> 00:14:55,468
and sit around, 
and everything is about horses

339
00:14:55,568 --> 00:14:57,468
or something 
they've done with horses

340
00:14:57,568 --> 00:14:59,668
or about the breed 
of horse

341
00:14:59,768 --> 00:15:03,600
or they argue about 
who's got the best horse.

342
00:15:03,700 --> 00:15:05,567
Yeah, it's horses.

343
00:15:05,667 --> 00:15:08,267
[organ leads]

344
00:15:08,368 --> 00:15:10,468
dng, dng...dng

345
00:15:10,568 --> 00:15:12,568
(Barnes) 
And on Saturday mornings,

346
00:15:12,668 --> 00:15:15,434
customers and their steeds 
are waiting in line

347
00:15:15,534 --> 00:15:19,035
to get a new set 
of shoes.

348
00:15:19,135 --> 00:15:22,001
(Barker) 
A lot of these 
eastern-part-of-the-state boys

349
00:15:22,101 --> 00:15:23,768
never shoe their horses.

350
00:15:23,868 --> 00:15:26,468
And what happens 
is that they come up here

351
00:15:26,568 --> 00:15:28,601
and they get 
into rocky country

352
00:15:28,701 --> 00:15:31,167
and they gonna 
need to shoe.

353
00:15:31,267 --> 00:15:33,101
[trombones lead slowly]

354
00:15:33,201 --> 00:15:35,201
clp, clp...clp

355
00:15:35,301 --> 00:15:37,267
(Barnes) 
As for Andy Barker,

356
00:15:37,368 --> 00:15:39,534
the mayor 
of Love Valley,

357
00:15:39,634 --> 00:15:42,767
he greets town folk 
in his hardware store.

358
00:15:42,867 --> 00:15:44,668
(Barker) 
Oh, that's my fun place.

359
00:15:44,768 --> 00:15:47,301
I'll be down there 
tradin' till I'm dead.

360
00:15:47,401 --> 00:15:49,368
I'm runnin' 
a special 
on it today.

361
00:15:49,468 --> 00:15:51,034
Buy one, 
get one 
free?

362
00:15:51,134 --> 00:15:53,701
Oh, yeah, 
if you pay enough 
for the first one.

363
00:15:53,801 --> 00:15:55,368
(Barnes) 
Prices at Andy's store

364
00:15:55,468 --> 00:15:57,167
are what you might call 
"variable."

365
00:15:57,267 --> 00:15:59,568
(Barker) 
Well, you wanna 
borrow one or buy one?

366
00:15:59,668 --> 00:16:01,801
I just--well, 
just got to level 
one corner.

367
00:16:01,901 --> 00:16:03,668
Well, hell, 
let's get mine 
out there.

368
00:16:03,768 --> 00:16:06,334
(Barnes) 
In rainy weather, 
he gives 50% off on tarps.

369
00:16:06,434 --> 00:16:08,900
Thank you very much, 
and hurry back to see me.

370
00:16:09,001 --> 00:16:10,434
(man) 
Okay, I will.

371
00:16:10,534 --> 00:16:12,468
(Barnes) 
He'll sell you a plastic leg.

372
00:16:12,568 --> 00:16:14,267
Everybody asks 
about that leg.

373
00:16:14,368 --> 00:16:16,634
And I got it 
for butt kickin'.

374
00:16:16,735 --> 00:16:19,368
I lease it out-- 
a dollar a day--

375
00:16:19,468 --> 00:16:22,001
and they use it 
for butt kickin'.

376
00:16:22,101 --> 00:16:24,067
[deep guitar note]

377
00:16:24,167 --> 00:16:25,501
(Barnes) 
On chilly days,

378
00:16:25,601 --> 00:16:28,034
folks come by 
just to warm themselves

379
00:16:28,134 --> 00:16:29,934
by the pot-bellied stove

380
00:16:30,034 --> 00:16:33,034
and listen 
to Andy's tall tales.

381
00:16:33,134 --> 00:16:35,001
[violins rise dramatically]

382
00:16:35,101 --> 00:16:36,568
Through the years,

383
00:16:36,668 --> 00:16:40,468
this quirky little town 
has attracted some big names.

384
00:16:40,568 --> 00:16:43,868
A flamboyant Texan 
named Lyndon B. Johnson

385
00:16:43,968 --> 00:16:46,601
once rode through town 
on a stagecoach.

386
00:16:46,701 --> 00:16:48,534
North Carolina 
Senators Sam Ervin

387
00:16:48,634 --> 00:16:50,767
and B. Everett Jordan 
stopped by

388
00:16:50,867 --> 00:16:52,900
to chat 
with Andy Barker.

389
00:16:54,167 --> 00:16:56,034
Early mornin' 
in Love Valley

390
00:16:56,134 --> 00:16:58,134
might look 
like a ghost town,

391
00:16:58,234 --> 00:17:01,567
but by high noon, 
it's anything but that.

392
00:17:01,667 --> 00:17:03,401
There's a horse tethered

393
00:17:03,501 --> 00:17:06,234
to every foot 
of the hitchin' rail.

394
00:17:06,334 --> 00:17:07,901
The boardwalks 
are crowded,

395
00:17:08,002 --> 00:17:10,600
and still more riders 
trot down the street

396
00:17:10,700 --> 00:17:12,900
to see and be seen.

397
00:17:13,001 --> 00:17:14,934
♪

398
00:17:15,034 --> 00:17:17,101
Why do people 
bring their campers

399
00:17:17,201 --> 00:17:19,534
and their horses 
and their families

400
00:17:19,634 --> 00:17:21,468
from all over 
Tennessee,

401
00:17:21,568 --> 00:17:23,967
Virginia, 
Georgia, Alabama,

402
00:17:24,067 --> 00:17:26,034
and certainly 
from North Carolina

403
00:17:26,134 --> 00:17:28,835
to spend a weekend 
at Love Valley?

404
00:17:28,935 --> 00:17:32,600
Well, they might have 
a chili cook-off.

405
00:17:32,700 --> 00:17:33,900
Want some?

406
00:17:34,001 --> 00:17:36,500
(Barnes) 
They might encounter a rodeo.

407
00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:39,334
♪

408
00:17:39,434 --> 00:17:42,067
And they might have

409
00:17:42,167 --> 00:17:45,867
a Halloween parade 
on horseback--

410
00:17:45,967 --> 00:17:47,501
dressed-up horses,

411
00:17:47,601 --> 00:17:49,700
tiny goblins 
on ponies,

412
00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:52,167
outrageous hairdos,

413
00:17:52,267 --> 00:17:53,967
fancy dresses,

414
00:17:54,067 --> 00:17:56,167
even a little 
Indian or two.

415
00:17:56,267 --> 00:17:58,233
[violin leads 
rich arrangement]

416
00:17:58,333 --> 00:18:00,234
♪

417
00:18:00,334 --> 00:18:01,668
[cymbals resound]

418
00:18:01,768 --> 00:18:04,234
You don't have 
to spend much time here

419
00:18:04,334 --> 00:18:06,434
to figure out 
there's not really

420
00:18:06,534 --> 00:18:08,835
another place 
like Love Valley,

421
00:18:08,935 --> 00:18:11,134
and where did 
the name "Love Valley"

422
00:18:11,234 --> 00:18:13,501
come from anyway?

423
00:18:13,601 --> 00:18:15,334
(Barker) 
I do love people,

424
00:18:15,434 --> 00:18:17,900
and I was gonna call it 
the "Valley of Love."

425
00:18:18,001 --> 00:18:19,568
Well, 
it was too long,

426
00:18:19,668 --> 00:18:21,700
so then I changed it 
to Love Valley.

427
00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:23,501
(Barnes) 
And lots of folks

428
00:18:23,601 --> 00:18:25,800
are in love 
with Love Valley.

429
00:18:25,900 --> 00:18:27,868
The way gamblers 
love Vegas,

430
00:18:27,968 --> 00:18:30,834
the way hikers love 
the Appalachian Trail,

431
00:18:30,934 --> 00:18:33,468
this little 
Western town is heaven

432
00:18:33,568 --> 00:18:36,234
to thousands 
of cowboys and cowgirls

433
00:18:36,334 --> 00:18:38,334
who just 
keep comin' back

434
00:18:38,434 --> 00:18:40,667
to Love Valley's 
happy trails.

435
00:18:40,767 --> 00:18:42,734
[echoing guitar strums]

436
00:18:48,468 --> 00:18:50,467
[lilting harp melody]

437
00:18:50,567 --> 00:18:54,934
♪

438
00:18:57,900 --> 00:18:59,434
(woman) 
I'm afraid that

439
00:18:59,534 --> 00:19:02,334
with the long-standing, 
traditional crafts

440
00:19:02,434 --> 00:19:05,034
that we're going to see 
a decline in the motivation

441
00:19:05,134 --> 00:19:08,468
to pass those on 
to the next generation.

442
00:19:08,568 --> 00:19:10,568
What happens 
if the next generation says,

443
00:19:10,668 --> 00:19:12,767
"I don't think 
I want to do that.

444
00:19:12,867 --> 00:19:15,001
I have other interests?"

445
00:19:15,101 --> 00:19:17,700
What happens to a craft?

446
00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:19,001
It's gone.

447
00:19:19,101 --> 00:19:20,501
♪

448
00:19:20,601 --> 00:19:22,735
(narrator) 
It's the art of doll making,

449
00:19:22,835 --> 00:19:24,967
and its roots lie 
in a cultural exchange

450
00:19:25,067 --> 00:19:27,034
that took place 
between Native American

451
00:19:27,134 --> 00:19:29,500
and colonial children.

452
00:19:30,768 --> 00:19:32,434
(woman) 
The Native American children

453
00:19:32,534 --> 00:19:36,501
taught the early settlers 
how to make dolls.

454
00:19:36,601 --> 00:19:39,101
It's difficult 
for children now to realize

455
00:19:39,201 --> 00:19:41,901
that during that time period, 
there were no toys.

456
00:19:42,002 --> 00:19:44,835
The only thing they had 
were things they made at home.

457
00:19:44,935 --> 00:19:47,067
(narrator) 
As it's been done 
for generations,

458
00:19:47,167 --> 00:19:49,934
Smithfield resident 
Pam Earp fashions her dolls

459
00:19:50,034 --> 00:19:52,434
out of cornhusks.

460
00:19:52,534 --> 00:19:54,501
But today, 
rather than having to wait

461
00:19:54,601 --> 00:19:56,534
for the corn to get ripe,

462
00:19:56,634 --> 00:19:58,834
she can shop 
at nearby market.

463
00:19:58,934 --> 00:20:00,567
[mellow Latin beat leads]

464
00:20:00,667 --> 00:20:02,301
♪

465
00:20:02,401 --> 00:20:04,767
(Earp) 
I go to a Hispanic 
grocery store

466
00:20:04,867 --> 00:20:07,001
at a local 
open-air market.

467
00:20:07,101 --> 00:20:09,434
I usually am able 
to pick out the ones

468
00:20:09,534 --> 00:20:11,368
that would work best 
for dolls.

469
00:20:11,468 --> 00:20:14,201
They have to have 
a special texture to them.

470
00:20:14,301 --> 00:20:16,334
Then you almost 
have to sniff 'em, too,

471
00:20:16,434 --> 00:20:19,234
because they've 
got to smell right.

472
00:20:19,334 --> 00:20:20,900
[lilting harp notes]

473
00:20:21,001 --> 00:20:22,468
♪

474
00:20:22,568 --> 00:20:24,934
(narrator) 
Pam found her interest 
in doll making

475
00:20:25,034 --> 00:20:27,001
while on her honeymoon 
in 1978

476
00:20:27,101 --> 00:20:29,767
when she stopped 
at a craft show in Boone.

477
00:20:29,867 --> 00:20:32,634
♪

478
00:20:32,735 --> 00:20:35,867
(Earp) 
I watched a man make a doll, 
and I was fascinated.

479
00:20:35,967 --> 00:20:37,668
I really enjoyed 
watching him

480
00:20:37,768 --> 00:20:40,300
and working 
with a natural material.

481
00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:43,633
♪

482
00:20:43,734 --> 00:20:45,534
And I made a doll,

483
00:20:45,634 --> 00:20:47,467
and it was 
very traditional, very simple,

484
00:20:47,567 --> 00:20:48,867
and very ugly.

485
00:20:48,967 --> 00:20:50,368
It wasn't my style.

486
00:20:50,468 --> 00:20:53,134
I wanted to find my own way 
of making them

487
00:20:53,234 --> 00:20:55,900
and put my own creativity 
in it.

488
00:20:57,634 --> 00:20:59,267
(narrator) 
Nearly 30 years later,

489
00:20:59,368 --> 00:21:01,867
Pam sits around the table 
with her mother, daughter,

490
00:21:01,967 --> 00:21:04,234
and an apprentice 
still creating--

491
00:21:04,334 --> 00:21:07,501
still upholding 
this unique tradition.

492
00:21:07,601 --> 00:21:09,134
(Earp) 
Most traditions pass

493
00:21:09,234 --> 00:21:10,701
from grandmother on down

494
00:21:10,801 --> 00:21:12,701
a normal 
family-tradition path,

495
00:21:12,801 --> 00:21:14,601
but ours 
is a little different.

496
00:21:14,701 --> 00:21:16,267
My daughter actually 
learned from me,

497
00:21:16,368 --> 00:21:18,967
and now my mother has started 
making things as well.

498
00:21:19,067 --> 00:21:20,967
So we have 
three generations involved,

499
00:21:21,067 --> 00:21:22,867
but it's not 
the normal passing down

500
00:21:22,967 --> 00:21:24,267
from generation 
to generation.

501
00:21:24,368 --> 00:21:26,134
We just sort of 
started one place

502
00:21:26,234 --> 00:21:27,934
and branched out 
in all directions.

503
00:21:28,034 --> 00:21:29,334
You got it?

504
00:21:29,434 --> 00:21:31,735
What color 
sleeve you want? Natural or red?

505
00:21:31,835 --> 00:21:34,600
[voiceover] 
We have our own areas 
we like to work with.

506
00:21:34,700 --> 00:21:36,267
I really like to work

507
00:21:36,368 --> 00:21:38,534
with the fancy, 
very elaborate dolls,

508
00:21:38,634 --> 00:21:40,868
and my daughter works 
with the smaller pieces--

509
00:21:40,968 --> 00:21:43,368
the angels and very intricate 
pieces there.

510
00:21:43,468 --> 00:21:46,468
And my mom does 
a great job with flowers

511
00:21:46,568 --> 00:21:49,034
and the very 
traditional dolls.

512
00:21:49,134 --> 00:21:50,568
♪

513
00:21:50,668 --> 00:21:52,434
(narrator) 
Pam dyes the cleaned husks

514
00:21:52,534 --> 00:21:54,267
with about 
ten different colors.

515
00:21:54,368 --> 00:21:57,568
As you look at the fine detail 
that goes into her craft,

516
00:21:57,668 --> 00:22:00,600
you might notice that none 
of her dolls have faces.

517
00:22:00,700 --> 00:22:02,668
♪

518
00:22:02,768 --> 00:22:04,633
(Earp) 
It's a Native American 
tradition.

519
00:22:04,734 --> 00:22:06,501
There are a lot of stories,

520
00:22:06,601 --> 00:22:08,534
but the most 
common version is that

521
00:22:08,634 --> 00:22:10,468
if you put a face 
on something,

522
00:22:10,568 --> 00:22:12,134
an evil spirit 
could possess it,

523
00:22:12,234 --> 00:22:13,968
so they left the faces off.

524
00:22:14,068 --> 00:22:16,734
There are lots of different 
versions of the story.

525
00:22:16,834 --> 00:22:18,334
I like the look

526
00:22:18,434 --> 00:22:20,800
because, then, 
you can make the doll

527
00:22:20,900 --> 00:22:22,900
anyone you want it to be.

528
00:22:23,001 --> 00:22:25,334
♪

529
00:22:25,434 --> 00:22:27,201
I don't do commission work

530
00:22:27,301 --> 00:22:29,801
because, then, 
it would be more like a job.

531
00:22:29,901 --> 00:22:33,034
I don't want it to be 
something I have to do.

532
00:22:33,134 --> 00:22:35,800
I want it to be something 
that I enjoy doing.

533
00:22:35,900 --> 00:22:37,434
Oh, I'm having fun.

534
00:22:37,534 --> 00:22:39,567
[voiceover] 
It's very relaxing for me.

535
00:22:39,667 --> 00:22:44,501
♪

536
00:22:44,601 --> 00:22:47,034
Well, I like to have 
the dolls doing things

537
00:22:47,134 --> 00:22:48,867
or let them depict things

538
00:22:48,967 --> 00:22:51,633
that a woman would do 
in real life.

539
00:22:51,734 --> 00:22:53,135
I like baskets.

540
00:22:53,235 --> 00:22:56,867
I like little fancy parasols 
and flowers and handbags.

541
00:22:56,967 --> 00:22:59,401
And you really 
have to look at the doll

542
00:22:59,501 --> 00:23:02,900
once she's finished and decide 
what fits her personality.

543
00:23:03,001 --> 00:23:04,701
Every doll looks 
a little different.

544
00:23:04,801 --> 00:23:06,834
You can even 
put an age on them,

545
00:23:06,934 --> 00:23:08,968
or I can 
when I look at them.

546
00:23:09,068 --> 00:23:11,368
They look like they fit 
certain roles in life,

547
00:23:11,468 --> 00:23:13,234
and that's generally 
how I determine

548
00:23:13,334 --> 00:23:15,333
what I put 
in their hands.

549
00:23:15,433 --> 00:23:20,601
♪

550
00:23:20,701 --> 00:23:22,401
(narrator) 
Whereas dolls in the old days

551
00:23:22,501 --> 00:23:24,201
were used as toys 
for children,

552
00:23:24,301 --> 00:23:26,934
they're now 
primarily for display.

553
00:23:27,034 --> 00:23:29,067
And each year 
at the State Fair,

554
00:23:29,167 --> 00:23:31,767
collectors can find 
Pam's dolls for sale

555
00:23:31,867 --> 00:23:34,067
at the Village 
of Yesteryear...

556
00:23:34,167 --> 00:23:36,067
♪

557
00:23:36,167 --> 00:23:40,534
but a lot of preparation 
is needed for this event.

558
00:23:40,634 --> 00:23:44,067
(Earp) 
Twenty-three made, 
and I need a hundred.

559
00:23:44,167 --> 00:23:45,967
I'm thinkin' 
I have three made,

560
00:23:46,067 --> 00:23:48,234
and I need about 200.

561
00:23:48,334 --> 00:23:49,934
I really enjoy 
doing these.

562
00:23:50,034 --> 00:23:51,835
They're fairly quick 
to do.

563
00:23:51,935 --> 00:23:55,835
I can sit at home 
watching TV doing 'em.

564
00:23:55,935 --> 00:23:57,967
(Earp) 
I think I prefer 
the larger ones

565
00:23:58,067 --> 00:24:00,101
'cause you can be 
more creative with those.

566
00:24:00,201 --> 00:24:02,767
I like the 
smaller ones.

567
00:24:02,867 --> 00:24:04,633
Should they have 
any wrinkles?

568
00:24:04,734 --> 00:24:06,368
No wrinkles 
for the sleeves.

569
00:24:06,468 --> 00:24:08,334
They don't bend 
very--very well.

570
00:24:08,434 --> 00:24:10,501
(Earp's mother) 
If it's too flimsy and all,

571
00:24:10,601 --> 00:24:12,668
it's not going 
to work out as well,

572
00:24:12,768 --> 00:24:15,668
so I try to get some 
that's thicker.

573
00:24:15,768 --> 00:24:17,401
(Earp) 
We  do  have collectors.

574
00:24:17,501 --> 00:24:20,134
I'm very fortunate to have 
a large group of collectors

575
00:24:20,234 --> 00:24:22,001
that come and visit me 
every year.

576
00:24:22,101 --> 00:24:23,834
I enjoy visiting 
with the people.

577
00:24:23,934 --> 00:24:25,667
They bring pictures 
of their dolls

578
00:24:25,767 --> 00:24:27,201
and their doll collections,

579
00:24:27,301 --> 00:24:29,067
and it's interesting 
to listen to them

580
00:24:29,167 --> 00:24:31,334
because you don't 
see them very often.

581
00:24:31,434 --> 00:24:33,234
There are very few 
of us left--

582
00:24:33,334 --> 00:24:35,434
very few doll makers left 
in North Carolina.

583
00:24:35,534 --> 00:24:37,534
That's why I think 
it's so important

584
00:24:37,634 --> 00:24:39,768
that we teach this 
to other people

585
00:24:39,868 --> 00:24:43,233
so that we can pass 
that tradition on.

586
00:24:43,333 --> 00:24:46,634
♪

587
00:24:46,735 --> 00:24:49,568
Each doll is very unique, 
and I want to make sure

588
00:24:49,668 --> 00:24:52,468
that when I do a doll, 
that it is something

589
00:24:52,568 --> 00:24:55,967
that people are going to 
cherish for many generations.

590
00:24:56,067 --> 00:25:04,266
♪

591
00:25:08,234 --> 00:25:10,133
[gentle piano introduction]

592
00:25:10,233 --> 00:25:12,201
♪

593
00:25:12,301 --> 00:25:14,200
[resonant strings join]

594
00:25:14,300 --> 00:25:22,201
♪

595
00:25:22,301 --> 00:25:24,134
(man) 
Ansel Adams said that

596
00:25:24,234 --> 00:25:26,234
the negative 
is like the score,

597
00:25:26,334 --> 00:25:28,567
and the print 
is the performance.

598
00:25:28,667 --> 00:25:32,868
♪

599
00:25:32,968 --> 00:25:34,935
You can interpret 
the image, you know,

600
00:25:35,035 --> 00:25:39,067
a lot of different ways, 
and they can all be right.

601
00:25:39,167 --> 00:25:48,900
♪

602
00:25:49,001 --> 00:25:50,767
As far as what's 
in the image,

603
00:25:50,867 --> 00:25:52,634
the thing 
that I am drawn to,

604
00:25:52,735 --> 00:25:56,167
number one, 
is that it tells a story.

605
00:25:56,267 --> 00:25:58,101
And even 
if it's a still life,

606
00:25:58,201 --> 00:26:01,700
there's a sensation 
that somebody was just there.

607
00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:05,701
♪

608
00:26:05,801 --> 00:26:07,668
I did a collection 
of photographs

609
00:26:07,768 --> 00:26:10,800
of North Carolina 
Indian women.

610
00:26:10,900 --> 00:26:13,034
You know, 
what I try to avoid

611
00:26:13,134 --> 00:26:18,768
is sort of the stoic, 
classic Indian portraits

612
00:26:18,868 --> 00:26:24,034
and to have it be 
about my friends.

613
00:26:24,134 --> 00:26:25,934
Right in the lens.

614
00:26:26,034 --> 00:26:27,201
tckk

615
00:26:27,301 --> 00:26:28,468
Good.

616
00:26:28,568 --> 00:26:30,867
[Native American 
singing and drumming]

617
00:26:32,134 --> 00:26:34,001
Yeah, that's 
very cool.

618
00:26:34,101 --> 00:26:39,133
♪

619
00:26:40,401 --> 00:26:42,400
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620
00:26:44,301 --> 00:26:46,800
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playing "Our State" theme]

621
00:26:46,900 --> 00:26:58,001
♪

622
00:26:58,101 --> 00:27:00,400
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623
00:27:00,500 --> 00:27:09,101
♪

624
00:27:09,201 --> 00:27:11,166
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625
00:27:11,266 --> 00:27:14,433
♪

626
00:27:14,533 --> 00:27:16,433
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627
00:27:16,533 --> 00:27:19,633
♪

628
00:27:19,734 --> 00:27:21,633
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629
00:27:21,734 --> 00:27:32,168
♪

630
00:27:32,268 --> 00:27:34,768
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631
00:27:34,868 --> 00:27:38,001
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632
00:27:39,267 --> 00:27:41,468
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00:27:41,568 --> 00:27:45,066
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634
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635
00:27:53,601 --> 00:27:56,267
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637
00:27:58,668 --> 00:28:00,701
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638
00:28:00,801 --> 00:28:06,034
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639
00:28:06,134 --> 00:28:07,867
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640
00:28:07,967 --> 00:28:11,868
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00:28:11,968 --> 00:28:14,234
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00:28:14,334 --> 00:28:18,001
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00:28:20,434 --> 00:28:22,368
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