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Hey there! I’m Cassie Clark, a Carolina girl who grew up in two towns on opposite sides of North Carolina. My family has lived here for 8 generations, so my love for my home state is something I got honest. I’m passionate about sharing all the things that make North Carolina living so sweet – the history, the great outdoors, the culture, and the laidback lifestyle. That’s what Where the Dogwood Blooms is all about. It’s my love song to life in the Old North State; an ode to sunshine & hurricanes.

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Fun Fact: The southern fox squirrel is the largest Fun Fact: The southern fox squirrel is the largest tree squirrel found in North Carolina. 💫

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Fun Fact: The southern fox squirrel is the largest Fun Fact: The southern fox squirrel is the largest tree squirrel found in North Carolina. 💫

#foxsquirrel #nativewildlife #easternnorthcarolina #ncwildlife #brunswicktown #squirrel #southernfoxsquirrel
In 1756, Benjamin Holden purchased 4 tracts of lan In 1756, Benjamin Holden purchased 4 tracts of land and an island. The island extended from Lockwood’s Folly to Bacon Inlet. 🏝️ Benjamin used the island for fishing and cattle grazing. 🎣

Today, the island is known as Holden Beach. 💫

#holdenbeach #nchistory #brunswickcountync #910 #ncbeaches
Beech Grove School was built in 1901 to replace an Beech Grove School was built in 1901 to replace an older log building. It was one of three schools that served the residents of Cataloochee Valley.

The schools of Cataloochee followed the laws and curriculum provided by the state of North Carolina. Students were taught the subjects of reading, writing, spelling, arithmetic, geography, and grammar.

School terms in the valley ran from November through February unless there were enough extra funds to finance a longer term.

Lessons began at 8 a.m. and concluded at 4 p.m. Students were allowed two recesses and a lunch hour. Children ate in family groups, the older ones caring for the little ones. Their lunch pails were typically loaded with sweet potatoes, cornbread, beans, applesauce, biscuits, ham, and a jar of milk.

On Friday afternoons, parents visited the schoolhouses to see what the students had learned that week. These parent days often featured spelling bees, recitations, or singing.

Schools officially closed in Cataloochee soon after the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was established. Beech Grove School is the only schoolhouse remaining in the valley.

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Among the artifacts present at Moores Creek Nation Among the artifacts present at Moores Creek National Battlefield is a 1760 half-pound swivel gun.

The swivel gun was a small cannon that rotated on a fixed base. It was one of the only 18th century guns that wasn’t a crew-serviced weapon. 💫

#moorescreekbattlefield #revolutionarywar #nchistory #explorenc #swivelgun
In New Hanover County, across the river from Wilmi In New Hanover County, across the river from Wilmington lies a forgotten pauper cemetery. 🪦

Oak Grove Cemetery once stood off present day 17th Street near the Department of Social Services. The county’s poor were buried there - both black and white; most without tombstones. Wooden markers, seashells, and even bed frames marked burial sites.

When the city decided to extend 16th and 17th Streets, the cemetery was moved across the river to Flemington near the landfill. Historian Bill Reeves and others claimed the bodies were left behind & only the tombstones were moved.

Today, the original Oak Grove site is an abandoned wooded lot - while the newer Flemington stands behind a locked gate.

My maternal great grandfather is buried in Oak Grove, alongside three of his children. Sadly, we don’t know where their bodies truly lie. 🥺

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Walking in high cotton ☁️ #cottonfield #samps Walking in high cotton ☁️

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