Golf Scorecard History 101, North Carolina
Set #8
Some interesting facts about North Carolina:
- The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill is the oldest State University in the United States.
- In 1903 the Wright Brothers made the first successful powered flight by man at Kill Devil Hill near Kitty Hawk. The Wright Memorial at Kitty Hawks now commemorates their achievement.
- High Point is known as the Furniture Capital of the World.
- Know as "Fish Town" in the early 1700's when Blackbeard frequented the coast, "Beaufort Town" was established as a seaport with the right to collect customs, in 1722.
- The Outer Banks of NC hosts some of the most beautiful beaches in the country.
- Whitewater Falls in Transylvania County is the highest waterfall in the eastern United States.
- Cape Hatteras is the largest lighthouse ever to be moved due to erosion problems.
- The University of North Carolina's mascot, the Tarheels, is a nickname for North Carolinians that supposedly came from the days when NC produced a lot of tar, and someone saw a set of footprints made by someone who had stepped in the tar.
- Charles Karault was born and raised in Wilmington.
- There are over 675 golf courses in the state.
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The total number of golf scorecard images on this site now equals 18,718
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Total Foreign = 45,263
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1037 Blog Postings
The total number of golf scorecard images on this site now equals 18,718
The total number of golf photographs on this site now equals 5,267
The total number of all photographs on this site now equals 15,334
Coming Soon:
Additions to Previously Bogged Scorecard Sequences
St. Lucia - The Pitons
Saskatchewan, Canada Scorecards
North Dakota Scorecards
My golf scorecard collection statistics as of today:
Total North Carolina = 4,586
Total USA = 94,790
Total Foreign = 45,263
Total Collection = 140,053
Come back soon and often.
Feel free to leave your comments below.
Scorecard Trading: If you are a casual visitor and a golf scorecard collector and would like to do some scorecard trading contact me at rbglasson@cox.net
Available: For sale and/or trade - Over 68,000 duplicate golf scorecards. Contact me if you are interested.
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