Vance (1830-1894) is best known as North Carolina's Civil War Governor. Throughout the war he insisted on the rule of law, and North Carolina is the only state that did not suspend the writ of habeas corpus.
More than 3,500 acres of Wildflowers bloom along North Carolina’s highways. The Department of Transportation seeds and maintains 22 varieties of wildflowers.
X-ray technology is one part of medicine in North Carolina. There are four medical schools in the state and many hospitals and doctors’ offices.
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