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Mount Mitchell is the highest peak of the Appalachian Mountains and the highest peak in mainland North America east of the Mississippi River. It is located near Burnsville in Yancey County, North Caro
Mount Mitchell, viewed from the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina
Surveyor's mark embedded in the observation tower notes the elevation of 6684-feet above sea level
Fall foliage at Mount Mitchell
North Carolina
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North Carolina is a state in the Southeastern and South Atlantic regions of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Geo
Mount Mitchell
…the Appalachian Mountains and the highest peak in mainland North America east of the Mississippi River. It is located near Burnsville in Yancey County, North Carolina, in the Black Mountain subrange of the Appalachians about 19 miles (31 km) northeast of Asheville. It is protected by Mount Mitchell State Park and…
Ceremony of Secotan warriors in North Carolina. Watercolor painted by English colonist John White in 1585.
Sir Walter Raleigh, namesake of the state capital of North Carolina, Raleigh
John White returns to find the colony abandoned
Reconstructed royal governor's mansion Tryon Palace in New Bern