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Sharing Stories
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STORYTELLER: LOCATION: LaGrange, North Carolina YEAR TOOK PLACE: 1900s
TELLER'S PLACE OF ORIGIN: Fasion North Carolina and LaGrange, North Carolina HOW HEARD: newspaper

Eugene Shaw gave LaGrange, North Carolina the nickname the The Garden Spot while working as a porter on A&EC. I have a copy of the news article. I feel the article is too long to post. Please do not hesitate to contact me should you want additional information.




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