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Dylan Ramsey Professor Raymond ENGL 1102 April 2, 2014 From the Mountains to the Seas For the semester long project I am doing it on the small town of Burnsville. Burnsville has an interesting history behind how it received its name, and modern day Burnsville has changed a lot through the years with the biggest change being how the tourism industry is today. I have found two article by using my research techniques I learned through using the Curious Researcher and I plan on incorporatin semester long project. I plan on incorporating them by paraphrase t point slides and using some of the quotes when I am discussin presentation. The first one is from a book called Pirates, Priv te rs, and Rebel Raiders of the Carolina Coast, this book was a good source for me to I arn more about the man Otway Burns. Burnsville is named in honor of Otway even though he never lived there, Otway played an important role in the war of 1812 where he was a privateer off of the North ~ em into my

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called On a Clear Day: Climbing Mount Mitchell. In this article the author travels to Burnsville and discusses his travel to the top of Mount Mitchell, and how the view is ~ nothing short of Breathtaking, and it will make you feel small in a hurry (Crossman).

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Works Cited Butler, Lindley. Pirates, Privateers, and Rebel Raiders of the Carolina Coast. America: The University of North Carolina Press, 2000. 73-93. Print. Crossman, Matt. "On a Clear Day: Climbing Mount Mitchell. "Our State North Carolina. n.d. n. page. Web. 2 Apr. 2014.