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Updated: May 10, 2025
The idea originated in his brain; the files of the State Chronicle tell the story of his struggle in its behalf; the activities of the Wautauga Club were largely concentrated upon securing its establishment. He succeeded in stirring up North Carolina and the South generally, but popular support for the Chronicle was not forthcoming in sufficient amount to make the paper a commercial possibility.
His liveliness of spirits, his mental and physical vitality, the constant sparkle of his talk, the sharp edge of his humour, naturally drew the younger men to his side. The result was the organization of the Wautauga Club, a gathering which held monthly meetings for the discussion of ways and means of improving social and educational conditions in North Carolina.
The very name gives the key to its mental outlook. The Wautauga colony was one of the last founded in North Carolina in the extreme west, on a plateau of the Great Smoky Mountains; it was always famous for the energy and independence of its people. It gave the state ideas that afterward caused something like a revolution in its economic and educational status.
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