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  2. Tryon, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Tryon is a town in Polk County, on the southwestern border of North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 1,562. [4] Located in the escarpment of the Blue Ridge Mountains, today the area is affluent [5] and a center for outdoor pursuits, equestrian activity, and fine arts.

  3. Ty Tryon - Wikipedia

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    Ty Tryon. William Augustus "Ty" Tryon IV (born June 2, 1984) is an American professional golfer . Tryon was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. He swings right-handed. He was coached at the David Leadbetter Academy in Florida. He turned professional in 2001 at the age of 16, which caused some controversy as typically American golfers attend ...

  4. Edward Tryon - Wikipedia

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    Edward P. Tryon (September 4, 1940 – December 11, 2019) was an American scientist and a professor emeritus of physics at Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY). He was the first physicist to propose that our universe originated as a quantum fluctuation of the vacuum.

  5. The Other (Tryon novel) - Wikipedia

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    ISBN. 978-0394467443. Followed by. Harvest Home (1973) The Other is a psychological horror novel by American writer Thomas Tryon, published in 1971. It was his debut novel. Tryon, who had been a working actor, retired from his Hollywood career to become a novelist. Upon its release, the novel received wide critical acclaim and became a surprise ...

  6. Battle of Alamance - Wikipedia

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    9 killed. ~200 wounded. The site of the Battle of Alamance, including red flags, to the right, marking militia positions and an 1880 commemorative monument, in the distance, to the far left. The Battle of Alamance, which took place on May 16, 1771, was the final battle of the Regulator Movement, a rebellion in colonial North Carolina over ...

  7. Harvest Home (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Harvest Home is a 1973 folk horror novel by American writer Thomas Tryon. A New York Times bestseller, the book became an NBC mini-series in 1978 titled The Dark Secret of Harvest Home, which starred Bette Davis (as Mary Fortune) and David Ackroyd (as Nick Constantine). The miniseries was generally faithful to the plot of the book; however, the ...

  8. Tryon Palace - Wikipedia

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    Tryon Palace, also called the Governor's House and the Governor's Palace, is a two-story building located in the eastern part of New Bern, North Carolina. The building is a faithful reconstruction of the original 1770 residence built by architect John Hawks .

  9. Thomas Tryon - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Tryon (6 September 1634 – 21 August 1703) was an English sugar merchant, author of popular self-help books, and early advocate of animal rights and vegetarianism. Life [ edit ] Born in 1634 in Bibury near Cirencester , Gloucestershire , England , he had to work spinning wool as a child and received no education. [1]