Legendary explanations
Tar Heel Collection
https://web.archive.org/web/20060925144438/http://ncrec.dcr.state.nc.us/Cat/CatServer.asp?WCI=MainEp&WCE=CatV1&WCU=509.16http://ncrec.dcr.state.nc.us/Cat/CatServer.asp?WCI=MainEp&WCE=CatV1&WCU=509.16
http://ncrec.dcr.state.nc.us/Cat/CatServer.asp?WCI=MainEp&WCE=CatV1&WCU=509.16Wayback Machine - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_MachineOfficial State Symbols of North Carolina
https://web.archive.org/web/20080206210322/http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/NC/SYMBOLS/SYMBOLS.HTMhttp://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/nc/symbols/symbols.htm
http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/nc/symbols/symbols.htm