Fiona Apple. Daughter of former singer Diane McAfee and actor Brandon Maggart. She was classically trained as a pianist as a child and began composing songs when she was eight years old. She crafted a demo tape while in Los Angeles finishing High School.
The Miramichi Fire. (A View of Miramichi, 1760, oil painting by Francis Swaine) These blazes whipped up into a firestorm during a dry summer in Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick in October 1825, charring a massive 3 million acres and taking out settlements along the Miramichi River.
â¢ Cape Hatteras is the largest lighthouse ever to be moved due to erosion problems. â¢ Havelock is home of Marine Base Cherry Point. It is the largest air base in the Marine Corps. â¢ North Carolina is the largest producer of sweet potatoes in the nation. â¢ Mount Mitchell in the Blue Ridge Mountains is the highest peak east of the Mississippi.