High Point

"The Furniture Capital of the World"
Piedmont Region

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    Did you know...
  • High Point is located in the Piedmont Region of North Carolina.
  • High Point is in Guilford County.
  • High Point is the 6th largest city in North Carolina.
  • It was named High Point for it was the highest point on the railroad. City founders knew its central location would attrack industry and commerce.
  • It's biggest industry is furniture.
  • High Point boasts of having over 125 furniture plants and over 60 retail/discount furniture stores.
  • Great golfing is found here and lake recreation is too.
  • Camping and cultural events, such as the North Carolina State Shakespeare Festival in late summer and early fall are fun to do in High Point.
  • Museums:
    The Furniture Discovery Center
    The South's Largest Doll Museum
  • High Point is known as "The Furniture Capital of the World." It is the home of the International Home Furnishings Market which is held in April and October. There is about 70,000 people in the furniture industry that come. It is the largest wholesale trade event in North Carolina.
  • High Point at one time was only 2 miles wide and 2 miles long.

Poem:

"High Point"

The people are small,
Compared to the buildings that are tall!

High Point's furniture industry is good.
They make some furniture out of wood.
You don't feel nice,
When you look at the furniture price!

Song:

"High Point Blues"

High Point is cool,
Yeah it really does rule!

They make a lot of furniture,
And it's really good!

You can go to Oak Hollow Mall.
It carries it all.

It's got lots of museums,
Where you can watch different films.
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah!

Story:

"Our Trip to High Point"

One day C.E., L__, and I went to High Point. My name is C__ and I am going to tell you about when we went to High Point. This is how it was.

It was a hot Saturday. It was about 98 degrees Fahrenheit. C.E., L__ and I decided to go to High Point to get C.E.'s mom a couch for her birthday.

We drove in my 1998 Dodge. It took 1 hour to get to High Point. Because if you didn't know, High Point is the biggest furniture industry city around! So when we got there, we went to Helieg Myers. We looked at a black leather recliner.

C.E. said, "I love that chair!"

"I do too,"said L__.

Then I said,"I don't love it but it will do, I guess."

So we went to the cash register. The cashier rang us up.

Then he said, "That will be $450.00, sir."

"$450.00! said C.E.. "But I only have $250.00!"

"Well, I guess you could wash the floors to pay me off."

So we started to wash. It took five hours to mop, vaccum and sweep that place. I vaccumed, C.E. mopped, and L__ swept. We felt tired after that. We also felt sad, because we hadn't had enough money.

I sat down in C.E.'s mom's chair.

Then C.E. said, "Get out of my mama's chair!"

Then I popped out of the recliner. We stood around for awhile.

Then I said, "Let's go!"

So we loaded up the chair. Then we drove off.

C.E.'s mom loved the chair. We gave it to her when we got there and you know what we haven't been back to that store since!


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