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After the Civil War, John T. Patrick, North Carolina State Commissioner for Immigration, was ordered to seek ways to bring settlers into the state to help bolster the nearly non-existent economy wrecked by the war. He chose to build a town in the Moore County Sandhills. Huttenhauser describes the project, which, because of the obstacles the location presented, was called at the time Patrick's Folly. The was named Southern Pines.
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24670
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The formal foxhunting centers of North Carolina include Southern Pines, Tryon, and Sedgefield. The history of foxhunting is presented here, as well as the kinds of foxes hunted.
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11641
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When Southern Pines was first settled, walking was the only form of transportation. Wagons and bicycles came next, and a number of livery stables encouraged Northern settlers to bring their horses with them. Ox-mobiles and trolleys followed. Croquet tournaments became a popular pastime, as did bowling. The Northern health-seekers brought a lot of their region with them and left a lot behind when they returned home.
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11647
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In this concluding part of a two-part article on how health-seeking Northerners came to Southern Pines in the Sand Hills region, Huttenhauer discusses the introduction of golf and baseball to the area.
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35771
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The familiar conflict between North and South found a place in Southern Pines, which the author revealed was a Northern outpost established after the Civil War. The event spurring the conflict was the 1907 Blues and Grays Convention. This civil war’s outcome, peaceful, was fostered between Squire Charles Shaw and Captain Asaph Clarke, representing what the author called Johnny Reb and Billy Yank.
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