Record #:

12260

Author(s):

Roberts, Frank M.

Abstract:

First Colony Farms, owned by Malcolm McLean, at approximately 355,000 acres is the nation's largest, privately-owned single unit farm. The farm spans over parts of Washington, Tyrrell, Hyde, and Dare Counties.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 42 Issue 11, Apr 1975, p14-15, il

Subject(s):

Farms, Size of--North Carolina, Eastern; First Colony Farms (Hyde County)

Record #:

12268

Author(s):

White, Gwen A.

Abstract:

Lake Mattamuskeet, eighteen miles long and six miles wide in coastal Hyde County, was once drained as a part of one of the greatest American agricultural experiments of the 20th century. The lake bottom is said to contain seventy-five square miles of the richest soil in the world, rivaling that of the fertile Valley of the Nile. Ultimately, heavy rains ruined the multi-million dollar project.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 42 Issue 12, May 1975, p23-25, 36, il

Subject(s):

Lakes--Hyde County; Lake Mattamuskeet--History; First Colony Farms (Hyde County)