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22962
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A proposal to build a plank road began in the 1850s to link Greenville to Raleigh in order to bring Greenville out of economic isolation. Stock shares sold for $25.00 and raising $33,000.00 for the new road. Slaves began construction began in 1851 and slave-owners paid $12.50 for use of slaves. In 1853, the road to Wilson, completed at a cost of $1,453.00 per mile, roughly followed the same path as Highway 264. Two villages, Marlboro and Walshville, developed because of the road.
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23352
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Plank roads were introduced to North Carolina as an answer to the poor roads in the State. The Greenville and Raleigh Plank Road was a profitable, yet short lived venture that allowed stages and wagons to meet up with the steamboats at the Greenville Landing. The road’s construction began in 1851, and toll houses along the road proved profitable; but the road seems to disappear from the records until 1857 where it was considered in a wretched condition and too expensive to maintain. Marlboro and Walshville grew up on the road, but it disappeared from memory until several sections were uncovered during construction in 1908 and the 1980s.
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