Record #:

11704

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

Home to a variety of predominately Caucasian inhabitants since 1690, Yadkin County has grown in population as well as in industry. Affected by the American Revolutionary War as well as the Civil War, frontier conditions existed in this region well into the 19th-century. Establishing their first newspaper in 1858, followed by four tobacco factories continuously operating through 1915, Yadkin County contains natural and industrial assets within the 335 square miles in which it occupies.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 32 Issue 12, Nov 1964, p8-9, 20-23, il

Subject(s):

Yadkin County--Economic conditions

Record #:

11705

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

Named for the river that winds through the region, Yadkin County is a small county in the northwestern part of the state. Initially settled by Quakers and later known for the Glenn and the Hauser families, who were prominent slave holders, Yadkin County also boasted one of the first newspapers in western North Carolina as well as several federally licensed distilleries prior to prohibition.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 32 Issue 12, Nov 1964, p11-12, 18, il

Subject(s):

Yadkin County