Record #:

10778

Author(s):

Siler, Leon M.

Abstract:

The Pigeon River Road, running between Cove Creek, North Carolina and the Tennessee border, took ten years to complete and was one of the most difficult road-building projects ever undertaken by the state. Builders carved almost the entire twenty-one miles out of the mountainsides.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 36 Issue 8, Sept 1968, p9, 34-35, il

Subject(s):

Roads--Design and construction--North Carolina, Western

Record #:

10779

Author(s):

Chapman, Ashton

Abstract:

Barter between the early Carolina traders and the Cherokees and other tribes was well organized, and its total annual volume amounted to \"big business\" in the Carolinas. Prior to 1715 the names of some 100 Carolina traders were noted in the public records, and many more appeared there between 1715 and 1750. Best known, perhaps, of these early traders was James Adair, an Irishman, who landed in America in 1735 and was the only trader to write a book about his experiences. Other traders known to have successful interactions with the Cherokees include Thomas Nairne, Price Hughes, Eleazer Wiggan, Joseph Cooper, Robert Dunning and David Dowie.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 36 Issue 8, Sept 1968, p11-12, il

Subject(s):

Indians of North America--Relations with whites; Trade