Record #:

24259

Author(s):

Mims, Bryan

Abstract:

In Depression-era North Carolina, the state was mostly agrarian despite the increase in industrialization. Still, the wealthy took vacations. This new travel culture prompted state officials to develop a tourism trade for North Carolina based on its natural resources, the mountains and the sea.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 83 Issue 3, August 2015, p39-40, 42, il, por

Subject(s):

Tourism--North Carolina; North Carolina--History--20th century