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Tarheels, Tartoes, and Just Plain Tar: The Naval Stores Industry in Craven County
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27990
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Abstract:
North Carolina produced more naval stores than anyone in the world up until well after the Civil War. Naval stores are products manufactured from pine trees, and used in building and maintaining ships. Due to the abundance of tar, pitch, and turpentine, naval stores such as those in Craven County became central to the state’s economy.
Source:
Journal of the New Bern Historical Society
(NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 9 Issue 1, May 1996,
p3-17, il, bibl
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