Record #:

3952

Author(s):

Capps, Gil

Abstract:

In 1895 and 1896, retired Boston merchant James W. Tufts bought for $1.24 an acre the Moore County land that would become Pinehurst. He did not intend it for golf, but rather as a warm climate resort for retirees and for those in ill health. Although he added a golf course, he died in 1902, never knowing that Pinehurst would become one of the country's golf meccas.

Source:

North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 57 Issue 3, Mar 1999, p26, il

Subject(s):

Tufts, James Walker, 1835-1902