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Pumpkin Delights

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7394
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Abstract:
Chicken Bridge, near Pittsboro in Chatham County, had a long-standing tradition of lighting pumpkins on Halloween. In 1987, a local newspaper reported that around 500 people had come to the wooden bridge to enjoy the lit pumpkins. Within a few years, the state demolished the bridge and built a new two-lane concrete one. The increased traffic made it too dangerous to continue the pumpkin-lighting tradition. Not willing to give up their Halloween tradition, the citizens moved down to an old bridge near Bynum that the state was planning to demolish. People in Chatham County prevailed on the state to save the bridge on condition that no cars would ever use it again. Martin describes a typical pumpkin lighting.
Source:
Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 73 Issue 5, Oct 2005, p166-168, 170, il