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Gannon, Renee

Pettigrew State Park offers steps into Northeastern North Carolina’s scenic beauty. Somerset Place, situated within Pettigrew, offer a step back into North Carolina life, pre-Civil War. Such sites help to make the state, from mountains to coast, a popular tourist destination.

Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 50 Issue 4, Apr 2018, p46

Pettigrew State Park; State parks--North Carolina; Somerset Place (Creswell); Somerset Place (Creswell)--History; Plantations--North Carolina; Antebellum period--North Carolina ; Lake Phelps; Great Eastern Dismal--see also Great Alligator Dismal; Old growth forests--North Carolina--Lake Phelps; Dug-out canoes--Lake Phelps--Native Americans; Somerset Place--slaves--Sucky Davis family ; Somerset Homecoming--Somerset Place--slaves descendants; Historic homes--interpretive tours