Arriving in the Yadkin Valley in fall 1753, the Moravians utilized a variety of local tree resources for food, tools, fuel, and buildings. Some of these species include poplar, hickory, walnut, chestnut, ash, oak, beech, and pine.
290 years ago, the true and absolute Lords Proprietors of Carolina conceived and attempted to spawn a government of landed aristocracy in the sparsely populated wilderness of Carolina.