Record #:

20187

Author(s):

Rice, Phillip M.

Abstract:

In the period following the American Revolution, commercial rivalry between states resulted in attempts to establish cooperation between state governments. Once such project was the Roanoke Waterway, one of the first efforts by states to institute cooperative undertakings in internal improvements.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 31 Issue 1, Jan 1954, p50-74, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Roanoke River (Va. and N.C.)--History