Record #:

35850

Author(s):

Lawson, John

Abstract:

Deep River’s yields to NC citizens stretched back to pre-Colonial days. Its valued could be gauged in coal used by Confederate blockade runners and hardwoods like the White Pine. How the author attained an appreciation: by the great outdoors experiences of camping and canoeing.

Source:

Tar Heel (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 8 Issue 3, Apr 1980, p18-19, 52

Subject(s):

Chatham County; Blockade running; Coal; Guilford Courthouse, Battle of, N.C., 1781; White pine; White Pines Preserve (Chatham County); Asheboro--Description and travel; Dams; Steamboats

Record #:

9454

Author(s):

Clamp, John C.; Shelley, Rowland M.

Abstract:

The distribution of white pines in North Carolina is in the western Piedmont and mountainous counties; however, in the Piedmont, along the Rocky and Deep rivers in Chatham and Lee counties, a stand of white pines exists. The authors describe this stand which is one hundred miles east of its natural range.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 41 Issue 3, Mar 1977, p8-9, 26, il, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

White pine

Record #:

21919

Author(s):

Welker, Dorothy

Abstract:

This article examines the use of white pine, a type of wood not grown in the South, in the 18th and 19th century production of furniture found throughout Southern homes. The trade patterns between North and South is discussed as well as Southern furniture makers such as C.J. Tooker of Fayetteville.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 12 Issue 1, May 1977, p11-26, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

White pine; Furniture