Record #:

8465

Author(s):

Setzer, Lynn

Abstract:

OUR STATE magazine begins a new series on the best walks to take in North Carolina. Setzer describes the Sugarloaf Trail, which is located in the Carolina Beach State Park near Wilmington. The trail is approximately 2.6 miles, with a surface of hard and soft sand and pine straw.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 74 Issue 8, Jan 2007, p34-36, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Parks--Wilmington; Trails--Wilmington

Record #:

7773

Author(s):

Lee, Misti C.

Abstract:

During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the need for jobs was critical. Wilmington responded to the need by building the Community Drive, now known as Lake Shore Drive. This Depression-era project to build a five-mile road around Greenfield Lake and park in the downtown area created jobs for hundreds of men. Work began on November 24, 1930, and ended eighteen months later. The project funding was unique. Local residents who were fortunate enough to have retained their jobs agreed to fund the project through their own paychecks. Participants gave one day's salary every month. Over $110,000 was raised.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 73 Issue 11, Apr 2006, p116-120, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Depressions--1929--Wilmington; Parks--Wilmington; Roads--Wilmington

Record #:

10800

Author(s):

Hall, Lewis Phillip

Abstract:

Various historians have erroneously assumed that Wilmington's Hilton Park was named for William Hilton, an early explorer of the Cape Fear. The park was actually named for the Hill family, who purchased the property from the widow of Revolutionary hero Cornelius Harnett. Harnett, who was known as \"the Samuel Adams of The South,\" built a home on the property and hosted many notables of the time, including Josiah Quincy and Robert Howe. It was also at Harnett's home that plans were made to establish organized resistance to the Stamp Act. After Harnett's death, his widow sold the property in 1784 to the Hill family, who in turn sold the property, including the house, to the Peregoy Lumber Company in 1892. Eventually, Hilton became the property of Wilmington and was opened as the city's first public park.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 36 Issue 14, Dec 1968, p9-10, il

Subject(s):

Parks--Wilmington; Hilton Park--Wilmington--History

Record #:

11858

Author(s):

Goerch, Carl

Abstract:

Goerch describes how an unsightly dump-heap in a swampy area near the outskirts of Wilmington was transformed into Greenfield Park through the efforts of J. E. L. Wade, the Commissioner of Public Works.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 2 Issue 16, Sept 1934, p8-9, il, por

Subject(s):

Parks--Wilmington