Record #:

19732

Author(s):

Crittenden, Charles Christopher

Abstract:

This article looks at the conditions of various overland travel routes and methods of transportation from 1763-1789 using period accounts. This includes descriptions of road conditions, river and stream crossings, east-west travel routes, ferry crossings, bridges, woodland trails, lodgings, ordinaries, inns, taverns, travel on horseback, travel by wagon, travel by carriage, travel on foot, and travel during the Revolutionary War.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 8 Issue 3, July 1931, p239-257, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Transportation services--History; North Carolina--Transportation routes, Overland--History; Transportation methods--History; North Carolina--History--American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783--Travel

Record #:

23850

Author(s):

Rumley, Vail Stewart

Abstract:

The Hackney family has been in the transportation business in some capacity since the fourteenth century. The family and a version of their company originated in England, but the family's activities in eastern North Carolina are the focus of this article. Hackney Brothers Inc. in Wilson is the focus of this article. Hackney Brothers Inc. in Wilson once dominated the bugging making industry. In the twentieth century, the Washington branch, Hackney and Sons, Inc. made its mark with delivery vehicles. The company now specializes in the manufacture of fire and rescue trucks.

Source:

Washington the Magazine (NoCar F264.W3 W37), Vol. Issue , July/Aug 2015, p30-35, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Hackney Brothers, Inc. (Wilson); Transportation methods--History; Hackney and Sons, Inc.