Record #:

15342

Author(s):

Dean, G.E.

Abstract:

Walter Abner Gibbs endeavored to make a fortune by breeding, raising, and skinning muskrats. He purchased 3,000 acres of marshes along the Currituck County coast to expand his pelt business which already included a 700 acre farm in Maryland. Muskrat pelts used to make Hudson Seal fur coats brought $2 a pelt in 1938.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 5 Issue 32, Jan 1938, p1, 16, il

Subject(s):

Muskrat; Fur--Marketing

Record #:

17059

Author(s):

Bunn, J. Wilbur

Abstract:

Bunn discusses how the overhunting of quail has almost removed this popular game bird from the North Carolina landscape.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 5 Issue 32, Jan 1938, p3,16, il

Subject(s):

Wildlife conservation

Record #:

17060

Author(s):

Henderson, Ida Briggs

Abstract:

At one time there were about 500 trolley cars carrying passengers in some of the state's largest cities. Now only two places remain--Wilmington and between Spencer and Salisbury. Henderson recounts being in Asheville when the first trolley began operations there.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 5 Issue 32, Jan 1938, p9, 16

Subject(s):

Trolley cars--Asheville--History