Record #:

15172

Author(s):

Hicklin, J. B.

Abstract:

John W. Squires reported an increase of nabbing poachers in Pisgah National Forest. Poachers used spotlights to blind and confuse wildlife then proceed to hunt. One species in danger was the Virginia white-tail deer, an animal stocked by George W. Vanderbilt around his Biltmore Estate and later partially incorporated into Pisgah National Forest. Numbers of poachers apprehended from November 1937 to May 1, 1938 totaled twenty in the Pisgah Game Preserve and an additional twenty-two in Sherwood State Refuge. The solution was to place additional wardens armed with flashlights and revolvers at strategic points throughout the preserve.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 6 Issue 1, June 1938, p1, 18, il

Subject(s):

Vanderbilt, George Washington II, 1862-1914

Record #:

15173

Author(s):

Tucker, Harry Z.

Abstract:

Judge Duncan Cameron moved to North Carolina in 1797 and constructed his home in 1803. The plantation encompassed 30,000 acres along the Neuse Valley in Durham County. Of note, scenes from the classic silent film \"The Birth of a Nation\" were shot at Farintosh because director D.W. Griffith believed the estate reflected the antebellum southern country home.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 6 Issue 1, June 1938, p5, 20, il

Subject(s):

Plantations--Durham County; Fairntosh Manor--Durham County; Birth of a Nation (Motion picture); Cameron, Duncan, 1777-1853; Griffith, D.W. (David Llewelyn Wark), 1875-1948

Record #:

17101

Author(s):

Coates, Albert

Abstract:

Brigadier General William Bryden is the new commanding general at Fort Bragg, the nation's largest field artillery post.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 6 Issue 1, June 1938, p3, por

Subject(s):

Fort Bragg; Bryden, William, 1880-1972