Record #:

10298

Author(s):

Dunnagan, M. R.

Abstract:

In the decade before the Civil War, getting goods to eastern markets from the Piedmont Region was hampered by a lack of good roads. Legislation passed in 1849 authorized construction of plank roads, and approximately 500 miles were built. Dunnagan discusses how the roads were built and who used them.

Source:

We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 11 Issue 10, Mar 1954, p12, 29

Subject(s):

Plank roads