Record #:

12818

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

Several thousand acres are being cleared and drained in Hyde, Washington, Tyrell, and Beaufort Counties, for a new agricultural empire in North Carolina. The American Land Company, Lake Phelps Farms, Inc., the Three L Company, the MacArthurs of Chicago, the W.R. Grace Interests, and the Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, include some of the investors and land owners involved in the project.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 28 Issue 11, Oct 1960, p19, il, map

Subject(s):

Tyrrell County--Economic conditions