Articles in regional publications that pertain to a wide range of North Carolina-related topics.
Forgotten Genius: North Carolina Inventors of the Nineteenth Century
Abstract:
From 1790 to 1900, hundreds of the state's residents from across the state patented approximately 2,000 inventions. The first patent granted to a Tar Heel was in 1801 to G. F. Saltonstall of Fayetteville for his work with grain processing.