Record #:

19940

Author(s):

Starling, Robert B.

Abstract:

This article is the first of a two-part examination of the development of the plank road system in antebellum North Carolina. This installment provides information on transportation challenges and shortcomings in the early 19th century and the origins of the movement to install plank roads in the state.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 16 Issue 1, Jan 1939, p1-22, f

Subject(s):

Plank roads--North Carolina