Record #:

23350

Author(s):

Kammerer, Roger

Abstract:

The town of Whichard Station began in 1892 when the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad built a rail line in Pitt County, passing through the land of Willis R. Whichard. Whichard Station was a logging center for the Greenleaf Johnson Lumber Company.

Source:

Greenville Times / Pitt's Past (NC Microforms), Vol. Issue , Aug 5-19 2009, p5

Subject(s):

Pitt County--History--Towns--Whichard Station