Record #:

36563

Author(s):

Abstract:

Traditionally, lands unfenced meant lands were free for anyone, owners and not, to use for hunting, fishing, and grazing. The Civil War, with its attendant population growth and rise of commercial farming, helped to bring about fencing laws and end to open range. Pictured was the type of fence that dotted the Appalachian landscape by the 1890s.

Source:

The Laurel of Asheville (NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 13 Issue 11, November 2016, p122

Subject(s):

Archives--North Carolina; Fences; Fences--Laws and legislation; Animal husbandry; Agriculture; Civil War; Hunting; Fishing