Author: Michael R. HillPublisher: North Carolina Division of Archives & History
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Guide to North Carolina Highway Historical Markers
Author: Michael R. HillPublisher: North Carolina Division of Archives & History
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
South Carolina Country Roads: Of Train Depots, Filling Stations & Other Vanishing Charms
Author: Tom Poland Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 146713886X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Venture off the beaten path to forgotten roads, where a hidden South Carolina exists. Time-travel and dead-end at a ferry that leads to wild islands. Cross a rusting steel truss bridge into a scene from the 1930s. Behold an old gristmill and imagine its creaking, clashing gears grinding corn. See an old gas pump wreathed in honeysuckle. Drive through a ghost town and wonder why it died. When's the last time you saw a country store's cured hams hanging from wires? How about a vintage Bull Durham tobacco ad on old brick? Tom Poland explores scenic back roads that lead to heirloom tomatoes, poke salad, restaurants once gas stations, overgrown ruins and other soulful relics.
Carolina Highways
Author: NC 12
Author: Dawson CarrPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469628155
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
Connecting communities from Corolla in the north to Ocracoke Island in the south, scenic North Carolina Highway 12 binds together the fragile barrier islands that make up the Outer Banks. Throughout its lifetime, however, NC 12 has faced many challenges—from recurring storms and shifting sands to legal and political disputes—that have threatened this remarkable highway's very existence. Through the unique lens of the road's rich history, Dawson Carr tells the story of the Outer Banks as it has unfolded since a time when locals used oxcarts to pull provisions from harbors to their homes and the Wright Brothers struggled over mountainous dunes. Throughout, Carr captures the personal stories of those who have loved and lived on the Outer Banks. As Carr relates the importance of NC 12 and its transformation from a string of beach roads to a scenic byway joining miles of islands, he also chronicles the history of a region over the last eighty-five years, showing how the highway and the residents of the Outer Banks came to rely on each other.
North Carolina's Primary Highway Needs
Author: North Carolina State Highway and Public Works CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
North Carolina Highways
Author: North Carolina State Highway Commission. Advance Planning DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Highway planning
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Annual Report of the South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation to the General Assembly
Author: South Carolina. Dept. of Highways and Public TransportationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Roads
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Act. V.
Author: United States. Bureau of Public RoadsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Automobiles
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Paving Tobacco Road
Author: Walter R. TurnerPublisher: North Carolina Division of Archives & History
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
This paperback book traces the development of the state agency responsible for North Carolina's highways from its beginnings in 1915 as the North Carolina State Highway Commission through the first years of the twenty-first century. One chapter is devoted to other forms of transportation, such as the state's ferry, bicycle, and rail programs. The author identifies many of the leaders, both political and professional, who helped to create North Carolina's entire transportation network.
Dixie Highway
Author: Tammy IngramPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469612984
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Dixie Highway: Road Building and the Making of the Modern South, 1900-1930