[…] went on to hold the monopoly in the U.S. cigarette market. Tobacco barns were once an important part of the tobacco curing process. Some of the common design elements of these structures included gabled roofs and some variation of a ventilation system. Tobacco leaves were hung in these barns and cured by using the […]
1654: First Mention of the Eno Indians
[…] till my return; which falling out presently after, I having by the way taken my brother in with me for the better prosecution of so noble a design, immediately I dispatched away a boat with six hands, one being a carpenter, to build the king an English house, my promise at his coming first, […]
Hugh L. Mangum, 1877-1922
[…] he went to Winston-Salem to study art at Salem College. Portraits by Hugh Mangum Mangum was a singular and talented person with a sense of humor and design, and a fascination for the eccentric and bizarre, for gypsies and the burlesque, for photographic props and extraordinary hats. He took a degree in hypnotism and […]
History of the Packhouse at West Point on the Eno
[…] conjecture,” he says, “It has always been my understanding that P.J. Mangum built it. He was given to building and built several structures that all had same design, or so it seemed. One was the barn that burned in the big field by the house. Mangum had two, perhaps three, tobacco barns and grew […]
Buc-ees project cancelled!
Pressure from citizens and hard questions from our local officials have prompted the Buccee’s developers to withdraw this project, which would have built a very large (100 pump) gas station, retail store, 120 room hotel, a retail/restaurant mini mall, 7 acres of road and 8 acres of parking – all draining into Sevenmile Creek, a […]
Confluence Natural Area
Address: 4214 Highland Farm Road, Hillsborough, NC 27278 Hours: Dawn to Dusk, 7 days a week Amenities and Attractions: Two Forks Trail, 1.75 miles, easy to moderate difficulty Sheppard Mill Trail, 0.5 miles, easy difficulty Parking Area Large Open-Air Pavilion Pollinator Gardens Chimney Swift Tower Remnants of former mill Expansive open fields and mature forest […]