[…] Confluence Natural Area has allowed the Association to expand on its mission to engage the public in learning about, exploring, and protecting the Eno River, at the start of its 41-mile journey to Falls Lake. The property is visited by thousands each year, and the Association hosts nature programs, Eno River Field Station teen […]
Eno River Association has expanded our Confluence Natural Area!
[…] Confluence Natural Area has allowed the Association to expand on its mission to engage the public in learning about, exploring, and protecting the Eno River, at the start of its 41-mile journey to Falls Lake. The property is visited by thousands each year, and the Association hosts nature programs, Eno River Field Station teen summer camp, […]
Fish Dam Road
[…] time, parts of Carver Street and Highway 70 and all of Cheek Road were known as Fish Dam Road. Contact: Journal@enoriver.org Markham Map In the 1940’s Allan Markham put together maps of the area with original land grant information. Read about his map and how it informs the research on Fish Dam Road. Start here.
The History of Few’s Ford
[…] Husband and signed promissory notes for friends who had defaulted on their loans. Like other Quakers in the Hillsborough area, he decided to move to Georgia and start afresh. 7 The move was hastened by the dangerous turn the Regulator movement took that year. Unrest that had been brewing over five years broke out in violence: […]
Laurel Cliffs Trail
[…] that is among the first to bloom as temperatures begin to rise. This timing allows them to gain access to unobstructed sunlight before the trees above them start producing leaves! Yellow lady’s slipper: The yellow lady’s slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum) is an orchid species that begins to bloom along the Eno around April. This species […]