North carolina. It is called cape fear because when boats were approaching there were a lot of shoals and it was difficult to get into, so it was a fearful place to land, at least that is what most historians thing. Wilmington is the main city in North Hanover county. The exhibit is called cape fear stories. It explores the history of wilmington and North Hanover county from the earliest inhabitants of to the 20th century. When people came here, some people described it as an ocean of trees, majestic, tall trees, and these became the bedrock of the regions economy. The trees are called Longleaf Pines. You can still see them today, but they used to cover a huge part of the united states. They have these long pine needles, big pinecones, totally different than anything you would have seen in england if you are coming here from europe. They are a resource for lumber, turpentine, and tar. People came to the cape fear in the early part of the american colonial period. Most americans lived w
North carolina. It is called cape fear because when boats were approaching there were a lot of shoals and it was difficult to get into, so it was a fearful place to land, at least that is what most historians thing. Wilmington is the main city in North Hanover county. The exhibit is called cape fear stories. It explores the history of wilmington and North Hanover county from the earliest inhabitants of to the 20th century. When people came here, some people described it as an ocean of trees, majestic, tall trees, and these became the bedrock of the regions economy. The trees are called Longleaf Pines. You can still see them today, but they used to cover a huge part of the united states. They have these long pine needles, big pinecones, totally different than anything you would have seen in england if you are coming here from europe. They are a resource for lumber, turpentine, and tar. People came to the cape fear in the early part of the american colonial period. Most americans lived w
North carolina. It is called cape fear because when boats were approaching there were a lot of shoals and it was difficult to get into, so it was a fearful place to land, at least that is what most historians thing. Wilmington is the main city in North Hanover county. The exhibit is called cape fear stories. It explores the history of wilmington and North Hanover county from the earliest inhabitants of to the 20th century. When people came here, some people described it as an ocean of trees, majestic, tall trees, and these became the bedrock of the regions economy. The trees are called Longleaf Pines. You can still see them today, but they used to cover a huge part of the united states. They have these long pine needles, big pinecones, totally different than anything you would have seen in england if you are coming here from europe. They are a resource for lumber, turpentine, and tar. People came to the cape fear in the early part of the american colonial period. Most americans lived w
It explores the history of wilmington and North Hanover county from the earliest inhabitants of to the 20th century. When people came here, some people described it as an ocean of trees, majestic, tall trees, and these became the bedrock of the regions economy. The trees are called Longleaf Pines. You can still see them today, but they used to cover a huge part of the united states. They have these long pine needles, big pinecones, totally different than anything you would have seen in england if you are coming here from europe. They are a resource for lumber, turpentine, and tar. People came to the cape fear in the early part of the american colonial period. Most americans lived within 50 miles of the coast. We have three things going for us, the cape fear river, which allows people to come up to where wilmington is. We have the ocean that allows us to transport people, and then we have the land, the resources that are available to the forests and the land, the Longleaf Pine forests t
The English settled Martha’s Vineyard from the outside in; early colonial settlements clustered around natural harbors and mill-powering streams, mostly near the periphery of the Island. The dry interior that scrubby triangle formed by the highways connecting Vineyard Haven, West Tisbury, and Edgartown remained virtually uninhabited for centuries. Modern inland developments like those […]