and plowed farm land throughout
the region. As a result of their efforts,
the local forests were mostly cut down
and farmed.
A farmer plowing a North Carolina cotton field in 1940.
Site History
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Early farmers, like this one, cleared
and plowed farm land throughout the region. As a result of their efforts, the local forests were mostly cut down and farmed. A farmer plowing a North Carolina cotton field in 1940. |
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The aerial photo (below, left) shows the local landscape in 1934. By comparison with a present day aerial view (below, right), you can see that much of the area that is now forested was farmland at this time.
Around the turn of the century, the land was returned
to forest. The oldest trees on the site are 145 years old, judging
by counting rings of the cores of trees. Therefore, the latest the
last plowing of the field could have occurred was the mid-1850's.
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