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A History of Transportation in Western North Carolina|Terry Ruscin

A History of Transportation in Western North Carolina : Trails, Roads, Rails & Air

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Traveling across the treacherous and diverse landscape of western North Carolina is a challenge historically met with human ingenuity. Mountain traces of Native Americans, dusty stagecoach routes and vital railroads lined the region. Asheville installed the state s first electric streetcars. Intrepid young men and women continued North Carolina s aviation legacy. The Buncombe Turnpike helped tame the Blue Ridge Mountains, allowing livestock drives to reach markets in South Carolina. Author Terry Ruscin reveals the visionaries and risk-takers who paved the way to the Land of the Sky in a wondrous examination of western North Carolina transportation history."

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  • ISBN-13: 9781540200518
  • ISBN-10: 1540200515
  • Publisher: History Press Library Editions
  • Publish Date: October 2016
  • Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.63 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.18 pounds
  • Page Count: 274

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