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A History of Transportation in Western North Carolina : Trails, Roads, Rails & Air
by Terry Ruscin and Robert Morgan
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Overview
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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