North Carolina
North Carolina names 3 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
North Carolina a State in the South Atlantic Division of the North American Union
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a State in the South Atlantic Division of the North American Union; bounded by Virginia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and the Atlantic Ocean; one of the original 13 States; number of counties, 100; capital, Raleigh; area, 48,500 square miles; pop. (1900) 1,893,810; (1910) 2,206,287; (1920) 2,559,123. Topography. - The E. and larger portion of the State is an undulating country descending toward the low and sandy coast. The W. part is mountainous, being crossed by two ranges of the Appalachian system, one forming the Tennessee boundary. These ranges bear different_names, according to locality; such as Black, Stone, ck, Stone, and Smoky Mountains. The E. range known as the Blue Ridge incloses an irregular plateau. The highest points are Mount Mitchell, 6,732 feet, and Clingham's Peak, 6,619 feet, in the border range; and Grandfather Mountain, 5,897 feet; and Sugar Mountain, 5,312 feet; in the Blue Ridge range. The coast line has a length of 400 miles and consists of a range of low islands and sand bars, locally known as "banks," separated from the mainland by shallow sounds. The largest of the latter are Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds. From the "banks" in many places project promontories, dangerous becaus of their shoals, Cape Hatteras, Cape Lookout, and Cape Fear being the chief ones. The principal rivers are the Cape Fear, flowing 200 miles through the center of the State; Roanoke, and Chowan, flowing into the State from Virginia, and the Neuse, and Tar, emptying into Pamlico Sound. Along the coast are numerous swamps and peat bogs. The great Dismal Swamp of Virginia projects into between the Albemarle and Pamlico the State, and there is a large swamp Sounds. Geology. The mountain ranges of North Carolina are principally of Azoic formation, and the sandy E. portion of Tertiary and Quaternary deposits. The Azoic region is represented by gneiss, granite, and crystalline schists and contains two narrow and irregular strips of coal-bearing sandstone. The State has very small mineral production. A small amount of gold is mined and there is also a small silver production. Other mineral resources are phosphate-rock, alum, graphite, bismuth, kaolin, whetstone, sapphires, amethysts, emeralds, corundum, garnet, and tourmaline. Soil and Productions. - The swamp land when drained, and the river bottoms have exceedingly fertile soil and yield enormous crops, especially of rice and cotton. The N. counties known as the Bright Tobacco Belt, which extends from the Piedmont almost to the coast, produces a large percentage of the yellow tobacco of the United States. 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Inlet Cape Fear FRYING PAN SHOALS L/A N NORTH CAROLINA 4 SCALE OF STATUTE MILES 40 0 5 10 30 20 50 60 SCALE OF KILOMETERS 90 100 30 40 50 60 70 80 10 20 0 A County Towns Railroads 79 ° 78° 77° from E Greenwich F D 76° G mountainous sections are valuable as grazing lands and well adapted to stock raising and dairy farming. The production and value of the leading agricultural crops in 1919 were as follows: corn, 55,100,000 bushels, valued at $101,- 935,000; oats, 3,767,000 bushels, valued at $3,993,000; wheat, 7,225,000 bushels, valued at $16,834,000; tobacco, 310,240,- 000 lbs., valued at $166,289,000; hay, 1,040,000 tons, valued at $25,168,000; peanuts, 4,756,000 bushels, valued at $11,605,000; cotton, 875,000 bales, valued at $154,000,000; potatoes, 4,930,000 bushels, valued at $8,036,000; sweet potatoes, 9,858,000 bushels, valued at $13,- 604,000. Manufactures. - The number of manufacturing establishments in the State in 1914 was 5,507; the average number of wage earners was 136,847; capital invested was $253,842,000; wages paid was $46,039,000; materials used valued at $169,942,000; and the value of products was $289,412,000. The chief manufactures included cotton goods, fertilizers, flour, furniture, leather, lumber, oil, and tobacco. Banking. On Oct. 31, 1919, there were reported 85 National banks in operation, having $9,906,000 in capital, $8,055,704 in outstanding circulation, and $7,115,810 in United States bonds. There were also 471 State banks, with 468,000 capital, $6,408,000 00 surplus, and $196,489,000 in resources. Education. Owing to various reasons educational conditions in the State are not good. There are about 780,000 children of school age, of whom about 525,- 000 are white and 254,000 colored. About 410,000 white children are enrolled in the schools and about 200,000 colored children. There are about 14,000 teachers, of whom about 10,000 are white. The total annual expenditures for school purposes is about $5,000,000. Among the colleges are the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Davidson College at Davidson, Trinity son, Trinity College at Durham, Biddle University at Charlotte, Shaw University and the State Agricultural and Mechanical College at Raleigh, and Wake Forest College at Wake Forest. The women's colleges include the Salem Female Academy at Salem, Claremont Female College at Hickory, the Baptist Female College at Raleigh, Greensboro Female College at Greensboro, Asheville College at Asheville, and Oxford College at Oxford. Churches. The strongest denominations in the State are the Regular Baptist, South; Regular Baptist, Colored; African Methodist; Methodist Episcopal, South; Presbyterian, South; Methodist Episcopal; Methodist Protestant; Christian; and Disciples of Christ. Transportation. - The total railway mileage in the State in 1917 was about 5,000. The roads having the largest mileage are the Southern Railway and the Atlantic Coast Line. Finances. The receipts for the biennial period ending Dec. 1, 1918, amounted to $12,665,351, and the disbursements to $11,850,430. There was a balance on hand of $1,039,543. The State has an outstanding debt of about $10,000,000, Charities and Corrections. - There are hospitals at Morgantown, Raleigh, and Goldsboro; a State prison at Raleigh; various schools for the blind and deaf and a home and industrial school for women. State Government. The governor is elected for a term of four years. Legislative sessions are held biennially and are limited in length to 60 days each. The Legislature has 50 members in the Senate and 120 in the House. There are 10 representatives in Congress. The State government in 1920 was Democratic. History. North Carolina was first partially colonized by a body of English under Raleigh in 1585, but no permanent settlement was made till 1663 when Charles II. made a grant of the territory to eight English gentlemen. In 1705 an internecine conflict took place among the colonists with reference to the claims of two rival governors. From 1711 to 1713 a war was waged with the Tuscaroras and other Indian tribes, who were ultimately reduced to subjection, the Tuscaroras going to New York and becoming one of the Six Nations. In 1769 the colony declared against the right of the home government to levy taxation. North Carolina united with the other colonies in the Declaration of Independence and made the first declaration at Charlotte, May 20, 1775. A partisan warfare next ensued between the patriots and the loyalists, which latter were in strong force throughout the State. On March 15, 1781, General Green, with a force of 4,500 men, was attacked at Guilford Court House by a body of British troops, 2,000 strong, commanded by Lord Cornwallis, but the British, though claiming victory, were put in such plight that the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown was a necessary sequence. The National Constitution was adopte adopted in 1789. The State joined the Southern Confederacy May 20, 1861, and furnished some of the very best troops in the Confederate army, having 125,000 in service and losing 40,000 by wounds and disease. The present constitution was amended in 1875, and again in August, 1900, when the suffrage was amended so that after Jan. 1, 1908, no one who came of age that year or afterward, who is unable to read and write, can vote. NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND MECHANIC ARTS, an institution maintained by the State of North Carolina at West Raleigh for the promotion of scientific agriculture and industrial education. The main courses are in chemistry, civil and electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering. There is no arts and science course, the studies being all technical. The State maintains an agricultural experiment station at West Raleigh to cooperate with the college. Both the State and the United States appropriate money for the support of the institution. The grounds and buildings, including a large farm property, are valued at about $1,100,000, while the total enrolment in 1915 was 702.
North Carolina one of the original thirteen states of the American Union
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
one of the original thirteen states of the American Union. It lies on the Atlantic coast between Virginia and South Carolina . Area, including inland waters , 52,286 square miles. The surface is divided into three physical divisions--a wide coastal plain, a foothill or piedmont region, and the mountains. The coastal plain consists of land formed by the wash of the continent. Albemarle and Pamlico sounds, two broad, shallow bodies of salt water, indent the coast deeply. Their outer border is a reef of sand brought down by the rivers and tossed back by the conflicting currents of the tides. Characteristics. The average annual rainfall is from forty-five to sixty inches, according to location. The rivers are numerous and large in proportion to their length. Their general course is from northwest to southeast. Boats ascend as far as the foothills, an average distance of 100 miles, where further navigation is prevented by rapids and cascades. In fact, the shore of the old continent is a line of rapids and waterfalls throughout its entire extent from Virginia to South Carolina. A descent of fifty feet in two miles is not unusual. It is one of the great waterpower regions of the world. The manufacturing towns of Charlotte, Concord, Durham, Fayetteville, Henderson, Raleigh, Reidsville, Salisbury, and Winston indicate sufficiently a region destined to become one of the most important industrial centers of the world. The leading manufacturing industries are tobacco and cotton cloth. West of the piedmont region rise the Blue Ridge and the Black and the Great Smoky Mountains. Over a score of peaks tower up to a height greater than that of the White Mountains of New Hampshire . Mitchell Peak, 6,711 feet high, is the loftiest mountain east of the Mississippi. Soil and Products. Between the flat swamp lands of the coast and the ranges of the west there is a diversity of soil and climate. Corn is a universal crop. Rice is raised on the coast. Half a million bales of cotton are raised yearly. In the production of tobacco North Carolina ranks second in the Union, and in sweet potatoes it ranks first. Of late a large area following the coast has been devoted to market gardening. Early lettuce is grown under glass. There are thousands of acres devoted to strawberries. Cut flowers are an important item. It is predicted that this region will become the great American competitor of Holland and the Bermudas in the raising of bulbs. In the piedmont region cotton and tobacco are beginning to make room for grape growing, peaches, and small fruits. In the elevated west the valleys between the mountain ranges are the natural home of the apple tree. The apple orchards are not known to fail to bear a crop. There are numerous elevated morasses where the wild cranberry grows in profusion. Forests. The coastal plain is still covered in part by extensive forests of southern pine, yielding turpentine, tar, pitch, and resin. A dweller in these tar-producing pine barrens is known colloquially as a "tarheel." North Carolina is sometimes dubbed "The Tarheel State." Many uncleared swamps are cypress jungles. Palmetto, magnolia, and live oak are found near the coast. Oak, maple, elm, hickory, ash, walnut, and other valuable furniture and vehicle timber is found in the central region; while the fir, hemlock, and white pine are found in the western mountains. Animals. The forests still shelter the gray squirrel, deer, fox, raccoon, the opossum, and rabbit. A few beavers still build their lodges in the streams. Wild turkeys are found in the mountains. Quail, partridges, and pigeons abound in the hardwood regions. Snipe and woodcock are found in the lowlands. Song birds are protected by law. Waterfowl are abundant along the coast. Fisheries. The fisheries of the state are of commercial importance. A large appropriation is expended in the maintenance of fish hatcheries and in protecting oysters and shellfish. The annual catch of shad, herring, bass, perch, oysters, shellfish, and diamond-back terrapin employs from 10,000 to 15,000 persons. Minerals. The coast region is rich in marl. Gold, mica, iron, and pottery clay are found farther west. There are deposits also of silver, tin, lead, and zinc. Coal and iron mines and magnesium limestone are found near together. There are about forty small gold mines. The marble and granite are of a fine quality. The world's supply of corundum is obtained largely in North Carolina. Millstones of excellent quality are quarried. Of gems, opals, agates, garnets, amethysts, rubies, emeralds, and even diamonds are found in paying quantities. There are a number of noted mineral springs. Historical. The first attempts to found colonies in North Carolina were not successful. A colony was planted on Roanoke Island in 1587. Virginia Dare was born here August 18, 1587. The descent of the Spanish Armada prevented the sending of supplies until 1590. When the returning ship reached the site the colonists had disappeared. No trace has ever been found of the lost colony of Roanoke. The first permanent settlers drifted in from Jamestown. The early settlers were troubled by attacks of the Tuscarora Indians and of pirates. "Blackbeard," the leader of the pirates, was killed in 1718. The region was cut up from time to time among several lord-proprietors. North and South Carolina were definitely separated in 1729. Among the elements that came in were Scotch covenanters, Highland Scotch after the battle of Culloden, Moravians escaping from the persecution of the Austrians, and Scotch-Irish, by way of Charleston. North Carolina joined Virginia in the French and Indian War and followed her example in opposition to the Stamp Act and the importation of tea. The Revolutionary engagements of King's Mountain and Guilford Court House were fought in North Carolina. North Carolina was the last colony but one to ratify the Constitution. This act was deferred until November, 1789, when Washington had already been president for seven months. Tennessee, formerly a part of North Carolina, was ceded to the United States , and was accepted April 2, 1790. North Carolina was also the last state but one to secede from the Union. The act of secession was passed May 20, 1861. Over 127,000 North Carolina men entered the Confederate Army. It is claimed that the last volley at Appomattox was fired by North Carolina men. Population, Etc. The population in 1900 was returned at 1,893,810--one-third colored. The farther from the sea, the fewer colored people. Raleigh was made the capital in 1791. State officers are elected for four years. The governor is not eligible for reelection. The second state university in the Union was chartered at Chapel Hill in 1789. The doors were opened in 1795. There are numerous denominational colleges. A public school system was established in 1840. Separate schools are maintained for colored children. A system of school libraries has been set in operation. Statistics. The following statistics are the latest to be had from trustworthy sources: Land area, square miles 48,580 Population (1906) 2,059,326 Number negroes (1900) 624,469 Wilmington (1906) 21,528 Charlotte 22,009 Asheville 18,414 Raleigh 14,225 Number counties 98 Members of state senate 50 Representatives 120 Salary of governor $4,000 U. S. representatives 10 Presidential electors 12 Assessed valuation of property $462,000,000 Bonded indebtedness $6,881,000 State revenue (1907) $2,652,000 Acres of improved land 8,327,000 Agricultural Products-- Corn, bushels 50,000,000 Wheat, bushels 5,680,000 Oats, bushels 2,500,000 Peanuts, bushels 3,500,000 Sweet potatoes, bushels 5,781,000 Potatoes, bushels 1,636,000 Tobacco, pounds 134,000,000 Rice, pounds 8,000,000 Cotton, pounds 288,000,000 Butter, pounds 17,000,000 Honey, pounds 2,500,000 Cotton, pounds 30,000,000 Domestic Animals-- Horses 190,000 Mules 177,000 Milk cows 294,000 Other cattle 450,000 Sheep 220,000 Goats 43,000 Swine 1,357,000 Fowls 4,000,000 Eggs, dozens 18,000,000 Output of manufactures $142,000,000 Output of cotton goods $47,000,000 Silver output (1907) $16,600 Lumber products $16,000,000 Tobacco manufactures $29,000,000 Output of gold $79,000 Output of mica $225,000 Clay products $1,315,000 Quarry products $932,000 Miles of railway 4,409 Teachers in public schools 10,146 Pupils enrolled 484,000 Percentage of male teachers 31.4 Average monthly salary of teachers $31.55 Average annual expenditure per pupil $8.01 See Mecklenberg Declaration
North Carolina UNIVERSITY OF, a coeducational no non-sectarian institution in Chapel Hill
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
UNIVERSITY OF, a coeducational no non-sectarian institution in Chapel Hill, N. C., founded in 1795; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 105; students, 1,316; volumes in the library, 85,- 000; grounds and buildings valued at $290,000; benefactions, $1,000; income, $325,427; president, H. W. Chase, Ph. D.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's counted 2,559,123 North Carolinians in 1920; the 2020 census found 10,439,388, making it the ninth most populous state. The economy Collier's described — bright-leaf tobacco, cotton and "very small mineral production" — has been displaced by banking in Charlotte, by the Research Triangle Park opened near Raleigh in 1959, and by pharmaceutical and university research, while tobacco acreage has collapsed since the federal quota buyout of 2004. The geography still reads true, though Mount Mitchell is now given as about 6,684 feet rather than 6,732, and the Cape Hatteras lighthouse, guarding the shoals Collier's called dangerous, was moved some 2,900 feet inland in 1999 as the beach eroded beneath it. Note too what the 1921 account omits: the Wright brothers' first powered flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903, now the state's best-known claim.
Written for this edition, 2026.