Timber, land & railroads : history of the John L. Roper Lumber Company / by Bill Barber.
The timber boom that swept across coastal North Carolina following the Civil War brought thousands of speculators, lumbermen, railroaders, watermen, and loggers to exploit the untapped timber resources of the vast swampy wilderness. With sawmills came boom towns, employment for thousands of local inhabitants, and the first industry in many of the coastal counties. The John L. Roper Lumber Company was only one of the many lumber mills that operated during that era, but it led the way in building railroads, organizing the lumbermen from three states into the North Carolina Pine Association, and rebranding what had been considered an inferior product into lumber that dominated the market as “North Carolina Pine.” Roper’s timber empire spread from Norfolk, Virgina, to Jacksonville, North Carolina, and turned Norfolk into the leading lumber market on the East Coast.
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- ISBN: 9798387964794
- Physical Description: xvii, 156 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Publisher: [North Carolina?] [Publisher not identified], [2023]
- Copyright: ©2023
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- Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-148) and index.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| George H. & Laura E. Brown Library | CR 975.6 Bar (Text) | 30308101371780 | North Carolina Room Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
