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

by Terry Ruscin

Book 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467137065
• ISBN13: 9781467137065
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"