After World War 1 ended, North Carolinians took the ride of their lives. Never before had some North Carolinians been so rich. Never before had most state residents been so poor.
North Carolinians had known about cars since about 1905, when wealthy industrialists and physicians brought them home to every town in the state. By 1912, townspeople used them on a daily basis.
To make automobils an integal part of industrial progress, state leaders decided to build to build a network of roads that wouls connect the industrial towns of the Piedmont with the rawmaterials grown on the Costal Plain.
During the five years after the end of the war, more than 100,000 people moved to towns & cities in North Carolina. That was more people than had ever lived in all the towns before 1900.
North Carolinians had known about cars since about 1905, when wealthy industrialists and physicians brought them home to every town in the state. By 1912, townspeople used them on a daily basis.
To make automobils an integal part of industrial progress, state leaders decided to build to build a network of roads that wouls connect the industrial towns of the Piedmont with the rawmaterials grown on the Costal Plain.
During the five years after the end of the war, more than 100,000 people moved to towns & cities in North Carolina. That was more people than had ever lived in all the towns before 1900.