This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DURHAM, N.C. — For most kids growing up in ...
The earliest traces of Tobacco Road, in the literal sense, are still visible on several acres of old farmland in Durham, where the scent of tobacco leaves still lingers in an aging factory on the Duke ...
WILSON, N.C. (WNCT) — For 25 years, Ann Baker took photos of tobacco barns while out riding in the car with her husband. “Well, we used to get out and ride. After Rufus retired and I retired, we’d ...
ASHEVILLE - When Kathleen Hodgson stepped into the Antique Tobacco Barn, she was looking for a coffee table but ended up with a vintage jacket that had a colorful plaid-like pattern, and an old ...
Eastern North Carolina was once widely known for tobacco. To help preserve the state's agricultural heritage, Keith Barnes has photographed about 1,200 Wilson County tobacco barns within the last year ...
You really never know what you'll find down the old country roads of North Carolina. The sight of a dilapidated old tobacco barn with peeling paint and caved in roof may not be an unusual sight along ...
Tobacco company JTI and Preservation Virginia have formed a partnership to preserve historic tobacco curing barns in Virginia and North Carolina. JTI will provide $100,000 in grants to help owners ...
The quaint village of Port Tobacco in the rolling hills of southern Maryland, an hour from Washington, has a few pre-Revolutionary War homes on a square and a rebuilt courthouse that only hint at what ...
After more than four centuries of ubiquity and profits, North Carolina’s tobacco production bottomed out in 2020 to a level not seen in nearly 100 years. Now, the state is down to about 1,300 tobacco ...
WILSON, N.C. (WNCT) — For 25 years Ann Baker took photos of tobacco barns while out riding in the car with her husband. “Well, we used to get out and ride. After Rufus retired and I retired, we’d just ...
Tobacco Road once facilitated North Carolina’s deep love affair with basketball, a sport that became a defining part of its culture. And the Big Four ACC schools along that stretch — North Carolina, N ...