Greenville in the 20th Century

by Dale Sauter, Christopher Arris Oakley, Matthew Reynolds

Book Overview

At the turn of the 20th century, Greenville was a small agricultural community located along the banks of the Tar River in eastern North Carolina. Most of the 2,600 residents were connected to the state's agricultural economy, growing cotton, tobacco, corn, and other crop staples. By the year 2000, however, Greenville had become an economically diverse city of more than 60,000. The explosion in the bright leaf tobacco industry, the establishment of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738599115
• ISBN13: 9780738599113
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 127 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.5" x 9.3"