Episodes Located: CUMBERLAND, North Carolina in the 1850's

  1. Northern Traveler Endures Southern Transportation
    date 1853map CUMBERLAND, North Carolinatags African-Americans, Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations, Women

    Frustrated by the stagecoach's delayed start, Northerner Frederick Olmsted waited no longer to commence the next leg of his southern exploration. He began the 26 mile journey from Gaston to Fayetteville on foot and let the coach catch up with him along the way. By one o'clock, though he had covered almost ten miles, he doubted he had passed even half a dozen farms. Olmsted took lunch at the Banks'...