A Geography Of The Carolinas

A Geography of the Carolinas D. Gordon Bennett and Jeffrey C Patton, Editors 2008 Parkway Publishers, Inc. Copyright © 2008 by D. Gordon Bennett and Jeffrey C. Patton All Rights Reserved Available from: Parkway Publishers, Inc. P. O. Box 3678, Boone, North Carolina 28607 Telephone/Facsimile: (828) 265-3993 www.parkwaypublishers.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A geography of the Carolinas / D. Gordon Bennett and Jeffrey C. Patton, editors. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-933251-43-1 1. North Carolina--Geography. 2. South Carolina--Geography. I. Bennett, D. Gordon (David Gordon), 1941- II. Patton, Jeffrey C. F254.8.G46 2007 917.56--dc22 2007011760 Book and Cover Design by Aaron Burleson, spokesmedia Table of Contents List of Figures, Photos, Tables & Appendices .................................................................... iv Preface ..........................................................................................................................viii Acknowledgments .......................................................................................................... ix Chapter 1: Introduction ................................................................................................ 1 D. Gordon Bennett (University of North Carolina at Greensboro) Chapter 2: Changing Landforms and Rivers ............................................................13 Jeffrey C. Patton (University of North Carolina at Greensboro) Chapter 3: Climate, Vegetation and Soils ................................................................. 35 Gregory Carbone (University of South Carolina at Columbia) and John J. Hidore (University of North Carolina at Greensboro) Chapter 4: Settlement Geography of the Carolinas Before 1900 ............................ 53 John J. Winberry (University of South Carolina at Columbia) and Roy S. Stine (University of North Carolina at Greensboro) Chapter 5: The Evolving Urban and Economic Structure since 1900.................... 95 Ole Gade (Appalachian State University) Chapter 6: Agriculture and Forestry ........................................................................141 John Fraser Hart (University of Minnesota) Chapter 7: The Population of the Carolinas ............................................................ 161 Melinda Meade (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Chapter 8: Tourism and Recreation in the Carolinas .............................................187 Robert L. Janiskee (University of South Carolina at Columbia) Chapter 9: Higher Education in the Carolinas........................................................215 Roger A. Winsor (Appalachian State University) Chapter 10: Planning for the Future ........................................................................241 D. Gordon Bennett (University of North Carolina at Greensboro) Index ..........................................................................................................................251 A Geography of the Carolinas List of Figures 1.1. Movement of Continents and Geologic Plates 1.2. Early Exploration and Settlement in the Carolinas 1.3. Eighteenth Century Settlement and Conflict 1.4. Physiographic Regions of the Carolinas 2.1. A Subduction Zone and Associated Volcanic Activity 2.2. The Collision and Suturing of Continents 2.3. Physiographic Provinces of the Carolinas and Major Features 2.4. Sounds and Outer Banks of North Carolina. 2.5. Distribution of Carolina Bays 2.6. The Sandhills Region 2.7. Development of the Fall Line 2.8. Major Geologic Belts of the Carolina Piedmont 2.9. The Mountains of Western Carolina 2.10. Major Rivers of the Carolinas 2-11. Drainage Pattern of the Carolin