Cultivating the “Great Winter Garden:” Immigrant Colonies in Eastern North Carolina, 1866-1940

March 5, 2009 - June 5, 2009

Through approximately 85 books, pamphlets, maps and photographs, this exhibition documented various attempts by North Carolina state government and businesses to restore agriculture as part of the state’s economy after the Civil War. The exhibition focused primarily on efforts made in the early twentieth century to draw European workers to farming communities in the eastern counties of the state.

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