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foot for the improvement by canalization of the Cape Fear river above Wilmington under a Federal project of 1902, which provided for a channel 8 ft. deep at See also:

low See also:

WATER

water from Wilmington to See also:

FAYETTEVILLE

Fayetteville. Below Wilmington the improvement of the river channel, 270 ft. wide and 16 ft. deep, was completed in 1889, and the project of 1889 provided for an increase in See also:

DEPTH

depth to 20 ft. See also:

PINE (Lat. Pinus, Gr. srlrur)

Pine forests surround the See also:

TOWN

town, and oaks and elms of more than a See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century's growth shade its streets. Fayetteville has two hospitals (each with a training school for nurses), and is the seat of a See also:

state coloured normal school and of the See also:

Donaldson military school.

Several creeks and the upper Cape Fear river furnish considerable water-See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power, and in or near Fayetteville are manufactories of See also:

cotton goods, See also:

SILK

silk, See also:

LUMBER

lumber, wooden-See also:

WARE

ware, See also:

TURPENTINE (in M. Eng. turbentine, adapted through the O. Fr. turbentine or terebentine from Lat. terebinthina, sc. resina, resin of the terebinth, Gr. eepiOtvOos or eippavOos)

turpentine, carriages, wagons, ploughs, edge tools and See also:

FLOUR

flour. In the earlier See also:

HALF

half of the 19th century Fayetteville was a See also:

GREAT

great inland See also:

MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market for the western See also:

PART

part of the state, for eastern See also:

TENNESSEE

Tennessee and for See also:

south-western See also:

Virginia. There is a large vineyard in the vicinity; See also:

TRUCK

truck-gardening is an important See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry in the surrounding See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country; and Fayetteville is a See also:

SHIPPING

shipping centre for small fruits and vegetables, especially See also:

LETTUCE

lettuce, melons and berries. The See also:

MUNICIPALITY

municipality owns its water-See also:

WORKS

works and its electric-See also:

LIGHTING

lighting plant. The vicinity was settled between 1729 and 1747 by Highlanders, the See also:

settlement called See also:

CROSS

Cross See also:

Creek lying within the See also:

PRESENT

present limits of Fayetteville. In 1762, by an See also:

ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of the See also:

ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly, a town was laid out including Cross Creek, and was named Campbelltown (or " See also:

CAMPBELTOWN

Campbeltown "); but in 1784, when See also:

LAFAYETTE

Lafayette visited the town, its name was changed in his See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour to Fayetteville, though the name Cross Creek continued to be used locally for many years. See also:

FLORA

Flora McDonald, the famous Scottish heroine, came to See also:

Campbell-town in See also:

APRIL

April 1775 with her See also:

HUSBAND

husband and See also:

CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children, and here she seems to have lived during the See also:

REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder of that See also:

YEAR

year. The See also:

general assembly of the state met at Fayetteville in 1787, 1788 and 1789 (See also:

NEWBERN

Newbern, Tarboro, Hillsboro and Fayetteville all being rivals at this See also:

time for the honour of becoming the permanent capital) ; and in 1789 the Federal constitution was here ratified for See also:

North Carolina. In 1831 most of the town was burned. At the outbreak of the See also:

CIVIL

Civil See also:

War, the state authorities seized the See also:

UNITED

United States See also:

ARSENAL

Arsenal at Fayetteville,. which contained 37,000 muskets and a See also:

COMPLETE

complete equipment for a See also:

BATTERY (Fr. batterie, from battles, to beat)

battery of See also:

LIGHT

light See also:

ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery. In See also:

March 1865 General W. T.

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