From the late 1870s to the late 1890s, the Gilded Age marked a period of opulent architecture and economic growth in North Carolina.
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Tobacco Roar
In the early 1970s, a fortuitous partnership between one of North Carolina’s iconic industries and a financially strapped NASCAR saved stock car racing and spawned a sports institution.
When the Smoke Cleared: Growing Up in a Tobacco Town
Bittersweet memories of growing up in a tobacco town reveal the complicated relationship between a community’s main industry and the families who paid dearly for it.
