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Haywood, North Carolina

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375: 102:. In 1852, the Cape Fear Navigation Company formally abrogated its rights to that section to the newly formed Cape Fear and Deep River Navigation Company. The Deep River Company was troubled financially and never developed a port for Haywood. The final blow to the shipping industry came with the completion of the railroad. Haywood made a critical mistake by denying trains access to the town; consequently, the railroad station would be located in 93:
The new town pinned its hopes on the shipping industry, as Haywood's location at the confluence of two rivers was suitable for an inland port. The state government gave the Cape Fear Navigation Company the right to build and operate
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briefly brought about a racially integrated election in 1870 as well as integrated political meetings. The 20th century was marked by economic decline and the dissolution of the local government.
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was ultimately chosen. Not only did the town lose the opportunity of hosting the state capital, in 1792 Haywood was also passed up as the location for what would become the
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on the Cape Fear River. The rivers, however, proved difficult to navigate, and by 1834 the company had lost interest in improving the river above
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Unincorporated communities in Chatham County, North Carolina
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Haywood reached its economic peak in the period before the
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Haywood was settled in 1796 at the confluence of the
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Haywood County, North Carolina
unincorporated community
Chatham County
North Carolina
Moncure
census-designated place
panhandle
Lee County
Wake County
Deep
Haw
Cape Fear River
Raleigh
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
locks
Fayetteville
Moncure
Civil War
Reconstruction
Obediah Farrar House
National Register of Historic Places
"Haywood"
Geographic Names Information System
United States Geological Survey
United States Department of the Interior




"The Loss of a Town"

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