Orient Express Traditional Cache
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The Fields of Haw are the Hub of Trade also known as the Indian Trading Paths....Many paths in many places. All the riches are burried here.
The metal currency used in the trade was called a 'bar', although in different locales it might be called a 'piece' or a 'copper',Oringinally bars were strips of iron brought from England, and although their value fluctuated over time. all cloth,guns,beer, textiles and slaves had to be measured in these units.
The Mail route from Burlington Shoppes to Hillsboro travel the carriage road to and out from Mebane to market by rail to the ports of Richmond Va. Dubed the "Orient Express" Because it takes a long 5 hours to get from Burlington to Richmond. Mebane's Station was torn down the depot they made a park and named it after GT Scarlott who worked there.
Navigation across the Atlantic during the 'middle passage' was never an easy affair, for although latitude could be calcuated fairly easily by measuring the hight of the sun at noon, longitude was risky business and dependent upon the use of a compass and guesswork.
"The Atlantic Sound" by Caryl Phillips
Charles Town SC, was the first place in the United States to boast a Train. The first shot in the Civil War. Pg. 262
"One summer I was riding the train to Richmond, and it was always crowded. There was no segregation on those trains...this was in the forties......Before, the trains had always had black cars and white cars......I can't really remember what happened to the Indians back them." Page156, Waiting for Rain, by Dan Butterworth.
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