Plantations to Pollution

On April 26, we will listen to and discuss the final SELC Plantations to Pollution podcast, “What the Land Witnessed.” The podcast focuses on the dark history of North Carolina’s Longleaf Pines, but the Longleaf also have an interesting North Carolina past. Join us on April 26, in room 254.
 
In Colonial times, pine pitch was a major component in ship construction. “Naval stores”—tar and turpentine derived from longleaf pine sap—were used to waterproof ships. North Carolina got its nickname the “Tarheel State” because of that work. No doubt, many of the people who cheer, and boo, the Carolina Tarheels teams have no idea where that nickname originated.

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