Frederick Law Olmsted
Tour NC With Me – Pinehurst
Submitted by momoaizo on Sun, 10/15/2006 - 12:32am.Algonquin, Sioux and Cherokee Indians roamed the Sandhills following the buffalo. Few settled the area primarily due to the thick carpet of longleaf pine straw that made for hard travel and quick moving fires in the lightening season. When the Europeans discovered that longleaf pines were a good source of naval stores such as turpentine and tar, the trees in the area were quickly used up and cut down.








