The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-04-01
TO PUT THIS lOO-MILE
ROUTE ON THE BIG MAP
A Great Section is Ready For Hundreds OF
Thousands in Tourist Business and Will
Advertise Its Points of Interest

Monday evening, April 4, ior
the organization Of an associ-
alton to advertise the Virginia
Dare Trail thru northeastern
North Carolina, may result III
tremendous benefit to the sec
ton. 1t will be only few
weeks before a hundred thou
sand North Carolinians begin
to take to their automobiles,
third of them carrying camp
ing outfits. and anxious TO see
their state.
The opening of the Chowan Bridge
will give this section the first OPP
portunity in history TO bid FOR Inc
tourist business of It's OWN state.
Thousands Of people thrnoIi Norih
Carolina. and other states. are ailNi-
ous TO get down into Northeastern
North Carolina. with its inviting
seacoast, its early history. lis old
and fascinating traditions, ana
legends. its great scenes on rivers
sounds. and ocean. where they can
enjoy rest. tranquility, and the IN
vigorating atmosphere of the coast
land
If is inst ~ hundred miles from
the beginning Of the ChOwan Bridge
mt EdenhOuse in BERTHE County
where the first colonial Governor
of North Carolina had his summer
home. to the exact spot on Roanoke
Island. where the first English set
tlement was made more than "F
years ago. And right ut tn" brIdg"
is Edent0n. with Il wealth of history
and legend to keep Il tourist inter
estcd for days at time. lleriford
and Perquimans County will oiier
strong bid for the tourists al
tentiOn, while PuSquotank has lis
country club. its own historical
spots, and a new ninc-story hotel
going up. and Camden Comfy u
full of scenery along its creeks. and
winding roads. its Dismal swamp
canal and George Washington High
way.
Currituck. with lis great wild
fowl marshes, and its wouIdPrfui
scenery on the sounds, has long
been talked of all over the state
/ Tut it hasn't been convenient 10 visit.
The route travcrseS most Of that
county. and cOnmcctS with The alter
nate routes Of the Atlantic Coastal
Highway via South Mills and the
route via AIOyuck. And every foot
of the Virginia Dare trail, is now
an adopted state highway, mostly
harIlS,Irfacp. where once IN old
indian trail existed centuries before
thc white man came 10 the Ameri-
can coast.
North CarOlinianS want to 20 10
the scashOrp. For the first time
they may conveniently visit The
. beaches of Curriiuck and Dare
Counties. And the motor tourists Is
usually d good visitor, because each
car spends not less Than ten dol
lars Il day while Oh The route, and
there are no less than ten thousand
automobiles. according 10 The best
available figures. that might easily
be attracted TO North eastern North
+ Carolina this summer. These ears
spend two weeks To 30 days on Il
| "trip. and their occupants would
spend hundreds Of thousands Of dol
! lars each summer.
/ Windsor. in Brrlir County is
quick to sense the value OF the
Chowan Bridge 10 this section and
anticipating II heavy tourist move
mcnt It's people are hastily making
plans 10 build an adequate com
munity hotel. Edrnion has already
!cnlargcd and mOdcrnizcd lis hotel.
while Elizabeth CityS own Virginia
Dare hotel will 10 completed by fall,
and all ready In another scason.
! .tnd this is why people AL the
way from Etlpniom 10 Point IlarbGr
and Roanoke Island have been inyit-
cd TO meet here Tuesday night, 10
form an association that will ask
the State TO adopt this route as
the Virginia Dare trail for I'll time,
! TO seek additional improvements for
! the road, and to advertise it all over
! this and other states, where Il mil
lion tourists may learn of the
carly history the great beauty, and
the wonderful recrcalicnal adyan-
! tagc of the greatest section Of
great state hat is just beginning to
come into its own.