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White clay and Wedgwood pottery: In Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use, page 11; Figure 9 shows an example of one of the well-documented cases in which the British colonial economic policy was applied in North Carolina. In 1767, the famous English pottery manufacturer Josiah Wedgwood sent a representative to North Carolina to obtain a...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Clay County Historical and Arts Museum: Visit the red brick jailhouse that has been turned into a museum and exhibit space by the Clay County Historical and Arts Council.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

From clay to pot: In Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use, page 12; The remainder of this field trip is devoted to showing what humans must do to convert the clays recovered from the ground as shown in the first two photographs into the objects shown in Figures 3 through 9. We need to begin by describing what happens to native...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Old Clay County Courthouse in Hayesville, North Carolina: This is the historic Clay County Courthouse in Hayesville, North Carolina. It was built in 1888 and appears in the National Register of Historic Places. Hayesville is the seat of Clay County.; Format: image/photograph

Primary and secondary clays: In Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use, page 3; The old photograph on the introductory page and Figure 1 show secondary and primary clays being recovered from the earth's crust in North Carolina's Piedmont. Most of the clays used in pottery are secondary, but much brick-making clay and some specialized...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Fog on Lake Chatuge in Clay County, NC: This is a sunset over Lake Chatuge in Clay County, North Carolina. The lake is located on the border between North Carolina and Georgia.; Format: image/photograph

Lake Chatuge in Clay County, NC: This is a sunset over Lake Chatuge in Clay County, North Carolina. The lake is located on the border between North Carolina and Georgia.; Format: image/photograph

Pink Lady's Slippers in Clay County, North Carolina: These are Pink Lady's Slippers in Clay County, North Carolina. The flower is a member of the orchid family. It prefers highly acidic soil, the kind that occurs commonly in pine forests. It also requires that a fungal mycelia be present in the soil, making...; Format: image/photograph

North Carolina Pottery Center: Interprets the history and technology of pottery-making in North Carolina and preserves a collection of North Carolina pottery and related artifacts.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

A barn in Caswell County, NC: This is a barn in Caswell County, North Carolina. This barn, like several others in the area, was chinked and insulated with red clay.; Format: image/photograph

Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art: This art center presents exhibits and educational programs focusing on North Carolina artists and their art.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

A potter working in Seagrove, NC: This is a potter working in Seagrove, North Carolina. Seagrove, located in Randolph County, North Carolina, is famous for its unusual number of pottery studios and galleries.; Format: image/photograph

Fireplace at Allen House: The fireplace in the Allen House in Alamance County, N.C., where John and Rachel Allen lived with their family in the late 1700s. On the floor of the fireplace, two andirons stand in the ashes holding a log. To the right of the andirons, a kettle hangs from...; Format: image/photograph

Colonial cupboard and desk at Allen House: Inside view of the Allen House in Alamance County, N.C., showing the kind of furniture and household items that would have been present when the house was occupied in the late 1700s. A tall wooden cupboard stands against the wall with dried gourds and clay...; Format: image/photograph

Pottery at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, NC: This is pottery at a show at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, NC. The school was established in 1925 by Olive Dame Campbell and Marguerite Butler. It offers classes and workshops in a variety of crafts, from cooking to basketry to writing. Some...; Format: image/photograph

John C. Campbell Folk School: The Folk School offers visitors a chance to experience a special blend of history, art, and natural beauty in the mountains of Western North Carolina.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Excerpt from Lunsford Lane slave narrative: Lunsford Lane was born into slavery in Raleigh in 1803. He began earning money when he was very young -- selling fruit, tobacco, and pipes, and cutting wood -- and eventually made enough money to arrange for his freedom and a new life in the North. In this excerpt from his memoir, Lane describes his early money-making ventures.; Format: book

The lost landscape of the Piedmont: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 5.5; The Piedmont region of North Carolina is unrecognizable compared to the landscape of 400 years ago. Where man-made lakes now sit were huge bottomland forests. While pine trees accounted for only a small percentage of Piedmont acreage, they now dominate the region's forests -- a result of clearing hardwoods to create farmland. Other once-prominent landscapes include areas of grassland known as “Piedmont prairie,” and upland depression swamps where the clay soils often kept moisture on the land’s surface.; Format: article

Peoples of the Piedmont: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 2.4; In the years between 1000 and 1200 CE, Native life in the north and central Piedmont hadn’t changed much from prior Woodland times. People still lived in small hamlets whose houses strung out along river and stream banks. At times, the hamlets sat empty when people left to hunt and gather wild foods. But times were about to change. Around 900 CE, corn agriculture began. As a result, population began to grow, people began gathering in larger villages, and conflicts erupted.; Format: article

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