Summer 2021

“To drift and dream like a lazy stream / And walk barefoot across sunshine days.”

— James Kavanaugh, Sunshine Days and Foggy Nights

Uwharrie Trail along Poison Fork. Photo by Kim Andersen.

Welcome, Summer! The sun is shining bright again figuratively as well as literally, and on National Trails Day - June 5, 2021 - we will finally get to hold our annual meeting! Please make plans to join us for a day of hiking, camaraderie, learning, and fun. The day’s events are free to all UTB members, and non-members can join on-site. All the details are here!

In the meantime, we have packed a lot of good stuff into this issue of the UTB newsletter including a look at a very special trail crew in the Spotlight, a fascinating introduction to the Native American archaeological history of the Uwharries in “Small Things Forgotten,” and a tribute to our Spring 2021 Trail Champion Mary Joan Pugh!!!

Kim Andersen

From the Chair

Greetings,

It is very exciting to be back in person doing things as a club.

Our annual meeting is coming up June 5. We have a sneak peak at the Carraway Creek Preserve near Mt. Shepherd. All you have to do is a little light trail work as we walk new sections of trails.

We'll then head back to Mt. Shepherd for lunch, short annual meeting, and then a one mile walk up to the fire tower on Mt. Shepherd. I've always been interest in Uwharrie geology, noting that it extends from south of Morrow Mtn. north to Hillsborough. Mt. Shepherd is in the Carraway range area of the Uwharries.

Here is a little more info on Uwharrie Geology.
https://emergingecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Uwharrie-Rocks-Report-180906.pdf

The rocks of the Uwharrie Mountains, though now appearing to be foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, began their journey far to the east. More than 500,000 million years ago they began to form on a tectonic plate that would eventually be squeezed between Africa and North America. The neatly layered sediments that now lie at the base of Morrow Mountain show the fine silt of eroded hillsides interspersed with the dust of periodic volcanic eruptions. Some of the large rocks in the creek bed by the Pisgah Covered Bridge contain smaller rocks from stream beds long ago.

Prominent scientists calculate that about 300 million years ago the African Plate collided with the North American Plate. Over hundreds of thousands of years, this cataclysmic encounter raised up and folded the rocks of the Appalachian Mountains and shoved materials from the eastern plate up to form the Uwharrie Mountains with their own unique composition. Eventually, much of the African plate would begin to drift back away from North America leaving a new face to the eastern coastline. Millennia of rains and winds worked at their meticulous pace to wear away the newly risen mountains. The softer rocks were the first to disappear. The hard rocks, like solidified volcanic lava, remained to provide stability for mountain tops and resources to later arrivals.

The indigenous Native Americans understood the usefulness and advantages of using the durable rhyolite rocks at the top of Morrow Mountain to make spear points and arrowheads. Additionally, the richness of the soil was beneficial to the colonial settlers’ agriculture. Later settlers discovered gold which resulted in the first American gold rush. Beautiful and useful items have been created through the growth of a pottery-making industry. The abundant slate continues to be used in many of our homes and buildings. Today the Uwharrie Mountains are a regional tourist attraction. The area is home of the North Carolina Zoo, and offers recreational attractions such as boating, fishing, hiking.

In other news, our UTB committee is now a Board. With a trail committee it got confusing.

We hope to develop additional committees down the road such as outreach and education and perhaps history. Look for more info soon on how you can be involved.

We hope to see you June 5 and on the trail soon.................

David Craft

Greensboro, NC

Spring 2021 TRAIL CHAMPION Mary Joan Pugh

Crystal Cockman

Mary Joan Pugh was named the Spring 2021 Uwharrie Trail Champion and there could not be a more deserving recipient. Mary Joan has been a part of the trail’s reconnection efforts since the late 1990s, having been instrumental in a lot of the land acquisition projects which made the reestablishment of the trail possible.

Mary Joan retired from being Deputy Director at the NC Zoo and is now the Randolph County Trails and Natural Heritage Coordinator. She worked tirelessly with the late Congressman Howard Coble in the early 2000s to see several earmarks go towards purchase of tracts such as the Klaussner Property in the northern Birkheads and the King Mountain Property in southern Randolph County, filling two of the four gaps in the historic Uwharrie Trail. She also was instrumental in the Zoo Society’s purchase of the Walker’s Creek Trailhead property which was just transferred over to US Forest Service ownership in Fall of 2020, opening a new trailhead and over 8 miles of new trail. Mary Joan also is on the board of the Uwharrie Trailblazers and continually attends workdays to help build and maintain trail in the Uwharrie National Forest. She is always ready to be of assistance in any capacity that is needed and has a positive outlook and genuine enthusiasm for the trails of our area. Congratulations to Mary Joan on being our Spring 2021 Uwharrie Trail Champion.

Spotlight

12 STONES OUTDOOR ADV3NTURES

FROM THE BEGINNING, THIS IS OUR STORY…

Billy Hagee

WHO ARE WE?

12 Stones Outdoor Adv3ntures is a group of like minded individuals who share common ground in our faith in GOD and our passion for the outdoors. We initially began with a yoke GOD placed between friends. The story began with an “Ol’ Red” Gibson guitar and an unintended but Holy Spirit-led phone call more than six years ago… Since then GOD has allowed a few members of our group to serve alongside each other in our local church in multiple ministries including the youth ministry, bus ministry, music ministry and also in the prison ministry. But we weren't officially known as 12 Stones until the fall of 2019 when GOD gave me the vision and showed me his will for our small blessed band of christian brothers.

HERE'S HOW IT ALL BEGAN

I had just arrived home from work one afternoon and I received a phone call from someone asking for a fella named "Billy." I knew immediately that this call was intended for another individual by the same name. We both realized quickly that we recognized the voice on the other end of the line, and that we had spoken sometime prior to this phone call.

"Putting two and two together," so to speak, and reminded of the conversation about the "Old Red Gibson Guitar," we both realized that we had spoken once before at a Friday night revival meeting and exchanged phone numbers. It was Josh Kepley. It had been more than six months since our first meeting, but we soon figured out that GOD had a divine purpose for this particular conversation.

It was right then and at that very moment that GOD created a bond between brothers and a friendship that would be on the small end of something much greater. In the years to come GOD would providentially organize a small band of christian friends that would eventually be known as 12 Stones. And like many times before I've heard Ol' Josh say, "GOD took twelve men and turned the world upside down!” And there's not a more true statement. We may not ever turn the world upside down, but if we're a positive influence in one person's life and we can point them to JESUS then our efforts are not in vain.

THE CONCEPT

You see the concept of 12 Stones isn't just about the outdoors. It's honestly a ministry within itself! I'm actually asked quite often, "What, or who is 12 Stones?" and "What does it mean?”

When I was praying for GOD'S will for this group I was searching for something with a strong biblical significance as well as an outdoorsy sound. Then GOD gave me 12 Stones Outdoor Adv3ntures…

The red number 3 in the center of the word adventure in our logo is symbolic. Red represents the blood of JESUS CHRIST, the number 3 represents the HOLY TRINITY and the location of the number 3 being at the center, shows that we vow to keep GOD at the center of all we do through prayer, devotions, and christian fellowship.

The scripture that GOD inspired me with from the book of Joshua chapter 4 that 12 Stones is based upon represents some of the miracles that GOD performed in the lives of the children of Israel. In this passage they were allowed by GOD to walk across the Jordan River on dry land. This passage also speaks of a memorial of 12 Stones that was set up in a place called Gilgal for future generations to be reminded of the miracles that GOD had performed for them.

WHAT THAT MEANS TO US

This parallels each of our own personal lives and our salvation story. As we look back at how much GOD has changed our lives and blessed each of us more than we'll ever deserve, we also aim to live a life before others and leave a legacy for future generations to look back and remember what GOD did for us and through us, and we desire to be a ray of light in this world. May this story be a blessing and inspiration to all who will take the time to read it.

UNITY

We aren't focused solely on one area of outdoor recreation. Our main focus is maintaining a unified, spiritual and discerned group of christian friends! We're about new adventures, campfires and fellowship. We're into overnight backpacking, hiking, kayaking, fishing, hunting and outdoor gear. With a couple of exceptions, the core of our group remains the same as it's always been and we're holding true to our faith that one day GOD will restore those who were once also a part of our amazing journey.

“Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. ”

— PROVERBS 27:17

We believe every member of our team is equally as important as the next. Our spirits bear witness, our strengths compliment one another, and we share one another's burdens just as GOD intended for it to be. We fully support, uplift and pray for one another, we all bring something different to the table and we hold in high regard the bond we share.

“...a threefold cord is not quickly broken. ”

— Ecclesiastes 4:12

Unity is very important to us, but as Christians we prioritize our lives; GOD first, family second, and then everything else. Our King James Bible is our map, the Holy Spirit is our compass and GOD is our provider, protector and guide, wherever this path may lead us.

THE FIRST CAMP

Nearly a year after the first friendship was established, I was invited on an overnight Friday night camping trip in May 2015 at Deep Water Camp, which is on the Badin Lake Recreation Area side of the Yadkin River, many know this as Falls Reservoir. This would mark the beginning of my adventures with these fellas, and many more friendships that would be made along the way.

A NIGHT THAT WOULD FOREVER BE ETCHED IN OUR MINDS...

There's one particular overnight camping trip down on Cottonplace north of Big Bend on the Uwharrie River that several of us love to share the story of. Those of you that know the LORD will understand, others may not, but it's still worth telling.

We all sat by the fire after dinner, talking and carrying on, and as the evening turned to night, several of us decided it was time to crawl into our sleeping bags for the night. So I made my way to my hammock and tried to get some rest.

As the moments went by, and the fire crackling, I was in and out of sleep, suddenly I could hear weeping. But it wasn't the type of weeping that comes with sadness. This was the presence of GOD that was there on that hillside down by that ol' muddy river. The three that were still poised around the fire had begun to quietly share testimonies, share their burdens with one another and worship GOD. The Bible says that GOD inhabits the praises of his people.

Anxious to be in the midst of this move of GOD that was sweeping through our riverside campsite, I climbed from my hammock and sat back around the fire with the fellas and GOD continued to move and speak to us all. We were crying, worshipping the LORD, and we all knelt to pray together, four men, in a moment that would be etched in our minds forever. We stayed up into the early hours the following morning talking, enjoying GOD'S presence, and just soaking it all in.

I can remember it like it was yesterday, and it was one time in my life where I felt GOD'S presence move stronger than I had felt in years, and it was the beginning of something that would create a hunger in all of us for more times like these, more fellowship, time to unhook and more exciting adventures in GOD'S great outdoors.

YOUTUBE

I was influenced by my good friend Shane Dublin to establish a YouTube channel and start creating videos of our adventures. Shane would always tell me "as many camping trips, backpacking, kayaking, fishing and outdoor related things y'all do, I really think you'd do well with it.” And in the summer of 2019 God gave me the concept of 12 Stones Outdoor Adv3ntures.

FAST FORWARD

Here we are roughly a year and a half later! We now have a Facebook group with 500 members, and a YouTube channel which is currently nearing 300 subscribers. We've shared many exciting adventures, made countless friends, we've shared the gospel and through obedience to GOD and by his inspiration, we've turned a mere concept into a small network of faithful friends and followers.

We've either paddled, hiked or camped with the Uwharrie Trailblazers, Three Rivers Land Trust, the River Kings, Monkey N Around, Yakkleberry, Crossed Paddles, River Daisy Outdoor Co, the Lumber River Canoe Club and the Turtlehead Boys.

We're good standing members of the Uwharrie Trailblazers in which we are also adoptees in the Trail Adoption Program, Walkers Creek to Luther Spur section. We've hiked this section many times, picking up trash, lopping, dragging dead limbs, placing trail signs, we built our first water bar here and even camped here several times.

In partner with Josh Kepley of Straightway Sawmill and Logging we hosted a Chainsaw Efficiency Clinic in 2020 with the Uwharrie Trailblazers certified sawyers. This was an attempt to encourage more efficient and safe chainsaw operation in the field, and Josh covered topics ranging from sharpening, cutting variations, wedges and felling.

Adam Smith at Carolina Paddle Sport Outfitters in Clemmons North Carolina contacted me during the spring of last year and wanted to become a sponsor for 12 Stones and we sure appreciate them and their generosity and want to give them a sincere thank you.

WHAT ARE WE UP TO NOW?

This year some we signed up for a membership with Three Rivers Land Trust and even filmed a couple of videos for TRLT hiking club events. I and my youngest son Andrew will be participating in the 2021 Thru Paddle on the Yadkin River in May and I will be hiking in the Fall 2021 Uwharrie Thru Hike with several other friends that are also YouTubers.

GOD is continuing to use our group more than we could ever fathom, and continuing to open doors to new opportunities for us to share our story. We're very grateful, and we're looking forward to an even bigger year next year and more exciting adventures! Thank each of you for your time in reading our story and please subscribe to our channel if you haven't already done so, join us on our Facebook group, and may GOD bless you all with many safe and exciting adventures in the future!

Small Things Forgotten

Billy Oliver, PhD, Director (retired), NC Office of State Archaeology Research Center; Associate Professor, Forensic Sciences Institute, TECS, North Carolina State University

Native American artifacts picked up by hikers in the Uwharries. Photo by Marcus West.

Have you walked on a trail and suddenly noticed an unusually-shaped stone lying in your path? Did you stop, bend down, pick it up, and hold it in your hand? Did you turn it over to observe one side, then the other? Did you ask yourself the question “what could it be?” Did you consider this piece of stone might have been a relic, a tool, an “arrowhead” perhaps that had been shaped by a traveler in the distant past? If so, you are not alone. What level of confidence could you place on your handheld assessment that the object was a tool? Were you suspicious, and silently thought that the object was likely a prehistoric tool, but you did not want to say the words out loud? How could you be sure? What could you have done?

Following The Path

The answer, of course, as it is for many such comparisons, was to narrow the possibilities to produce an educated guess. Follow the path from the known to the unknown. In truth, identifications such as this are difficult. Archaeologists have argued for decades how to perform this process consistently. Knowledge is derived from experience, but everyone’s experience and knowledge is different. There is no convenient pigeon-hole for identification, but collectors often match the picture with the point to make an identification. The more experience one has analyzing artifacts, and the greater the number of artifacts that have been examined, the greater the likelihood that the identification might be meaningful. However, how we know what we know (epistemology), requires a fundamental knowledge of manufacturing attributes, methods of manufacture and evolution through time. It is generally best to begin this process by reducing the number of variables under examination. For many people it is difficult to separate the forest from the trees.

Figure 1. A prehistoric artifact found along a Piedmont trail. How does one identify it?

Figure 3. Assignment of projectile point attributes

Every investigative task begins by asking questions. The better the question, the more meaningful the answer. Is the object made of stone, does it have a base, a stem, a blade, a tip, or is it only a fragment of what was once a larger, more complete stone? When the number of attributes have been reduced to a basic few, a pattern will emerge that should strengthen the assessment of whether, or not, the object is an artifact, and what specific type it might have been. Once the basic artifact category has been identified, other attributes can provide guidance for identification of form, function, and general placement of the object within a chronological sequence.

Use Of Projectile Points As Diagnostic Artifacts

Throughout the development of archaeology in the southeastern United States, the recognition of seemingly diagnostic projectile points has played an important role in the interpretative process. If you have ever discovered a projectile point, frequently called an “arrowhead,” you might have had a fellow hiker refer to your discovery by a term such as Hardaway, Palmer Corner-Notched, Kirk Stemmed, or some other name implying an identification. These names refer to specific type identifications created by Joffre Lanning Coe and published in “Formative Cultures of the Carolina Piedmont” (Coe 1964). This work more than any other is considered to have revolutionized perspectives of where to discover buried stratified, superimposed archaeological sites, and specifically for use of projectile points as diagnostic artifacts. Of all the lithic artifacts manufactured by prehistoric peoples, only the projectile point occurs with sufficient diversity of morphology and frequency of occurrence to serve as an indicator of change through time and space. Not all such projectiles were arrowheads, most were spear points, and dated long before the bow and arrow had been introduced to Native American cultures. Stone tool manufacture is a subtractive technology in which applied force is used to remove fragments of stone in such a way as to approximate the shape of an ideal form. The flintknapper uses percussion and pressure to remove flakes from the object by repeatedly striking the stone with a handheld stone hammer, a wooden or antler billet, or an antler tine.

From early constructs of simple morphological categories which had no relationship to a time/space context, early academic interpretations became more complex and advanced to a plethora of descriptions to categorize uniquely-shaped projectiles. These descriptions were identified as “projectile point types,” and were assumed to reflect the “…activities of a particular group of people at a particular period of time” (Coe 1964:6). According to Joffre Coe, nothing could have been further from the truth as would be revealed by discovery in Piedmont North Carolina of stratigraphically and superimposed project point types representative of distinct cultural complexes (Coe 1964:8).

Figure 4. Dr. Joffre Lanning Coe (1916-2000), the father of North Carolina archaeology.

Joffre Lanning Coe, the father of North Carolina archaeology, acknowledged in his seminal publication “Formative Cultures of Carolina Piedmont” that his 1940’s assumption that “…activities of a particular group of people at a particular period of time” (Coe 1964:6) were indicated by common frequencies of artifact occurrence and association was inaccurate. Beginning in Asheboro in 1936, and continuing in the Uwharrie region along the Yadkin and Pee Dee Rivers, Coe was the first to apply scientific methods systematically to the investigation of North Carolina’s historic and prehistoric past. The Uwharrie region exhibited an abundance prehistoric artifacts and cultural remains which gained national and international recognition. These stratigraphic and cultural discoveries revolutionized perspectives and understanding of the Archaic period in the Eastern Woodlands (8000-1000 BC). Past cultures were much older than previously thought. Of all the lithic artifacts manufactured by prehistoric peoples, only the projectile point occurs with sufficient diversity of morphology and frequency of occurrence to serve as an indicator of change through time and space (Coe 1964:8).

From early constructs of simple morphological categories which had no relationship to a time/space continuum, knowledge advanced from “…activities of a particular people group of people at a particular period of time” (Coe 1964:6) to understand that human activities in the Uwharrie region extended back in time for thousands of years. Coe’s comments called attention to his own error in judgement when he first attempted explanation. Fig. 163 in his 1952 publication entitled, “The Cultural Sequence of the Carolina Piedmont” (Coe 1952:301-311) included artifacts now known to have been separated in time by thousands of years.

Figure 5. Coe’s Fig. 163 The Badin Focus included artifacts from many different periods of time.

This figure (Figure 5; Fig. 163) has been included for readers to examine. Look at this illustration carefully; ask yourself which objects should not have been included. Based upon your intuitive knowledge or through simple comparisons of form, can you identify the objects that should not have been grouped together?

Hindsight and Occupations of Short Duration

Based upon work (1948-1964) conducted at deeply buried, stratified sites along the Yadkin-Pee Dee River, and elsewhere in North Carolina, re-examination of this figure identified the erroneous inclusion of many much older projectiles (A, F,G,M,N), scrapers (P, R) and atlatl weights (T, V, X) mistakenly associated with with pottery vessels (Q, U), now identified with the more recent Woodland period. It has been demonstrated that when an occupation of short duration is found, only point types representing variations of one specific theme may be expected. This axiom is critical toward meaningful interpretations of the prehistoric past, yet is dependent on the precision and perception evinced by the analyst and the type definition.

If archaeologists and those interested in collecting prehistoric artifacts intend to make meaningful interpretations of data using projectile point types, these types should be defined precisely, be derived from repeatedly observed and documented stratigraphic contexts, be based upon adequate sample sizes, and applied with a degree of perception. Coe’s work in “Formative Cultures of the Carolina Piedmont” provided this foundation for identification, but also became frequently misused as artifact collectors, not unlike some hikers, sought out shortcuts. Matching the projectile point with a photograph became a common approach to quick identification, but it did not accurately compare formal attributes or satisfy the strict definition of type created by the author.

To better understand type as a concept, one should consider if we were to gather all points ever made in North Carolina, then arrange them in order from the first made specimen to the very last. An unbroken line of projectile forms would be created in which we could not clearly envision a break or separation in form as one form blended into the next. This hypothetical line represents evolution of form as it occurred. Those who manufactured the earliest stone blades gradually developed specialized bases, stems, and hafting elements. Knowledge of how to manufacture similar forms was passed from one generation to another. Innovative techniques and forms were rapidly adapted by Woodland cultures as demonstrated by the introduction of the bow and arrow thousands of years after the first spearpoint was hammered from stone. The bow and arrow technology was superior to that of the spear, and offered greater efficiency in the forested lands of the East.

Coe’s landmark work in the Uwharrie area led to recognition that some sites in the region were deeply stratified, much like a layer cake in which cultural occupations and artifacts had been repeatedly covered by layers of flood deposited sands. The deepest deposits contained the oldest artifacts, and each higher layer was more recent in time. The first deeply buried, stratified archaeological site in North Carolina was discovered in 1948 at Lowder’s Ferry (31ST7) lying within Morrow Mountain State Park, while the more deeply stratified Doerschuk Site was found just upriver. Doerschuk contained layers of undisturbed artifacts nearly 11 feet deep and dating back 8000 years.

Figure 6. 1948 excavations at the Doerschuk Site (31MG22)

Knowledge gained from these two sites along with data from the legendary Hardaway Site near Badin, NC provided scientific evidence that allowed Coe to identify the first chronology of projectile points. Coe’s Fig. 116 (see below Figure 7) from “Formative Cultures of the Carolina Piedmont” (Coe 1964:121) introduced an evolutionary perspective identifying the projectile point traditions of North Carolina.

Figure 7. The projectile point traditions of the North Carolina Piedmont, 1964

Projectile Point Traditions of North Carolina

Coe’s excavations within the Uwharrie region revealed a continuum of stemmed point manufacture, referred to as the “Piedmont Tradition” (Oliver 1985:197; 1981). This tradition began during the Paleoindian period (ca. 10,000 BC) continued through the Archaic period, and abruptly terminated during the early Woodland period (ca. 500 BC) when it was replaced by an intrusive Triangular Tradition. A continuum of triangular point manufacture then extended well into historic times. What factors might explain the sudden and abrupt decrease in the use of stemmed points and the overwhelming appearance of triangular points?

Coe attempted to identify this unconformity in the archaeological record by referring to it as a “cultural discontinuity.” Unfortunately, this term was not well understood until it was proposed that this unconformity signaled the appearance of the bow and arrow technology, and its subsequent adaptation by Woodland peoples. Stemmed points clearly declined in use; triangular points increased in frequency. Native cultures in the Uwharrie region and the Halifax region of North Carolina first used large triangular points instead of the smaller stemmed points (Coe 1964:121 Fig. 116, XXXX). Gradually, and through time, each culture relied predominantly on smaller triangular points until historic contact with Europeans. It can be assumed confidently that the higher efficiency of the bow and arrow technology resulted in the disuse of the stemmed points. Stemmed points were traditionally used with spears and the atlatl spear thrower, but did not adapt well to use on arrows.

On the next occasion when discovering an artifact on a red clay path, bend over, pick it up, and study it carefully. Ask yourself if it has a stem as a hafting element? If so, it can be identified as a projectile point, a spear point from the distant past, but if it is a triangular shape lacking a stem, one can conclude that it is truly an arrowhead.

Figure 8. The projectile point chronology of North Carolina (Oliver 1985;1986)

References

Coe, Joffre L.

1952 The Cultural Sequence of the Carolina Piedmont. In Archaeology of the Eastern United States, edited by James B. Griffin, pp.301-311, University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

1964 The Formative Cultures of the Carolina Piedmont. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 54(5), Philadelphia.

Oliver, Billy L.

1981 The Piedmont Tradition: Refinement of the Savannah River Point Type. Unpublished Master’s thesis, the Department of Anthropology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

1985 Tradition and Typology: Basic Elements of the Carolina Projectile Point Sequence. In Structure and Process in Southeastern Archaeology, edited by Roy S. Dickens, Jr. and H. Trawick Ward, pp.195-211, University of Alabama Press.

become a Citizen Archaeologist

If you find Native American stonework, spear points, pottery, or other items of potential archeological and historical interest in your explorations outdoors, become a Citizen Archaeologist and record the location of your find for the North Carolina Office of State Archaeology! It’s a simple and fun way to contribute to the work of professional archaeologists and have a hand in augmenting the scholarship available to the public about ancient cultures and people who inhabited the area in prehistric times. When you record an archaeological site with the OSA, you are contributing to our understanding of 14,000 years of human history in North Carolina!

Get all the details here https://archaeology.ncdcr.gov/get-involved/citizen-arch-guidance.

Rainbow Sunset on the Uwharrie Trail. Photo by Dan Gardner.

editorial policy

The contents of this newsletter are authored collaboratively by the Uwharrie Trailblazers steering committee unless otherwise attributed and are intended to illuminate, educate, and inspire all who enjoy the trails of the Uwharries. The newsletter is edited by Uwharrie Trailblazers club secretary Kim Andersen. We welcome suggestions and questions from all readers.

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