Correspondence to Locke Craig, Map of the Watauga and Yadkin River Railroad

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Title

Correspondence to Locke Craig, Map of the Watauga and Yadkin River Railroad

Date

January 1913

Creator

["Craig, Locke, 1860-1925.","North Carolina. Office of the Governor."]

Place

["North Carolina, United States"]

Local Call Number

SR.356.1

MARS ID

GP.351

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Title

Correspondence to Locke Craig, Map of the Watauga and Yadkin River Railroad

Date

January 1913

Creator

["Craig, Locke, 1860-1925.","North Carolina. Office of the Governor."]

Rights

This item is provided courtesy of the State Archives of North Carolina and is a public record according to G.S.132.

Description

Locke Craig was born on August 16, 1860, in Bertie County, North Carolina. After the Civil War, his father died and his mother sold their family farm. They moved to Chapel Hill, North Carolina and he attended The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill at the age of fifteen. He graduated at the age of nineteen, which made him the youngest person to receive a degree from the university at the time. He became a teacher at a Chapel Hill school for a brief time but later moved to Asheville, North Carolina to start his own law practice. During his time practicing law, he became a part of the local Democratic Party. The southern Democratic Party in North Carolina after the Civil War focused on implementing legislation based on white supremacist ideologies. It was a political party that reflected the belief that the Republican Party and Populist Party, working together as the Fusionists, were pushing the political interests of northern states and Black Americans at the expense of white Americans during the Reconstruction era. Craig, like many of his political colleagues, did not believe Black people should have the right to vote nor have any positions of power or influence within the state. He and his former classmate, Charles Brantley Aycock, went on a white supremacy political campaign, also known as The Campaign of 1898 to defeat the Fusionists. Craig was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1898 for Buncombe County and re-elected in 1901. During the 1899 legislative session, Craig helped in the creation of the constitutional amendment that required eligible voters to pass an English literacy test and pay a poll tax. However, to prevent illiterate white voters from being excluded, a clause was included to allow any man the right to vote if they had an ancestor who was eligible to vote. The amendment became known as the Grandfather Clause and disenfranchised many African American men from the voting process. In 1912, Locke Craig won the election for Governor of North Carolina. While in office, he continued the educational reforms created by former governor Charles B. Aycock. He also consolidated public school districts, encouraged school funding from local taxes, and made school attendance mandatory for children ages 8 through 12 for at least 4 months in a year. He initiated road-building programs and took interest in reducing railroad freight rates, which were higher than in other states in the region. In addition, he supported private contracts to use prisoner labor for railroads and road building. A part of the earnings from their labor was given to their families. Craig had an interest in the development of the western region of North Carolina. The land around Mount Mitchell was purchased in 1915, and a state park was founded. He helped with the development of the Pisgah National Forest and served on the Appalachian Park Commission. After the western side of North Carolina experienced floods in July 1916, Craig formed a state relief committee and coordinated relief efforts. Further, he worked to prevent Cuba from collecting payment on the Reconstruction bonds issued to the State of North Carolina. After he served his one term as Governor, Craig moved back to Asheville and returned to practicing law. He died on June 9, 1924.

Subject

["Pisgah National Forest (N.C.)","National parks and reserves--North Carolina","Highway planning--United States","Roads--Design and construction","Educational change","Voter suppression","White supremacy movements--United States","White nationalism","North Carolina--Politics and government--1865-1950","North Carolina--Politics and government","North Carolina--History","Governors--North Carolina","Governors--Election","Craig, Locke, 1860-1925","Railroads--Freight--Rates--United States","African Americans"]

Local Call Number

SR.356.1

MARS ID

GP.351

Place

["North Carolina, United States"]

Time Period

["(1900-1929) North Carolina's industrial revolution and World War One"]

Digital Collections

["Governors Papers, Modern"]

Format

["Maps"]

Hosted By

["State Archives of North Carolina"]

Identifier

SR_356_1_GP_Craig_Locke_B5F3_Corr_Railroad_Map

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