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4419 Guess Road, Durham, NC 27712
Fall, 2002
Festival Proceeds Help Protect Dimmocks Mill Tract
By the Eno River Association Staff
In late August, the Eno River
Association closed on twelve acres of
Eno riverfront property located off
Dimmocks Mill Road in Hillsborough.
The Dimmocks Mill Tract purchase was
the focus of this year’s Festival for the
Eno. “We had a fabulous Festival this
year,” said Greg Bell, Festival
Coordinator. “With over 30,000 attendees and 1,500 amazing volunteers
coming out to help our cause, we earned
a substantial portion of the funds needed to purchase the [Dimmocks Mill]
property.”
“We had a fabulous
Festival [and]...we earned
a substantial portion of
the funds needed to purchase the property.”
--Greg Bell, Festival Coordinator
The tract lies on the north bank of
the Eno River. From the early 1900’s up
until the 1950’s, the property was occupied by part of an old mill village.
Sometime after 1955, the houses were
either demolished or abandoned, and
the land gradually reverted to woodland
in the succeeding years. It is now covered by a beautiful oak-hickory hardwood forest, and contains a small,
unnamed tributary to the river that runs
through the center of the property, and
into the Eno.
The location of the tract is excellent for conservation purposes. It lies
across the river from the Occoneechee
Mountain State Natural Area, so it both
adds to the parklands that have already
Eno River at Dimmocks Mill Tract, Across the River from Occaneechee Mountain State
Natural Area. Photo by Lori Olson
been established, and helps to protect
the gorgeous view from the mountain.
Eno River Association Executive
Director, Lori Olson, is thrilled about
the purchase. “Adding this property to
the network of protected areas already
established around Occoneechee
Mountain will serve to enhance wildlife
habitat, providing for better protection
of both terrestrial and aquatic species.”
And so the Association continues
its 37-year mission of protecting valuable wildlife habitat and open space
along the Eno. The Dimmocks Mill
Tract becomes another piece of fabric
woven into the beautiful quilt of protected lands along the Eno, one of many
more to come.
Visit us on the Web at www:enoriver.org
Piper/Cox House Exhibits Are Open!
Letter to Our Members
Members,
Fall is upon us and there are a lot of ways for you to get involved with the Eno!
Centerfest will be happening September 14 & 15 and we will be looking for volunteers to help at our Eno River
Association booth. Please call 620-9099 if you are interested in working at the booth.
The Eno River State Park is hosting a workday on September 21st from 9am to 1pm. It is part of the “Big Sweep” river
clean-up effort and volunteers are needed to help clean the Eno. Please call Adrienne at the state park office 383-1686 to sign
up to volunteer.
Fall is also our membership renewal season. You can get ahead of the curve and save us mailing costs by renewing your
ERA membership early. Simply fill out the membership form in this newsletter, clip it out, and return it to our office with your
check. We are looking forward to another fun-filled year of Eno activities and membership events and wouldn’t want you to
miss out! Thanks in advance for your continued support of the Eno River Association. We could not do all the wonderful
things that we do to protect the Eno without the support of our members.
Our ERA Annual Meeting will be held a little later than usual this year. Mark your calendars for Sunday,
November 3rd. It will be a fun day of food and fellowship, and a time of celebration for all our accomplishments
over the past year. I hope to see you there.
Until then, enjoy fall.
Naturally Yours,
MISSION: To conserve and protect the
natural, historical and cultural resources
of the Eno River Basin.
Lori Olson
Executive Director
Special Thanks to These
Eno River Association Contributors
Donations to the
Eno River
Association
Mike and Jennifer Armstrong
Becton Dickinson (C. Preston
Linn)
Giles Blunden
Elizabeth and Tom Brackett
Dorothy Brock
Linda C. Cash
Kay Detrick
Laura Drey
Jim and Betsy Hawkins
Caroline Long
Sarah F. Preyer
Susan Reeves
Ann M Sink
Sports Endeavors (in honor of
Sue Holaday)
Frances B. Turner
Jenny Warburg
In Memory of Ron Jolley
Edwin, Ellen, and Elizabeth
Arnold
Bonny Reid and Friends of
Leigh Jolley
Lisa and Wayne Richardson
In Memory of Parks Todd
Richard and Pamela Bostic
Donations to the
Margaret C.
Nygard Fund
Caroline Norris and Marc
Fowler
Volunteers
Bill Brenn
Brandi Burke
Gary Clayton
Donna Deal
Ryan Deal
Banks Dixon
Marcia Eickmeier
Chip Gentry
Elizabeth Gibbs
Mary Grant
Alice Hall
Larry Holt
June Johnson
Jean Kingsly
Melissa Malkin-Webter
Josie McNeil
Brian Morton
Chris Quinn
Josie Rondone
Bruce Saunders
Judy Stafford
John and Reyna Upchurch
Larry Watkins
Lynn Whitaker
St.Clair Williams
And all our wonderful
2002 Festival for the Eno
Volunteers
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Don Moffitt, President
Ed Clayton, Vice President
Matt Hoover, Treasurer
Nancy Gustaveson, Secretary
Hazel Cash
Annette Jurgelski
Wayne Cash
Carolina Long
Chips Chapman
Hervey McIver
Bill Charping
Holger Nygard
Carol Charping
Denny O’Neal
Bill Crowther
Dave Page
Don Cox
Milo Pyne
Frank Deal
Holly Reid
Norm Gustaveson Fran Thompson
Duncan Heron
Frances Turner
Kay Hesse
Gordon Warren
Robin Jacobs
Carleton White
Harris Williams
STAFF
Lori Olson, Executive Director
Greg Bell, Festival Coordinator
News from the Eno River Association is
a quarterly newsletter published by the
Eno River Association
4419 Guess Road, Durham, NC 27712
Office Telephone: 919-620-9099
Festival Telephone: 919-477-4549
Fax: 919-477-0448
E-mail: [email protected]
www.enoriver.org
State Park Needs Specialized Volunteers, Period Furnishings
By Joe Deppe, Ranger II, Eno River State Park
Piper/Cox House. Photo by David Alan Payette.
With the Piper/Cox house
restoration complete, the house is
open and exhibits and displays are
underway.
The interior of the house has
been open to the public with a display on the historical Occoneechee
Mill Village. Call the Eno River
State Park at 383-1686, or check the
Park’s interpretive schedule, for
days and times the exhibit is open.
With all this activity, there will
be many opportunities to volunteer.
We are currently looking for
anyone with experience stripping
and refinishing furniture. We are
also looking for someone with
knowledge of period bedding (quilt
patterns etc.). Any loaned or donated period furniture would also be
greatly appreciated. We are in
search of items from the early to
mid 1800’s.
Please call or leave a message
at the park office at 383-1686 for
Joe Deppe, and do not forget to
come out and tour the house.
Federal Legislative Update
By Denny O’Neal
National Forests Roadless Area
Oppose Bush Administration
Conservation Act of 2002: This meas- Clean Air Rollbacks: The Bush
ure has already been introduced in the Administration recently announced the
House, and on July 25 was introduced in most dramatic weakening of the Clean
the Senate by a bi-partisan group deter- Air Act in this law’s 32-year existence.
mined to protect America’s last The Administration wants to reduce polunspoiled national forest lands. Please lution-management requirements applycontact your senators and urge them to ing to 17,000 power plants, refineries,
support this highly important bill! The and other industries. Senators John
Bush Administration has refused to Edwards and Joseph Lieberman have
defend the rule (promulgated in the written a “dear-colleague” letter to the
Clinton Administration) in court, and EPA opposing this rollback. Please
intends to rewrite it. For more informa- thank Sen. Edwards, and write or call
tion, see the ERA web site links to any Sen. Helms and urge that he also sign
of several national environmental organ- this letter, or otherwise mitigate this
izations.
potential rollback. Please also call the
White House comment line at 202-4561111.
Former ERA President
Wayne Cash Receives
Environmental Award
Long time ERA board member
Wayne Cash was honored recently for
environmental leadership in the community. The Headwaters Group of the
Sierra Club presented the award to
Wayne in July, citing his work at
Penny’s Bend Nature Preserve as well as
his service with the Eno River
Association, Durham Open Space and
Trails Commission, Triangle J Council
of Governments Green Team and the
Durham Farmland Protection Board.
Wayne served four years as the ERA’s
President and is currently the chair of
the Farmland Protection Board.
Becky Heron and Ellen Reckhow,
Durham County Commissioners, were
also honored by the Sierra Club for their
commitment to the environment, as was
grassroots activist Steve Hiltner,
founder of the Ellerbe Creek Watershed
Association.
Sierra Club to Host
Clean Transportation
Forum
On September 21st, the Sierra
Club will be sponsoring a regional
forum to discuss clean transportation
choices for the Triangle and ideas for
funding them. The forum will be held
at the McKimmon Center just off
Western Blvd., in Raleigh from 9am to
3pm. This forum will bring together
members of the environmental community, transportation experts, elected
officials and people concerned about
the future of transportation in the
Triangle.
Register for the event by emailing
Tancred Miller at [email protected]. For more information,
keep checking the Sierra Club’s website
www.sierraclub-nc.org.
Help protect Eno
lands with a
charitable gift to the
Eno River Association
of cash or stocks.
Dear Friends,
Memories from 2002’s Festival For the Eno
Ed Moore and his Sandy Feat team carved a musical
rendition of this year’s logo. Photo by James Hill.
On Sunday, Jimmy Martin and his Sunny Valley Boys led a Grove crowd sing-along of Will the Circle be Unbroken. Photo by James Hill.
If the music, shopping, food, critters, demonstrations,
exhibits and activities aren’t enough, you can always
take a nap in the shade. Photo by James Hill.
Grammy Award winner Flaco Jimenez kept the crowd dancing at his
first N.C. appearance on Saturday. Staff photo.
Dancers were particularly drawn to the infectious sounds of
Project Mastana. Photo by James Hill.
Thank you for all the help, encouragement and support given
to this year’s Festival for the Eno. Through the efforts of the thousands of volunteers, sponsors, contributors, performers and participants, as well as the support of tens of thousands of attendees and
a dedicated staff, we again hosted one of the region’s best-loved
and most familiar events. Through the Festival we earned much of
the funds needed for purchase of the Dimmock’s Mill tract (along
the Eno near downtown Hillsborough).
Electric bus rides, expanded children’s activities and appearances by legendary performers Flaco Jimenez and Jimmy Martin
were but a few of the highlights of the 23rd annual Festival for the
Eno. The E.E.E.K. (Eno Environmental Education for Kids) activities, organized by the E.R.A.’s Environmental Education
Committee, drew large crowds of enthusiastic participants (of all
ages), with their various hands-on activities highlighting the critters of the Eno as well as the importance of a clean and healthy
watershed. Located near the Otter Stage, the E.E.E.K. area featured an amphibian collection, a stream habitat table and a wonderful assortment of games and puzzlers to entertain and amuse
even the adults in the crowd.
Renewable, clean fuels were featured at this year’s Festival.
Solar Village Institute again provided solar power at the Otter
Stage and the Triangle “J” Council of Governments arranged our
use of an electric/”clean” diesel hybrid bus for the shuttle to the
participant lot. Rides were offered to Festival-goers throughout
the Festival and many people took advantage of this rare opportunity. The bus was comfortable, handicapped accessible and continued to run efficiently through even the most demanding periods
of traffic. For the first time, the Festival also offered bicycle racks
(thanks to the Durham Bicycle Pedestrian Commission) which we
plan to continue doing in hopes of encouraging more folks to ride
--rather than drive--to the event.
The stages, which held such an amazing array of talent in July,
are now disassembled and stacked in storage at the State Park. The
compost has been turned, its temperature taken at regular intervals,
and is rapidly becoming next year’s rich garden soil. We are
already at work on next year’s Festival for the Eno, the 24th. I hope
you will join us next July 4th, 5th and 6th for what promises to be
another successful, fun and educational year.
Best Regards,
Greg Bell, Coordinator, 23rd annual Festival for the Eno
A Big “Thank You” to These Festival Donors
E. Rose Auman
Barbara B.
Birkhead
Melinda and Jim
Box
Takeko Carter
Councilor Lewis
Cheek
Dr. & Mrs. John
and Margaret
Cheek
Over 800 volunteers make the Festival happen each year,
including this great group who pitched in on Big Top Day, an Stephanie Curtis
annual event unto itself. Staff photo.
Ronald Swanstrom
John and Olga Eyre
Robert O. and
Martha A. Forrest
Friends of the Eno
Elizabeth Wade
Grant
Ginger Hatch
Keane, Inc.
Trish Kohler
Terry Lane
Lisa Lark
Caroline Long
Hank Majestic PhD
Karen McLachlan
Mr. Craig Morrison
David and
Beverly Moser
Marty and
Sallie Pickett
Winston Roberts
Mozette R. Rollins
Marsha Seaton
William and
Barbara Self
Bob Smart
Moira Smullen
Robert Sprouse
Jack Steer
Pearson Stewart
Michael Throop
Margaret Tiano
Patrick and Patricia
Vincent
Charles T. Wilson Jr
Susan E. Zarutskie
Ellen Zimmerman
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Time to Renew your Eno River Association Membership
Renew Today, and Your Membership Will Continue through October, 2003
Fall is nearly here, and it’s time to renew your Eno River Association membership for the upcoming year.
Please help us save mailing costs by renewing your membership today! Simply fill out the form below and send
it with your check to the ERA office at 4419 Guess Road, Durham, NC 27712. By doing this, you will ensure
that you continue to receive your quarterly newsletter; invitations to hikes, workdays, celebrations and other
upcoming events; and periodic updates on key issues.
Our membership is the backbone of our organization. The Eno River Association would not be able to do
all the wonderful things that we do without your help and financial support. From our Eno River Watch water
quality-monitoring program, to our fight against Eno Drive, to our land protection projects near the State Park
and along the Upper Eno, we rely on your support to keep these important programs going.
Thanks in advance for your continued support of our efforts to conserve and protect the magnificent Eno
River basin.
Welcome to New Members
Guenevere Abernathy and Michael
Lemanski
Alice Alexander
Brad Bannister and Megan Clode
Bonnie Beairsto
Martin Beebee
Tonya Bell
Nathan Berolzheimer and Trish Barron
Barbara Blackman
Daniel Bowling
Rachael and David Brady
John Buhrmann and Tanya Kinsells
Claire Callgy
Rob and Grace Carter
Chris Crochetiere
Chuck Davis
Diana E. Davis
Eric C. Dietze
Darcy Downing
Stuart Dyer
Mark Eckert
Jim Ericksen
Stewart Fisher
Andy, Kate, Jack and Lila Fleishman
Mike and Diane Fournel
Richard Franck
John French
Lisa and Justin Gehtland
Roxanne Gillespie
Michael and Nila Godwin
Betsy Gray (Gift from Mary E. Preslar)
Anne Gregory-Bepler
Jan Hansen and Susan Blackford
David Haring (Gift from Bob Hall and
Jennifer Miller)
Eva G Harrington and Ralph P Balzac
Jurgen Henn
James Henry and Family
Ronald and Holly Hileman
Avis Hodges
Larry Holt
Michael James and Patty Wild
Elsebet Jegstrup and Margaret Kirby
Roger and Susan Johnson
Tonya Kaufman
Brian Kelly
David Kingdon
Linda and Fred Lampe
Lisa Lorenzin
Bassett R. Mardre
Chris Marshall
Christine McNally
Jane and Kerney McNeil
Nance and John McNeil
Eileen McWilliam
Michelle Muessel
Jasmin Muriel
Carla Oldham
Julie Olson and Pete Cozart
Kathy Overman
C. Payne
Leon F and Leslie D Poplawski
Stephen Price
S. Robinson
Arthur and Caroline Rogers
Airlie and Josh Rose
Michelle Rutterman
Stacie Sanders
Rachel Schaffer
John Schrum
Judith Shapiro
Patricia Sikes and Paul Joffrion
Reta H. Slade
Amanda I. Slater
Kim Smart
Patti Smithson
Brenda W. Stephens
Ida Trisolini
Walt and Joette Unks
Steve and Aimee Wall
Donna and Dave Walser
Mariah Wheeler
Evelyn Wright
Kids’ Korner
Eno Ice?
by Holly Reid
Think about that ice in your cup of
iced tea.
If you make ice in your freezer at
home, where does the water come
from to make the ice?
If you live in Hillsborough, your water comes
from a reservoir on the Eno River, and in Durham
perhaps from Lake Michie on the Little River, which
joins the Eno. So the Eno Valley water basin catches our rain, funnels it into creeks of the Eno, we
humans catch it in reservoirs, clean it and use it in
our baths, gardens, sinks… and in our freezers to
make ice!
The Eno also makes ice naturally if the winter
is cold enough. Two hundred years ago people living in warmer climates, like North Carolina,
became very interested in the use of ice to slow the
rotting of their foods! However, it was hard to convince them that you could store and use ice outside
of winter.
European royalty could afford to transport and
pack sleds of ice in deep pits to store for chilled
wine and desserts in spring and summer. Charles
II of England loved this extravagance when he was
exiled in France in the 1650’s. Some say he
brought the habit to England in 1660 when they
gave back his crown. But American colonists
thought it a folly to try to stop stored ice from melting--until Frederick Tudor of Boston in 1806 successfully sent ice, cut from frozen fresh ponds in
Massachusetts, in a ship all the way to the
Caribbean, and later to India!
More people started building ice houses, and
one constructed in the 1850’s belonged to Paul and
Anne Cameron. This ice house, located on the Eno
in Hillsborough, had a foundation made of brick
and 8 sides. It is currently under restoration.
Where did ice come from for the Cameron ice
house on the Eno? Shipped from Massachusetts?
Archaeologists have found that the 1800’s had
colder winters than we have now. More likely,
then, ice was harvested right off our Eno River or
from shallow ice ponds for local ice houses. Ann
Strudwick Nash recollected her school days in
Hillsborough (1859-1890), “In fact ice was still a
rare commodity, cut from the river if the winter
The Paul and Anne Cameron octagonal, brick ice house foundation
(c1857) is currently under restoration in Hillsborough.
Photo by Holly Reid
happened to be cold enough, and stored in the
few houses the town afforded. It was muddy and
full of bubbles, and useful in my eyes chiefly for
chilling watermelons and making ice cream.”
Jean Anderson, local historian, also recently
recounted an old family friend’s childhood experience with an ice house in Philadelphia, “They only
cut ice winters it was particularly thick and clear —
times when the bitter cold came after fine clear
weather, when there had been no storms to churn
and muddy the river. It was packed in large
pieces, sawed as evenly and beautifully as could
be, with straw between them. My cousin and I
loved to climb up, and then down into the straw,
when the men were bringing ice into the house…”
Ice and refrigeration have become extremely
important in the United States in the past 200
years. George Washington noted the usefulness of
ice in a letter in 1794, “Do not by any means omit to
fill the Ice house with Ice, as the advantages of it for
keeping fresh meats &ca, is indescribable.” Think
what it would be like not to have a refrigerator, or
freezer or ice. So, enjoy your iced tea, but think
where your ice comes from…perhaps the Eno!
Upcoming Events
September
14-15: Durham’s Centerfest. Call 620-9099 to volunteer at ERA booth.
21: “Big Sweep” River Clean-up. Call 383-1686 for details.
21: Sierra Club Transportation Forum; McKimmon Center, Raleigh;
9am-3pm. www.sierraclub-nc.org has more information.
November
3:
Eno River Association’s Annual Meeting
28: Happy Thanksgiving!
The Eno River Association
is a member of
Earth Share of NC.
Please look for us in your
workplace giving campaign.
December
8:
Eno Calendar Celebration (tentative)
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
This Eno River Association Newsletter
is printed on recylced paper.
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