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Sooo upon further research on this man and this park... very interesting.. some quick fun facts 👇🏾⬇️

- Two different entrances which, to this day, still are not connected so technically...the park is still segregated.

- Reedy Creek was considered the "black side" and Crabtree Creek; where I entered (off of Glenwood ave) is what was considered the wealthy yt side.

- Mister W***y B was a former governor and in 1966
"desegregated" the two parks, making it one singular area hence the name of the State Park.

- The land was formerly inhabited by the Tuscarora, the Catawba, the Lumbee, and the Occaneechi tribes.

- Around the 1930s the land was no longer able to produce corn or cotton. Mmmm wonder why. (Cursed) Sooo the government essentially bought the land in the 50s and made this park.

- "There was one camp called Camp Whispering Pines where black people were allowed to camp. in 1950, there was Crabtree Creek which divided the park into the two different areas, and while the creek could be crossed really easily, the Raleigh News & Observer provided a perverse note of reassurance to white parents that a large forested buffer would separate the white and African American youth camps, stating that the two camps would be more than a mile apart at the Crabtree Creek dividing line."

- Umstead was actually only one of two state Park's in North Carolina that were designated for black people to use, and then a third one was opened in 1961.

So...take that how you will. Know where and what land you're stepping on. Lesson for damn myself. Lil NC history for ya.

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