Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
5 <br />N.C. SCENIC BYWAYS <br />STUDY LIST APPLICATION <br />A. Route description (with defined beginning and end points, road <br />names /numbers and section lengths): <br />The route would begin on the outskirts of Carrboro at the intersection of <br />Hillsborough Road and Old N.C. 86. It would continue north through <br />Calvander where it would intersect with Dairyland Road to the west and <br />Homestead Road to the east. Crossing this intersection, Old N.C. 86 <br />continues past Eubanks Road, crosses New Hope Church Road and <br />eventually I -40, just south of the town of Hillsborough. <br />The route length is approximately 7.3 miles. <br />B. Intrinsic Quality Checklist: <br />Historical, Scenic, Recreational, Natural, Educational, Wildlife <br />1. Historical: A Collet map prepared for King George and dated May 1, <br />1777 appears to indicate that Old N.C. 86 (S.R. 1009) was the main road <br />between Chapel Hill and further north to Hillsborough, which was at one <br />time the capitol of North Carolina. (Other information suggests that <br />sections of it were also a Native American Indian trading trail). <br />Old NC 86 begins with a beautiful stretch of farm land owned by the Hogan <br />Family, which farmed the land on either side of the route for generations. <br />Rob Hogan and his wife are the owners of the old family home (on the right <br />overlooking 100 acres of farm land) which is on the National Register of <br />Historic Places. The legend is that the two magnolia trees in the front of <br />this house were grown from seedlings given to the Hogan Family by a <br />passing Civil War veteran that they cared for. <br />The first three miles of this route to Calvander was the first rural <br />electrification line in the United States funded with Federal money. The <br />line was laid in 1933 using cedar poles from the Hogan farm land. <br />