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Granville Gold Mock Tobacco Auction
WHO: The Granville Gold Mock Tobacco Auction, an unparalleled revisit for community fun, food, fellowship, and education
WHAT: The Granville Gold Mock Tobacco Event will feature a live re-enactment of a tobacco auction that determined the price for tobacco for nearly a century in North Carolina. There will be a cured tobacco tying contest and a History of Granville Tobacco presentation. Additionally, there will be local art on display, games, crafts, and food vendors. History and agricultural buffs will not want to miss this event which is free and open to the public. SEE AGENDA/ESTIMATED TIMES BELOW
WHEN: Sunday, September 28th, from 2:00 until 5:00 PM
WHERE: Carlee Farms, just off Belltown Road, just off I-85. The address is 1003 Carlee Farm Rd, Oxford, NC 27565.
BACKGROUND:
Granville County has a tremendous history in the tobacco industry from cultivating to curing tobacco and everything in between. In the 1930 circa, a disease that wiped out families and made them move towards more sandy, loamy soils was named “The Granville Wilt.” But there are even more positive stories about tobacco. This event will showcase the family effort that went into “getting in a crop” and how tobacco prospered the community, county, and the area.
In case you are interested, Lt. Governor Rachel Hunt’s ancestry can be traced back a couple of centuries to Granville County. The Rev. Moses Jackson Hunt was a pastor in the Brassfield Township.
AGENDA:
• 2:00 Mark Pace – Granville County Historical Society President & Granville Historian - Opening Ceremony & Remarks
• 2:25 P - Honorable Lieutenant Governor Rachel Hunt - Speaker (Ms. Hunt grew up on a tobacco farm at Rock Ridge in Wilson County, NC)
• 2:50 P – Billy Yeargin – History of Tobacco in the US, North Carolina & Virginia, and Granville County
• 3:10 P – Red Clay Band performs
• 3:45 P – Sandy Houston, World Champion Tobacco Auctioneer (circa 1982) – Conducts a live auction with real tobacco, mock buyers and an enthusiastic crowd remembering farm days gone by.
