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THE DEVIL'S TRAMPING GROUND by H.T. Ivy Wilmington Morning Star 1/4/1882 DEVIL WAS REAL by William S. Powell News and Observer 4/27/52 DEVIL PACES CHATHAM COUNTY by R.H. Stone Durham Morning Herald 7/26/59 DEVIL CHALLENGE by Kays Gary Charlotte Observer 10/1/64 A CREEPY SPOT by Roy Rabon News and Observer 2/28/65 HALLOWEEN: HAVE A HOWL by Joyce Pressley Charlotte Observer 10/25/74 THIS MAN IS DEVIL'S LANDLORD by Tim Smith Daily Tar Heel (date unknown) DEVIL'S GROUND RUINED by Associated Press Durham Sun 11/1/78 BARREN CIRCLE RUMORED TO BE DEVIL'S by Associated Press Charlotte Observer 10/1/86 HALLOWEEN REVIVES TALE OF SATANIC by Associated Press Charlotte Observer 11/1/87 GOULISH GEOGRAPHY by Sharon Overton News and Observer 10/31/89 DEVIL DIDN'T ANSWER THE CALL by Dennis Rogers News and Observer 8/30/91 NO TALE TOO TALL by Richard Haag Charlotte News 10/31/96 CAROLINA X TRAVELS by Associated Press Charlotte Observer 6/14/98	MANY STORIES TOLD by Leonard Wilson Greensboro Daily News 6/15/41 IT'S BETTER NOT TO KNOW by Manly Wellman News and Observer 12/28/58 SUPERSTITION IS DEBUNKED by Not Known Greensboro Daily News 10/1/64 DE GHOSTED by Kays Gary Charlotte Observer 10/3/64 WHERE IS THE DEVIL'S STOMPING GROUND by L.M.R. Fayetteville Observer 9/18/73 A DEVILISH TALE by Tim Smith Daily Tar Heel 1976 DEVIL COULDN'T MAKE IT by UPI News and Observer 5/1/78 DEEP INSIDE DEVIL COUNTRY by Leslie Deak The Chronicle (Duke) 9/16/83 EERIE LEGEND HAUNTS CHATHAM'S by Associated Press News and Observer 11/2/86 WHEN VISITING SCENIC N.C. by Allen Norwood Charlotte Observer 11/8/88 DEVILRY ASIDE, SPOT STILL SPOOKS by Dennis Rogers News and Observer 7/29/91 FIRST IN FRIGHT by Kay Miller Charlotte Observer 10/20/96 A TOUR OF SOUTHERN HAUNTS by Martha Quillin News and Observer 10/31/96 MY NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL by Ethan Feinsilver Greensboro News and Record 10/31/98

THE DEVIL'S TRAMPING GROUND
by H.T. Ivy
Wilmington Morning Star 1/4/1882
DEVIL WAS REAL
by William S. Powell
News and Observer 4/27/52
DEVIL PACES CHATHAM COUNTY
by R.H. Stone
Durham Morning Herald 7/26/59
DEVIL CHALLENGE
by Kays Gary
Charlotte Observer 10/1/64
A CREEPY SPOT
by Roy Rabon
News and Observer 2/28/65
HALLOWEEN: HAVE A HOWL
by Joyce Pressley
Charlotte Observer 10/25/74
THIS MAN IS DEVIL'S LANDLORD
by Tim Smith
Daily Tar Heel (date unknown)
DEVIL'S GROUND RUINED
by Associated Press
Durham Sun 11/1/78
BARREN CIRCLE RUMORED TO BE DEVIL'S
by Associated Press
Charlotte Observer 10/1/86
HALLOWEEN REVIVES TALE OF SATANIC
by Associated Press
Charlotte Observer 11/1/87
GOULISH GEOGRAPHY
by Sharon Overton
News and Observer 10/31/89
DEVIL DIDN'T ANSWER THE CALL
by Dennis Rogers
News and Observer 8/30/91
NO TALE TOO TALL
by Richard Haag
Charlotte News 10/31/96
CAROLINA X TRAVELS
by Associated Press
Charlotte Observer 6/14/98

MANY STORIES TOLD
by Leonard Wilson
Greensboro Daily News 6/15/41
IT'S BETTER NOT TO KNOW
by Manly Wellman
News and Observer 12/28/58
SUPERSTITION IS DEBUNKED
by Not Known
Greensboro Daily News 10/1/64
DE GHOSTED
by Kays Gary
Charlotte Observer 10/3/64
WHERE IS THE DEVIL'S STOMPING GROUND
by L.M.R.
Fayetteville Observer 9/18/73
A DEVILISH TALE
by Tim Smith
Daily Tar Heel 1976
DEVIL COULDN'T MAKE IT
by UPI
News and Observer 5/1/78
DEEP INSIDE DEVIL COUNTRY
by Leslie Deak
The Chronicle (Duke) 9/16/83
EERIE LEGEND HAUNTS CHATHAM'S
by Associated Press
News and Observer 11/2/86
WHEN VISITING SCENIC N.C.
by Allen Norwood
Charlotte Observer 11/8/88
DEVILRY ASIDE, SPOT STILL SPOOKS
by Dennis Rogers
News and Observer 7/29/91
FIRST IN FRIGHT
by Kay Miller
Charlotte Observer 10/20/96
A TOUR OF SOUTHERN HAUNTS
by Martha Quillin
News and Observer 10/31/96
MY NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL
by Ethan Feinsilver
Greensboro News and Record 10/31/98

BOOKS

North Carolina Curiosities
Bledsoe, Jerry. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1985.
Drawing Blood
Brite, Poppy Z.. New York: Dell Publishing, 1993.
North Carolina: The Goodliest Land
Delmar. Raleigh: Division Publishing, 1971.
Chatham County, 1771-1971
Hadley, Horton, Strowd. North Carolina: S.N. Publishers, 1971.
The Devil's Tramping Ground and Other NC Mysteries
Harden, John. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1949.
Tales of Tarheelia
Harden, John. Raleigh: WPTF Radio Publication, 1946.
Our North Carolina Heritage
Hastings, Charlotte. Charlotte: Charlotte School Printing, 1960.
The Newcomer's Guide to North Carolina
Lee, Bill. Asheboro: Down Home Press, 1996.
North Carolina Scenic Byways
N.C.D.O.T. Raleigh: N.C.D.O.T., 1997.
North Carolina Gazetteer
Powell, William Stevens. Old Sybrook, CT: Globe Pequot Press, 1999.
North Carolina Ghosts and Legends
Roberts, Nancy. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1991.
A New Geography of North Carolina
Sharpe, Bill. Raleigh: Sharpe Publishing Company, 1954.
North Carolina County Fact Book Vol.I
Tetterton, Beverly & Glenn. Wendell: Broadfoot's Publishing, 1996
North Carolina Legends
Walser, Richard. Raleigh: N.C. Department of Cultural Resources, 1980.
North Carolina Miscellany
Walser, Richard. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1962.
Ghosts of the Carolina Coasts
Zepke, Terrance. Sarasota: Pineapple Press Inc, 1999.

MAGAZINE ARTICLES

DEVIL'S TRAMPING GROUND BOOK NOTE
by Richard Townes
Borderlands: Vol.4, No.5 June-July 1949
THE CHARLOTTE WITCH PROJECT
by Ken Johnson
Creative Loafing (Charlotte, NC): 9/4/99
WHERE THE DEVIL WALKS
by Paul Thompson
Fate Magazine: May 1996
DEVIL'S TRAMPING GROUND
by Joye E. Jordan
Tarheel Junior Historian: December 1966
CAROLINA COUNTIES: CHARMING CHATHAM
by Dave Hart
Our State: January 1998
THINGS OF INTEREST IN CHATHAM COUNTY
by W.B. Morgan
The State: July 16, 1949
THE DEVIL'S TRAMPING GROUND
by John Harden
The State: July 11, 1953
DEVIL'S TRAMPING GROUND PUZZLES VISITORS
by Bill Sharpe
The State: May 4, 1957
A NIGHT AT THE DEVIL'S TRAMPING GROUND
by Jimmy Stevens
North Carolina Folklore: May 1967

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