M W Play!
Southern Pines Pool Park
Just off of Morganton Road, the Southern
Pines Pool Park shares the corner of S Henley
Street and W Iowa Avenue and stretches over
the block. With so many fun features, it’s hard
to know where to start!
With a field for open play, basketball courts
for pick–up games, and a playground full of
swings, slides and climbing features, this park
has it all. And just as the name includes Poolit
has a pool along with a kiddie pool! And a
splash pad! Around the splash pad is a brick
surround for seating as parents keep a close
watch over the fun.
A community treasure, this park offers a
pavilion with picnic tables ready to host any
celebration. As the weather warms up, come
visit this park for some springtime FUN! ☐
Matthew and Wesley’s favorite feature?
The zip line! This one is the BEST around!
And of course, the splash pad!
Around Town
with Benjamin Sykes
Above: Mat and Wes at the splash pad.
Below: Mat and Wes on the zip line.
Looking for Arrowheads
Long before our Patriarchs of James Tufts,
Donald Ross and John Patrick, others graced
our long leaf pine preserve for thousands of
years. Remnants of their lives still captivate
locals who seek the legacy. Walk down a sandy
path and look along the worn, recessed trails.
Go out after a rain as the showers uncover
treasures in the ever-changing landscape.
You’ll discover the history of our earliest
forefathers as you uncover the treasure of
an arrowhead, bowl, spear, scraper—the
tools and weapons of many generations past
sharing the shade of the long leaf.
From the Archaic Paleo-Indian period to the
Hardaway or Daltons, the Siouans inhabited
Moore from the 6th century until about 400
years ago. We have the Occoneechee Boy
Scout camp testifying of the Occoneechee
Indians from the North Carolina/Virginia line.
Other names include the Tuscarora tribe, the
Waterlee, Croatan, Catawba, and the Lumbee
Indians who gathered around the Cape Fear
River Basin and Lumber River.
Names such as the Big Sandys, Savannah
Rivers, Lecroy, Hardaway, Dalton, and
Rhyolite define the arrowheads. The bigger
the arrowhead, the bigger the intended gamefrom
birds to buffalo, the weapons changed
with the target. The Indian Trail first used by
buffalo during their annual migration from the
Piedmont through our Sandhills to the coastal
plains gathered hunters of all kinds.
While you walk along our sandy trails, between
the rows of farmland, or down any chosen path,
be sure to take a closer look over, under, and
all around. Brace for the heart drop because it’s
coming along with your anticipated collection
of arrowheads. Resources have been calling
generations for centuries, we are not the first;
we are not the last; we are merely one of many
making our footprints in the sand. ☐
Local Finds from a Local Collector.
p.38 The Pinehurst Gazette, Inc. No. 135