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	Register for The Umstead Coalition email updates About Us Home Contacts History of the Coalition Site Search FAQ Walk/Run/Bike for Umstead News Alerts Newsletter About the Park Park History Stories in Stone Park Ecology Trail Map Getting Involved Outings Streamwatch Park Service Park Information Contacts Mail: The Umstead Coalition; P.O. Box 10654; Raleigh, NC 27605-0654 Voice Mail: (919) 852-2268	See us on Facebook _____________________________________________ Mark you calendars 2013 Walk/Run/Bike for Umstead Saturday, April 20, 2013 This year, over 400 participants enjoyed a great day on Park Trails, listening to great music, and enjoying children activities. Thanks to Triangle Off Road Cylists (TORC) for the Tour de TORC guided bike rides and Carolina Godiva Track Club for race timing!! Thanks to all for supporting William B. Umstead State Park. Funds raised will go towards restoration of the 104 historic cabins and mess halls, invasive plant control, and environmental education for your wonderful State Park. The Umstead Coalition would like to extend a special thank-you to Dr. Walton and his family who have allowed us to hold an event in his private meadow for 18 years! Dr. Walton passed away on April 3, 2012. We will miss him dearly. 2013 Walk/Run/Bike for Umstead INFOInformation Walk/Run/Bike for Umstead TION Register Here Pledge Form Volunteers Needed (for 2012) HELP SUPPORT WILLIAM B. UMSTEAD STATE PARK & HAVE A GOOD TIME (Timed Results from 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2005 4-mile Walk/Run) -------------------------------------------------- Please Join or Renew MEMBERSHIP - $15. Please considering donating MORE to help William B. Umstead State Park. Thanks! __________________________________________________________________________________________ Stories in Stone by Tom Weber Orders fulfilled by Amazon.com for The Umstead Coalition: Click HERE to Purchase   Available at: William B. Umstead State Park Visitor Center, off US 70 (donation of $20 to The Umstead Coalition) Great Outdoor Provision Company: Cameron Village, Raleigh, NC and 1800 East Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC REI:: North Hills, Raleigh, NC The Regulator Bookshop, 720 Ninth Street, Durham, NC Quail Ridge Books & Music, Wade Avenue, Raleigh, NC McIntyre's Books, Fearrington Village, Pittsboro, NC (hard back only) Flyleaf Books 752 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Chapel Hill, NC Amazon.com (sold by The Umstead Coalition) Stories in Stone: Memories from a Bygone Farming Community in North Carolina (An Oral History of the William B. Umstead State Park Area with Mapped Hikes) By Tom Weber Foreword by Clyde Edgerton Illustrations by Uli Gratzl & Cindy Hendren The scope of Stories in Stone stretches from the footsteps of Native American hunters centuries ago to a description of William B. Umstead State Park today. However, the main focus is on the oral history of the last generation of pre-Park area residents and of the people that built the Park.  Their words narrate four mapped walks to former home sites and other traces of the community.  The work of naturalists, folklorists, journalists, historians, photographers, and artists fill out the background of a place and its people. Stories in Stone preserves memories dating between 1870 and 1942 from the farming community that once lived in Wake County, North Carolina’s William B. Umstead State Park.  This nearly 6,000-acre Piedmont woodland lies between the cities of Chapel Hill, Raleigh, and Durham, which for the Research Triangle. 303pages; 414 photos and illustrations.  Printed on coated paper.  Two binding options:  Hard cover-sewn case and o-wire soft cover.  Size 9.5x8 inches.  $20 (all net proceeds go to support William B. Umstead State Park). Publisher:  The Umstead Coalition ISBN 9780983711902 (hard cover); ISBN 9780983711919 (O-wire sprial) ----------------------------------------------------- You can still get your 2011 T-SHIRT. They will be available for $15 at the Umstead State Park Visitor Center (off Glenwood Ave) on Tuesday, May 3. Front says "I love William B. Umstead State Park." Back has the historic stone bridge over Sycamore Creek on Graylyn Trail. Proceeds will go directly to help Umstead State Park. We also have a few of previous year's awesome shirts. T-SHIRT PHOTO as PDF --------------------------------------------------