so we got to see some of the legislative side of our North Carolina
treasures but now we get to come out doors to one of the most visited parks
in North Carolina Umstead Park now let's see exactly how
we can get around in one of these guys
you say you're from the mountains yeah where Asheville okay great that's a neat place
I went to school up in Boone really really loved it App State
yep Appalachian State and then my mother's family is from originally from
Marion North Carolina we'll have a variety of just educational
displays around this is one of our older ones this guy it was kind of interesting
of the natural foods that do grow and typically with it being a state park yet
we would encourage people to leave the meat of the food here for the animals
and everything but it's also just it's interesting to learn about
yes so it was built was it in the late 30s early 40s but it was built in two
different areas we've got the entrance on this side off of Glenwood and highway
70 and this was called the Crabtree Creek entrance and the entire place was
called the Crabtree Creek Recreation demonstration area but there's also the
Reedy Creek side of the park which is off of Harrison Avenue and interstate 40
and during segregation the park was actually split into two separate parks
the African American side was over at Reedy Creek and the white side was here
on Crabtree when everything was desegregated it was reunited as one Park
and that's when it became named William B Umstead State Park we're up to about
5,700 acres now right in the middle of Raleigh and Cary in the Triangle area 5,700
that's amazing yeah it's a big place I've always just liked the spot everybody likes looking
at water and being up above it's always just kind of cool within about 15 miles
of here there was a very large trading area for some of the Native American
tribes who lived in the area over near Falls Lake was actually a big meeting
place and market place and so we do know there were a lot of tribes that sort of
lived in the area it's cool that Falls like though you can still find
arrowheads and chips and stuff from where they were making different tools
that's always been really neat we get a bunch of kids out here especially in the
summer times we'll take them out fishing and one of our lakes nearby is real
good for it cause they're little panfish well we got fox in the park but there's one
who's figured out that there's usually leftover food at a couple of our picnic
shelters and every night you can see him he'll come out and he'll just make his
way past all the picnic table that's just kind of cool because usually
usually they're pretty shy and pretty hard to see but that one has found food and
it's yeah very comfortable around people now there's something just so peaceful
and serene about this area it's almost healing to the soul just to
have a moment where you can just listen to your thoughts and calm your mind
especially when you're in the middle of such a big city like Raleigh our capital
city it's definitely somewhere to come and visit whenever you're in the area
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