NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1973 SESSION
CHAPTER 626
HOUSE BILL 1236
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE $85,000 TO THE TORY HOLE RECREATION PARK IN BLADEN COUNTY.
Whereas, in July of 1781, a bloody and decisive battle was fought in Bladen County between the Tory-Loyalist and Whig-Patriots for control of the Bladen County area; and
Whereas, the valiant Patriots fighting to gain control of their homeland, were able to demoralize the enemy and cause the enemy to fall back in a blind retreat; and
Whereas, in the course of their retreat the Tories leaped frantically into a deep ravine; and
Whereas, said ravine become known and is still known as "The Tory Hole"; and
Whereas, "The Tory Hole" and several acres of adjoining land are suitable for development as a recreational area which would be beneficial to the citizens of Bladen County and Southeastern North Carolina and such development would also preserve a valuable Revolutionary Historic Site for generations of North Carolinians; Now, therefore.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Tory Hole Recreational Park Development Project the sum of eighty-five thousand dollars ($85,000) for fiscal year 1973-74 to be used in the development of the Tory Hole Recreational Park.
Sec. 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 1973.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of May, 1973.