"Boomtown Rabbits": The Rabbit Market in Chatham County, North Carolina, 1880-1920

Although the same cottontails flourished across the region, Chatham County turned its rabbits into something like a regional brand, recognized throughout the South and along the eastern seaboard. By the end of the nineteenth century, Siler City had become the de facto rabbit capital of the southeast." This article appears in the Summer 2012 issue of Southern Cultures . The full issue is also available as an ebook. Southern Cultures is published quarterly (spring, summer, fall, winter) by the Uni