Aviation View Magazine | Volume 1, Issue 4

112 AVIATION VIEW VOLUME 1, ISSUE 4 AT A GLANCE LUMBERTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT WHAT: A general aviation, public use airport WHERE: Robeson County, North Carolina WEBSITE: www.lumbertonmunicipalairport.com A rchaeological excavation performed in Robeson County reveals widespread, continuous occupation of the region by various cultures of indigenous peoples since the end of the last Ice Age. They had camps and settlements near the Lumber River for its water, transportation, fish and related wildlife resources. The City of Lumberton, the county capital, was created by an Act of the North Carolina General Assembly in 1787 and, perhaps because of being nearly the border between North and South in the Civil War, this area became a frontier destination for both white and numerous free families of color from Virginia in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. “A lot of our current travel still comes because of our location,” says Gary Lewis, Airport Manager at Lumberton Municipal Airport. “We are about Lumberton icipal Airport Location, location, location