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Grand Opening Saturday, October 22

published: October 18, 2011

New Raleigh Branch Officially Opens to the Public Oct 22, 2011 Join Mike Wheless and the Q-Crew at 94.7 QDR broadcasting live from Anchor Hardwoods, located at 6716 Old Wake Forest Road in Raleigh on Saturday, October 22nd from 12-2pm. See the unique Riverwood Forest inside the store, and while you’re there register to win [...]

In the Days of Washington and Lincoln

published: August 15, 2011

Trees cut in the late 18th century and throughout the 19th century were bound together as a raft and floated down the Cape Fear River to saw mills around the port city of Wilmington, North Carolina. A large number of these trees, called “sinkers,” were so dense they sank to the bottom of the river, [...]

Riverwood Heartpine

published: August 09, 2011

When Carolina was first settled in the 1600’s, the land was dense with long leaf pine and cypress trees. They grew slowly, taking about 200 years to mature. The result was heart pine that had a unique character and beauty. The colony went to work cutting the timber and floating it down the river to [...]