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Late 1700's - European Americans settle in Western North Carolina. They adopt the practice of growing small plots of tobacco from the Cherokee Indian. 1612 - The Jamestown Colony produces the first tobacco crop on record In the beginning… American Indians chew, smoke and snuff a strong tobacco high in nicotine. They believed it gave them supernatural powers. 2003 - The pending tobacco buyout drives Terri out of Extension work and into Real Estate Brokerage 1999 - The Mater Settlement, Phase II begins, paying tobacco growers and quota owners for loss of production and sales of tobacco. 1998 - NC Cooperative Extension Service reassigns Terri King to Madison County, NC, the largest burly tobacco producing county in the state. She is the first female to hold this position as a tobacco extension agent. 1998 - The Master Settlement Agreement Phase I is signed, forcing major tobacco companies to pay billions of dollars over 25 years to 46 states for expenses related to treating smoking related illnesses. 1996 - Terri A. King of Asheville, NC graduates from NC State University and takes a position with the NC Cooperative Extension Service as an extension agent in Clay County, NC. 1938 - The Agricultural Adjustment Act establishes the tobacco allotment and price support program 1911 - US Supreme Court breaks up American Tobacco Company. 1890 - Five leading tobacco companies merge to form the American Tobacco Company. 1890 - Five leading tobacco companies merge to form the American Tobacco Company. The first offering, "The Griffin Barn" makes its first public display at The Mountain Green Conference at Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, NC. New Leaf Historical Woodwork, LLC is formed Early 2009 - Together, Terri and Roger revive the idea of creating a "green" product that tells the stories of their heritage through finely crafted wood products. Late 2008 - Harvey Franklin, a mutual friend, introduces Terri King to a talented craftsman from Madison County, NC, Roger Shelton. Roger is a 2nd generation sawyer, so he has worked with wood products all of his life. This introduction would prove to be the turning point in the success of this business idea. 2005 - A business is formed on the idea. It is called "Burley 31, LLC", but it never gets off the ground. Late 2004-2005 - During Terri's graduate school program at WCU, as a project assignment, she had an idea of creating a business that preserves Appalachian history and offers a "green" wood product by reclaiming the wood from many tobacco barns that are sure to stand empty since the tobacco buyout. 2004 - The Fair & Equitable Tobacco Reform Act is signed by President George Bush. This ended the depression-era tobacco quota program and established the Tobacco Transition Port Program (TTPP) also called the "tobacco buy-out". This would drastically change the landscape of farming tobacco in the Appalachian Mountain region…displacing many mountain farmers. New Leaf continues to grow as new products are added, new stories are told, new barn discoveries are made and customers from all over are sharing this experience with us. New Leaf Historical Woodwork debuts in Verve Magazine. New Leaf pieces become available for purchase at Interiors of Asheville in Biltmore Village.