Editing Pinehurst, North Carolina (section)

==History==
In 1895, [[James Walker Tufts]] purchased {{convert|500|acre}}, and eventually purchased an additional {{convert|5500|acre}}, of land for approximately $1.25 per acre in the [[Sandhills (Carolina)|North Carolina Sandhills]], with the vision of building a "health resort for people of modest means".<ref>[http://www.tuftsarchives.org/tufts_template.htm Tufts Archives; www.tuftsarchives.org] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825190954/http://www.tuftsarchives.org/tufts_template.htm |date=August 25, 2007 }}</ref> Tufts retained [[Frederick Law Olmsted]] to design the village, which features curving lanes and a picturesque central green.<ref name="nhl"/><ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/pinehurstncabri00tuftgoog | page=[https://archive.org/details/pinehurstncabri00tuftgoog/page/n6 5] | quote=county, North Carolina was founded by. |title = Pinehurst, N.C., a brief description of the leading health and recreation resort of the South|last1 = Tufts|first1 = Leonard|year = 1906}}</ref>

Originally a health retreat titled "Tuftstown" and also "Pinealia" during construction stages in 1895, it expanded and was renamed Pinehurst by December of that year. The name was suggested in a public contest to name a new development in [[Martha's Vineyard]]; as it was not selected, Tufts decided to re-appropriate the name for use at his new development in the South.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.vopnc.org/our-community/living-in-pinehurst/125th-anniversary-of-pinehurst/chapter-9 |title=Village of Pinehurst Chapter 9: Naming the Village}}</ref> The village saw its first guests in January 1896.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vopnc.org/our-community/living-in-pinehurst/125th-anniversary-of-pinehurst/chapter-11 |title=Chapter 11: The Village of Pinehurst Opens for Business}}</ref>

The first golf course at [[Pinehurst Resort]] was laid out in 1897–1898. The first championship held at Pinehurst was the United North and South Amateur Championship of 1901. The best known course, [[Pinehurst Resort|Pinehurst No. 2]], was designed by [[Donald Ross (golf course architect)|Donald Ross]] and completed in 1907. [[Pinehurst Race Track]] was established in 1915. In 1980, the village became a municipality.<ref name="History">{{Cite web |url=http://www.vopnc.org/Visitors/Village-History |title=Village of Pinehurst History |access-date=May 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130610182241/http://www.vopnc.org/Visitors/Village-History |archive-date=June 10, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The resort now has ten golf courses, three hotels, a health spa, and extensive sports and leisure facilities.

In 1999, [[National Public Radio]] reported that many local business owners in Pinehurst were upset because the Pinehurst Resort was using lawsuits to prevent local businesses from using the term "Pinehurst" in the names of their businesses.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hosken |first=Chris |title=Pinehurst |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1051688 |work=All Things Considered |publisher=National Public Radio |access-date=April 19, 2012 |date=June 17, 1999}}</ref> The village council sought a written guarantee from the Pinehurst Resort that it would not force any business in the village to remove the name "Pinehurst" from its name unless the business is a direct competitor. The request came a week later in a local newspaper. The village also sued the resort over control of the name shared between the resort and village.<ref>[http://golfweek.com/news/1999/nov/30/1999-village-sues-pinehurst-inc-over-name/?print&popup=true "Village sues Pinehurst Inc over name"; Associated Press.]</ref> In the quarter century of growth since, the relationship between the village and the resort has been amicable and mutually beneficial. As the village and resort are geographically intertwined, it is permissible to operate a registered golf cart on public roads throughout the village.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.vopnc.org/i-want-to-/apply-for/golf-cart-permits| title = Village of Pinehurst - Golf Cart registration}}</ref>

The [[Lloyd-Howe House]], [[Pinehurst Resort|Pinehurst Historic District]] and [[Pinehurst Race Track]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>