Racing Horses for Sale near Pinehurst, NC

About Pinehurst, NC

In 1895, James Walker Tufts purchased 500 acres (2.0 km 2), and eventually purchased an additional 5,500 acres (22 km 2), of land for approximately $1.25 per acre in the North Carolina Sandhills, with the vision of building a "health resort for people of modest means". Tufts retained Frederick Law Olmsted to design the village, which features curving lanes and a picturesque central green. Originally dubbed Tuftstown during development, Tuftstown became the village of Pinehurst, and home of the Pinehurst Resort. In 1980, the village became a municipality. The first golf course at Pinehurst Resort was laid out in 1897-1898.