Download or read book A History of Burley Tobacco in East Tennessee & Western North Carolina written by Billy Yeargin with Christopher Bickers and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Burley tobacco revolutionized the industry in east Tennessee and western North Carolina. What started from two farmers planting white burley in Greeneville ignited an agricultural revolution and significantly changed crops, production and quality. By the 1990s, burley tobacco production int he region had drastically declined, and it is a tradition that few local farmers still practice.