Fact Friday

Fact Friday 167 - Historic Davidson

Fact Friday 167 - Historic Davidson

Happy Friday! The town of Davidson grew up around Davidson College, a small Presbyterian liberal arts college founded in 1837 on the northern edge of Mecklenburg County. The land for...

Fact Friday 167 - Historic Davidson

Happy Friday! The town of Davidson grew up around Davidson College, a small Presbyterian liberal arts college founded in 1837 on the northern edge of Mecklenburg County. The land for...

Fact Friday 166 - The Original Charlotte Speedway

Fact Friday 166 - The Original Charlotte Speedway

Happy Friday! From 1903 until the late 1920s, automobile racing developed a wide following in the South. After World War I, dirt tracks gave way to circular board tracks that...

Fact Friday 166 - The Original Charlotte Speedway

Happy Friday! From 1903 until the late 1920s, automobile racing developed a wide following in the South. After World War I, dirt tracks gave way to circular board tracks that...

Fact Friday 165 - Florence vs. Hugo

Fact Friday 165 - Florence vs. Hugo

Happy Friday! For a full Hugo profile including historical videos, check out Fact Friday 116 - When Hugo Came to Town. As we head into the weekend with Hurricane Florence...

Fact Friday 165 - Florence vs. Hugo

Happy Friday! For a full Hugo profile including historical videos, check out Fact Friday 116 - When Hugo Came to Town. As we head into the weekend with Hurricane Florence...

Fact Friday 164 - Charlotte's Got No History? Wrong. (Pt. 2)

Fact Friday 164 - Charlotte's Got No History? W...

Happy Friday! Celebrating Meck Dec Day isn't the only way to jump into Charlotte's Revolutionary-era history. Grab your cell phone and download the Charlotte Liberty Walk app and lace up...

Fact Friday 164 - Charlotte's Got No History? W...

Happy Friday! Celebrating Meck Dec Day isn't the only way to jump into Charlotte's Revolutionary-era history. Grab your cell phone and download the Charlotte Liberty Walk app and lace up...

Fact Friday 163 - Charlotte's Got No History? Wrong. (Pt. 1)

Fact Friday 163 - Charlotte's Got No History? W...

Happy Friday! A nascent New South city, some might say, but Charlotte is deeply rooted in a Revolution-era past. You just have to know where to to look. The reading...

Fact Friday 163 - Charlotte's Got No History? W...

Happy Friday! A nascent New South city, some might say, but Charlotte is deeply rooted in a Revolution-era past. You just have to know where to to look. The reading...

Fact Friday 162 - Mountain Island Lake Dam

Fact Friday 162 - Mountain Island Lake Dam

Happy Friday! Nope.... unfortunately this isn't the "Dam" we'll be discussing...The town of Mountain Island was located on a peninsula created by the Catawba River about ten miles north of...

Fact Friday 162 - Mountain Island Lake Dam

Happy Friday! Nope.... unfortunately this isn't the "Dam" we'll be discussing...The town of Mountain Island was located on a peninsula created by the Catawba River about ten miles north of...