Fact Friday
Fact Friday 161 - The Catawba River
Happy Friday! The 220-mile Catawba River, rising in the Appalachian Mountains and draining into the Carolina Piedmont, is the most important river in Mecklenburg County. When the first white...
Fact Friday 161 - The Catawba River
Happy Friday! The 220-mile Catawba River, rising in the Appalachian Mountains and draining into the Carolina Piedmont, is the most important river in Mecklenburg County. When the first white...
Fact Friday 160 - Another Look at Charlotte-Dou...
Happy Friday! Our first feature on Charlotte-Douglas was in May 2016. Check it out here!In November 1935, the Charlotte City Council voted to facilitate the pruchase of land for a...
Fact Friday 160 - Another Look at Charlotte-Dou...
Happy Friday! Our first feature on Charlotte-Douglas was in May 2016. Check it out here!In November 1935, the Charlotte City Council voted to facilitate the pruchase of land for a...
Fact Friday 159 - Before Carowinds There Was La...
Happy Friday! In July 1910, Edward Dilworth Latta opened Lakewood Park three miles northwest of Charlotte so that he could dismantle his Latta Park project and provide more residential land...
Fact Friday 159 - Before Carowinds There Was La...
Happy Friday! In July 1910, Edward Dilworth Latta opened Lakewood Park three miles northwest of Charlotte so that he could dismantle his Latta Park project and provide more residential land...
Fact Friday 158 - Another Look at Camp Greene
Happy Friday! The United States entered into World War I on April 6, 1917, by declaring war on Germany. The Charlotte Chamber of Commerce persuaded the military to place...
Fact Friday 158 - Another Look at Camp Greene
Happy Friday! The United States entered into World War I on April 6, 1917, by declaring war on Germany. The Charlotte Chamber of Commerce persuaded the military to place...
Fact Friday 157 - Sugar Creek Presbyterian Church
Happy Friday! Sugar Creek Presbyterian Church was organized as the first church in Mecklenburg County in 1775, and served as the mother church for the seven Scotch Irish Presbyterian congregations...
Fact Friday 157 - Sugar Creek Presbyterian Church
Happy Friday! Sugar Creek Presbyterian Church was organized as the first church in Mecklenburg County in 1775, and served as the mother church for the seven Scotch Irish Presbyterian congregations...
Fact Friday 156 - Rosedale
Happy Friday! Originally the centerpiece of a 911-acre plantation, Rosedale was built off North Tryon near Sugar Creek Road in 1815 by a tax collector , merchant, and postmaster...
Fact Friday 156 - Rosedale
Happy Friday! Originally the centerpiece of a 911-acre plantation, Rosedale was built off North Tryon near Sugar Creek Road in 1815 by a tax collector , merchant, and postmaster...