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AND NOW the rolling gentle hills of northeastern Mecklenburg, the warm red clay of his native county. Home again, and good to be home.
WITH so much evidence, as has been presented, of Charlotte's solidarity in all matters pertaining to the general good, it is no wonder that fraternal, welfare, civic, social, and patriotic groups which sprang into being in the twentieth century found in the city a receptive spirit.
Major Bibliographical ReferencesAbbott, F. C. Fifty Years in Charlotte Real Estate 1897 - 1947. Charlotte. Privately printed. Alexander, John Brevard. History of Mecklenburg County. Charlotte. The author. (1902)
1790
Mecklenburg County 11,395
1800
Mecklenburg County 10,439
1810
Mecklenburg County 14,272
1820
Mecklenburg County 16,895
1830
Mecklenburg County 20,073
1840
Mecklenburg County 18,273 1850
American military historians, seeking perhaps years from now to discover the time and place of birth of Charlotte's famed World War II Evacuation Hospital Unit, might be expected to search the records of the various Charlotte hospitals.
One of the most notable of Charlotte's many celebrations was the 39th Reunion of the United Confederate Veterans on June 4 through 7, 1929. This is the event for which the Armory-Auditorium was hastened to completion.
Biddleville School was one of Charlotte’s all-black schools. It served the children of the Beatties Ford Road/Johnson C. Smith University area. In 1964, James Swann was assigned to Biddleville School.
Northwest Junior High was Charlotte’s first and only all-black junior high. Until it was started in 1954, grades 7-12 were considered high school. The school now occupies the old West Charlotte High School campus.
Echo of the Bugle Call
Charlotte's Role in World War I
Miriam Grace Mitchell
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Edward Spaulding Perzel
DOWD HOUSE PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
CITIZENS FOR PRESERVATION INC.
CHARLOTTE N. C. 1979
Co. B., First (Bethel) Regiment
Co. C., First (Charlotte Grays) Regiment
Co. C., First Regiment, NC Calvary
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LOCAL HISTORY has attracted greater interest as people recognize that everyday events are the building blocks of the national experience. This monograph describes a microcosmic part of the 1914-1918 war effort of the American people.
INFORMAL in approach, this history of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, is sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and written under direction of the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County.
From about 1925 until 1942 "Old Wayside," the nom de plume assumed by Harold C. Brown, was well known throughout the Carolinas. Among shut-ins he was even more widely known and loved.
THE writing of history more than any other literary enterprise puts writers in debt to other people. Historians, if left to their own devices, would never find much of the important data that gives color and life to their work.
MECKLENBURG staged one of its most notable independence day celebrations with the 1916 visit of President Woodrow Wilson. After a parade from the Southern Railway station on West Trade Street, Mr.