by Nancy Griffith | Aug 14, 2023 | Bottom Middle Box, Davidson History, News
Search for: NEWS Echoes of Slavery: The Johnsons While slavery in the United States ended over 150 years ago, echoes still exist around Davidson today. Clues lie all around us: in books like Ralph Johnson’s David Played a Harp, in monuments in the Christian Aid...
by Nancy Griffith | Aug 3, 2023 | Bottom Middle Box, Davidson History, News
Search for: NEWS Are Charlotte’s Streets Paved with Gold? Part II Although gold was being dug and refined in and around Charlotte, there were no local facilities to mint coins. The only such facility in North Carolina was the Bechtler Mint, which had been operating in...
by Nancy Griffith | Jul 19, 2023 | Bottom Middle Box, Davidson History, News
Search for: NEWS Are Charlotte’s Streets Paved with Gold? Part I Not exactly, but we’ll get to that later. Many people are familiar with the Reed Gold Mine in nearby Cabarrus County, where a large nugget of gold was discovered in 1799. This gold was discovered...
by Nancy Griffith | Jun 7, 2023 | Davidson History, News
Search for: NEWS Davidson History: Crowfield Academy Many of the Scots-Irish settlers who settled in Iredell and Mecklenburg counties during the 1740s were cultured men, some of them in possession of large libraries. When they arrived in the Piedmont, they found...
by Nancy Griffith | May 4, 2023 | Davidson History, News, Top Left Box
Search for: NEWS Forgotten History, Part IV THE BYERS FAMILY Although some researchers trace the Byers family back to Robert and Margaret Byers, who arrived in Mecklenburg County in 1722, according to a history of the Byers family written by Dr. P.F. Laugenour and...
