by Nancy Griffith | Jul 27, 2021 | Davidson History, News, Top Left Box
Search for: DAVIDSON HISTORY Life at Davidson College in the 1840s and 1850s Cornelia Shaw, in her history of Davidson College, writes of an unsigned sketch entitled “Davidson in the Forties,” which was found among the papers of Dr. Jethro Rumple, who graduated in...
by Nancy Griffith | Jun 17, 2021 | Bottom Right Box, Davidson History, News
Search for: DAVIDSON HISTORY Native Americans in Mecklenburg County During the late nineteenth century, occasional newspaper reports appeared detailing sightings of the remnants of the area’s Catawba Indians. In 1886 the Charlotte Chronicle mentioned the...
by Nancy Griffith | Apr 19, 2021 | Bottom Right Box, Davidson History
Search for: DAVIDSON HISTORY Home-Grown Entertainment During the late 19th century, Davidson was still fairly isolated, and in the absence of movies and other entertainments, residents readily provided their own. A perusal of The Davidson Monthly from the era reveals...
by Nancy Griffith | Mar 31, 2021 | Davidson History, News, Top Left Box
Search for: DAVIDSON HISTORY FOR WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH: Early Female Employees at Davidson College Even though Davidson College was founded as an all-male school, there were a few female employees at the college in the 19th century. The first of these was Ann...
by Nancy Griffith | Feb 18, 2021 | Bottom Middle Box, Davidson History
Search for: DAVIDSON HISTORY Rosenwald Schools: Special Davidson History Column for Black History Month (Thanks to our Davidson History Columnist, Nancy Griffith, News of Davidson is proud to publish this important piece of history to honor Black History Month.) In...
by Nancy Griffith | Feb 10, 2021 | Bottom Middle Box, Davidson History
Search for: DAVIDSON HISTORY Davidson: The Bicycle Town Since Davidson is known as such a bicycle town, I thought it would be interesting to look into the history of bicycles and when they first appeared in great numbers here in town. The first attempt at a...
