by Nancy Griffith | Jan 14, 2025 | Davidson History, News
Search for: NEWS The Mecklenburg Resolves Last March, News of Davidson published an article by D.G. Martin on the long-standing controversy surrounding the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence and the Mecklenburg Resolves. The latter document, passed...
by Nancy Griffith | Dec 24, 2024 | Bottom Left Box, Davidson History, News
Search for: NEWS A Scottish New Year Each December the Saint Andrew Society of Carolina holds a “First Footin’” celebration at the Rural Hill historic site near Huntersville. This tradition harks back to Scotland’s Hogmanay (Hog-muh-nay), celebrated on New...
by Nancy Griffith | Dec 5, 2024 | Davidson History, News
Search for: NEWS Ramah Presbyterian Church If you like to take a back route to avoid the I-77 traffic, you may have taken Ramah Church Road. This lovely winding road is named for the white frame Ramah Presbyterian Church, located amid trees and farmland about a...
by Nancy Griffith | Nov 18, 2024 | Davidson History, News
Search for: NEWS Davidson’s First Female Postmaster Davidson’s first female postmaster, Martha Jane Brady, was appointed in 1874. Born in Rowan County in 1837, she was still living there with her parents, Samuel and Frances Booker Hart, in 1850. Census records...
by Nancy Griffith | Oct 31, 2024 | Bottom Middle Box, Davidson History, News
Search for: NEWS “Neither Snow nor Rain nor Heat nor Gloom of Night” Today “snail mail,” or written personal correspondence, is increasingly rare in the United States. Spoiled by technology – texts, emails, social media – we are now accustomed to almost instant...
by Nancy Griffith | Oct 10, 2024 | Davidson History, News
Search for: NEWS Davidson in 1906 On May 21, 1906, the Charlotte News and Times published an article entitled “Davidson, a Thriving Collegiate Town.” The article described the town as home to Davidson College, an “excellent institution of learning,” and the...