by Press Release | Apr 24, 2024 | Davidson History, Local, News
Search for: NEWS Another Davidson Home Designated as Historic Landmark Press release from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission Two new landmark designations in two days – wow! Help us welcome the Thompson-Anderson House as Mecklenburg...
by Nancy Griffith | Apr 15, 2024 | Davidson History, News
Search for: NEWS The Gnome Man Beginning in the late 1970s, Thomas Fetzer Clark, known locally as “Tom” or “T-bird Tommy,” began a second career that would make him famous around the world. Clark grew up in Elizabethtown, North Carolina, and graduated from...
by Jane Campbell | Apr 4, 2024 | Bottom Right Box, Davidson History, Local, News, Town Information
Search for: NEWS It’s a Time Machine: No Really, This Isn’t a Joke Admittedly, I originally thought the recent news about the Red Line was an April Fool’s joke. It wasn’t, and News of Davidson has published several articles to provide Davidson...
by Nancy Griffith | Apr 2, 2024 | Davidson History, News
Search for: NEWS Davidson Lights Up! Accustomed as we are to the sparkling nighttime lights of Davidson’s streets and buildings, it’s hard for us to imagine what things were like before electric lighting. Buildings in the town and on campus, lit by dim gas and...
by Nancy Griffith | Mar 19, 2024 | Davidson History, News
Search for: NEWS Miss Winnie Potts: An Article for Women’s History Month Beloved teacher, Mary Winifred “Winnie” Potts, was born in Mecklenburg County in 1898. Her parents were merchant William A. Potts and his wife, Lucy Thompson Potts. Miss Winnie’s father...
by Nancy Griffith | Mar 14, 2024 | Davidson History, Local, News
Search for: NEWS Miss Maude Vinson: An Article for Women’s History Month In honor of Women’s History Month, I thought I’d write about two of Davidson’s influential women teachers. The first is Maude Vinson, the daughter of Davidson professor William D....
