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 Jane Campbell | Jul 10, 2023 | Davidson History, Local, News
Search for: NEWS Rediscovering Some Davidson History I have been a photographer since I picked up my first camera at age 10. From my mom’s old Brownie to my now-45+ year use of Nikon cameras, I have been documenting things around me for nearly half a century. I...
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...
by Press Release | Mar 30, 2023 | Bottom Left Box, Davidson History, Local, News, Stories from Davidson College
Search for: NEWS Davidson College Unveils Plans for Memorial to Honor the Enslaved and Exploited Author: Mary Elizabeth DeAngelis Videography: Rësa C. Vennie, Alex Smith The enslaved people who made the bricks for Davidson College’s original buildings, farmed...
by Editorial Board | Mar 28, 2023 | Davidson History, Local, News, Town Information
Search for: NEWS Preserving History While Embracing the Future See the News of Davidson photo album here. Saturday morning, March 25, a crowd gathered in front of the building at 251 South Street. Rain clouds threatened, but the excitement in the air dampened...
