DAVIDSON HISTORY
Personal Reflection on Sports in Davidson
NEWS I may seem an unlikely person to be a sports commentator, but a recent conversation started my mind going. And having been tangential to both college and youth sports for 45 years, and to high school sports through my father, who was a coach, for much longer...
Foundation Makes Grant for Historic Lingle Hut
NEWS The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission recently shared the following: We have good news to share! The Marion Stedman Covington Foundation has awarded $10k to the Reeves Temple AME Zion Church in support of the renovation of the historic...
The Great Depression in Davidson
NEWS We usually think of the Great Depression as beginning with the stock market crash in 1929, but its roots go further back in rural agricultural areas, especially in the South. During World War I, when demand for agricultural products grew in Europe, farmers...
Davidson History: Caleb Richmond Harding
NEWS In 1888 Davidson College hired a new classics professor. Caleb Richmond Harding, born in 1861, graduated from Davidson in 1880 and received a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1887. Over the years, he taught German in addition to the classics, Greek and...
Dogs of Davidson
DAVIDSON HISTORY Dogs have long been a feature of town and campus life in Davidson. Times were different in earlier years. Until the early 1980s, dogs were allowed to run free, in town and on the campus --- no leashes, no dog parks, no scooping poop. This gave rise...