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Telephone service coming to High Shoals, from The News-Herald (Morganton, NC) Fri. Jan. 17, 1902
Dec. 1, 2014
We lost a dear "history"
The back picture is her standing with me at a field trip to High Shoals several years ago.
Nov. 24, 2014
A picture from 1912 f Dr. John Gamble Sr. with Miss Lena Kendrick, Miss Kendrick (Stamey) and Mrs. Harris. Dr. Gamble started his practice in 1911 at the cotton mill.
Nov. 17, 2014
Lincoln Times May 7, 1969
October 20, 2014
This picture came from Libby Reel of here book that came with here school picture.
October 13, 2014
Donnie, Michael and Steve Bailey on Church Street in the late 1950s
October 6, 2014
The faculty of the 1956-57 school year at High Shoals School, Left to right: Mrs. Robinson 6th grade, Mrs. Hardy 1st grade, Mrs. Lutz 7th grade, Mrs. Friday 2nd grade, Mrs. Rhyne 3rd grade, ? , ? , maybe someone will name the last two women, and Principal Howard M. Kiser (from the Libby Reel collection)
September 29, 2014
These pictures are from John Rutledge of the northeast side of the court square in Lincolnton in the 1940s of the Gardner's Grocery Store. This is his mother Fahy Ramsey Rutledge
September 22, 2014
Cherry Street around 1950
September 15, 2014
The oldest house in Lincoln County is located in Crouse: the Peter Eaker home 1761
September 8, 2014
The mill's superintendent, A. Q. Kale at his home on River Street
September 1, 2014
Bud & Lillian Tisdale with their friends the Thackons (from the Tisdale collection
August 25, 2014
From Steve Abernethy, A picture of Boger Crawford Mill in 1928
August 18, 2014
On the front porch of the Lincoln Lithia Inn, James Abernathy on the right bought the Inn After D.E. Rhyne died in 1933.
August 11, 2014
Berlin and Edith Beam
August 4, 2014
Bud Tistale on the river bridge in High
Shoals
July 28, 2014
Daniel Abernethy, Evelyn Lackey and James Smith at the old Baptist Church
July 21, 2014
D.E. Rhyne in the Tin Mine just north of High Shoals in the early 1930s. (Second of right in the front)
July 14, 2014
This picture comes from Betty Griffin,
The picture is of John Sidney Goodson, his daughter Inez and granddaughter Camilla Sutton in John’s general store, which was also located on Hwy 150 across the street from Boger-Crawford.
July 7, 2014
High Shoals Baptist Church in 1979 with Joe Campbell, from the Babb collection
June 30, 2014
Happy 4th of July
June 23, 2014
The Saga of St. Cyprian's and St. Steven's Churches
Reverend William A. Wetmore, rector of St. L...uke’s Episcopal Church in Lincolnton, was a great believer in religious rights for everyone. He truly believed this for all citizens, white, black, red or brown. He and his church board organized a Sunday School class for African Americans at St. Luke’s in 1862. The same group, in 1872, organized and built a Mission’s Chapel. This chapel, named Saint Steven’s, was constructed on the southwest corner of West Church St. and South Government St.
This chapel was really meant to help the African American community. It was used regularly until it was reorganized into a church-St. Cyprian’s Episcopal. This change, from mission to church, occurred in 1886. At the time of the change the church was comprised of two buildings, the Church itself, and a Sunday School building. In addition to these two buildings there was also a parsonage.
In trying to ascertain the facts of this growth, I contacted two local citizens who have a personal knowledge of this subject. One of these, Mr. Leroy Magnus of Newcastle Avenue, vividly remembers being taken to Sunday School at St. Cyprian’s by his grandfather, David M. Motz. Mr. Magnus attended St. Cyprian’s until his marriage to Dorothy Prue Nixon. Together they joined the A.M. E. Methodist Church. Here Mr. Magnus was one of the church officials.
Another citizen who has personal memories of St. Cyprian’s is Mr. Leonard Holloway. Mr. Holloway lives on West Water St. Mr. Holloway has a close relationship with the church because his father, M.H. “Polly” Holloway and his wife took their family to St. Cyprian’s every Sunday. Mr. Leonard Holloway and his wife Katherine Russell, also have a daughter, Nelda , who was married at St. Cyprian’s to Mr. Roger Ramseur.
The church, though an unimposing structure on the outside, was completely different on the inside. It was light and bright in every aspect. Some of the members I was able to find out about include two of St. Cyprian’s pastors, the Reverend Grant Folmsbee and Reverend Kennedy. The latter was called to serve in Asheville, N.C.
Mr. Leonard Holloway was chosen as a lay leader for evening services. Mr. Vernon Landers and his wife, Elizabeth McBee Landers were also members. He and his wife, affectionately called “Toome”, lived in their home just behind the Pleasant Retreat Memorial Academy, which was built in 1816. Elizabeth taught Sunday School at St. Cyprian’s for many years. Mr. Landers was a barber with a shop in the Odd Fellows Lodge. His shop was on the first floor of the Lodge building. This was located on the northeast corner of North State and East Main St. Later, Vernon moved his shop to West Water St. On his retirement, he sold one barber chair to Mr. Lawrence Leatherman. It now sits in Mr. Jim Leatherman’s barber shop on South Academy St.
The position of organist was filled for many years by Mrs. Judy Ramseur. Mr. David Motz was Sunday School superintendent.
Over the years the members of St. Cyprian’s drifted away to other churches, Baptist, Presbyterian and A.M.E. Methodist, among others. This exodus caused the final closing of St. Cyprian’s.
Mr. Leonard Holloway and his family returned to their home church, St. Luke’s Episcopal.
St. Luke’s Sunday School, St. Steven’s Mission Chapel, and St. Cyprian’s Episcopal Church together served the African American Community for ninety eight years. In the 1970s, the church, Sunday School and parsonage were destroyed to make government housing project.
June 16, 2014
Here's another one from Richard Smith of Mrs. Hardy's early years at the High Shoals School (around 1930).
June 9, 2014
You might remember Shrum's junk yard north of High Shoals
from the B.S. Smith files
June 2, 2014
This picture came from R. Smith of our old good friend, David Foster, while in was in Korea.
May 26, 2014
Since it's Memorial Day week, We thought we'd show a couple of David Foster's pictures of when he was in Korea. He did magic with his camera.
Here's David
May 19, 2014
James C. "JC" Smith working in the mill
Richard Smith sends this picture of JC and Polly on the shoals with the mill in the background.
May 12, 2014
The "Battle of Ramseur Mill" in Lincolnton this week end on Saturday and Sunday (near the Lincolnton High School football field. John Fulinwider was active for America during the Revolutionary War.
May 5, 2014
One of the first bowling lanes in the area was at the Lithia Inn just several miles up the road from High Shoals. It closed in 1940. These are the only pictures that I have seen of the duck pin lanes at the inn. Thanks to J. Hoyle for sharing his family pictures with us. The building on the left is on the left with a farm house on the right.
The sign states that on Saturday and Sunday the high score wins $2.00.
April 28, 2014
Just up the river from High Shoals was the Long Shoals Cotton Mill, here's a picture from the Betty Sue Smith Files of her and Dock on the one lane Long Shoals bridge.
April 21, 2014
D.E. Rhyne coming out of the tin mine, pulling the ore cart.
April 14, 2014
Just up the road from High Shoals was the Tin Mine just off Highway 321, here is D.E. Rhyne (front and center who owned the Laboratory Mill). This is a rare picture of the mine.
April 7, 2014
Fred Justice doffing spinning, this was a production job in the mill. after a worker would doff so many frames for each frame extra they would get 2 cent more on the hour.
March 31, 2014
Instead of a picture this week, here's a little history of High Shoals.
The Development of High Shoals
From the Annals of Lincoln County North Carolina, By William L. Sherrill
1937
Page 65
"We have no record of civilized man in America prior to its discovery by Columbus in 1492. From the morning of creation it has been a wild country where the bear and the buffalo, the panther and
the wolf contested with the savage Indians for supremacy.
It was a full 250 years after Columbus came that the white man first beheld the beauty of the
Catawba valley and the hills to the west of it. When counties were first organized on the seacoast their western bountries reached the Mississippi River, which was the British frontier........
It is not known for certain who were the first settlers west of the Catawba. The late Alfred Nixon
to whom we are all indegted for valued service in preserving our County history, stated that "the first plae face to set foot on Lincoln soil was John Beatty," who crossed the Catawba in 1749 at the ford which bears his name, and settled near the present Unity Presbyterian Church."
( The Spanish had been in the area for 100 years but only had explorers and a few outpost. They were in the area in 1540, Warren Wilson College have a dig of a Spanish fort near Morganton. Click on this site: http://www.warren-wilson.edu/~arch/berrysite for more information).
"John Fulenwider erected a forge on Maiden Creek, near the present town of Maiden, in 1804, and for some years manufactured iron there. Later it was operated by A.F. and E.J. Brevard and later still by William Williams, until about 1880. John Fulenwider was also the founder of the High Shoals Iron Works. He manufactured there cannon balls during the war of 1812 and shipped them in flat boats to Charleston. He also made wagon tire, plows, horse shoes, chain iron, nails and various farm tools. After the Civil War the property was owned and operated by Admiral Charles Wilkes of the United States Navy. Nails were made as late as 1872, when it ceased to be operated. About 1900 the High Shoals Cotton Mill was built on the same site by D.A. Tompkins."
Page 92-93
John Fulenwider, a native Swiss, was born about 1756. As a very young man he came to America and to Rowan County, North Carolina, fought with the Rowan men at Ramsour's Mill and Kings Mountain. After the war he was attracted to Lincoln County on account of the rich iron deposits. Was one of the first manufacturers of pig iron from iron ore, using charcoal in the process of its manufacture. He also operated a gold mine on his own land, but his signal success was in the manufacture of pig iron, and as stated elsewhere he furnished the government with cannon balls, manufactured from iron which he mined, for use in the War of 1812. He was a man of mark in his day, was founder of the High Shoals Iron Works, and his will, probated in 1828, indicates that he possessed some 20,000 acres of land in Lincoln County, many slaves and personal property besides, of great value. Had he lived in our day he would, no doubt, have been a great caption of industry.
He died September 4, 1826. The executors of his will were his son, Henry Fulenwider, and his son-in-law, Judge Robert H. Burton. When he died his body was buried at High Shoals and the tomb bears the following inscription:
"Sacred to the memory of
John Fulenwider
who died on the 4th day of September, 1826
in the 70th year of his age.
Beloved in Life'
Regretted in Death" "
March 24, 2014
Here's a few more pictures from the Lithia Inn which was several miles north of High Shoals from the 1930s.
March 17, 2014
The Lithia Inn,
A.Q. Kale and D.A. Tompkins helped to promote the Lithia Inn and spent time enjoying the Inn. Now the site is the Lincoln County golf course.
March 10, 2014
March 3, 2014
This picture of the week comes from Jimmy D. Fulenwider, Jr., he writes:
This is Henry Fulenwider. One of John's sons (I'm his younger brother William's descendant) he was instumental in the early development of ~
February 24, 2014
Here's another video from Gaston Cunty:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IxCoNWHiQU
February 17, 2014
Here's another short video with partial sound
Belmont, NC History 2- School Days and Baseball
click on the address below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G9K8aLpX3g
February 10, 2014
Since It's ~Valentine's~ Week I thought I'd show a little romance in High Shoals. Over 100 years ago "Love was in the air" on the mill pond, one of the courting rituals in the community.
February 3, 2014
Up the river from the High Shoals Mill was the Lincoln Cotton Mill at Southside, NC, this picture shows the workers from 1907.
Some were very young, this was before the child labor laws.
January 27, 2014
This week instead of a picture we have a video from the Rhynes at The Laboratory Mill. The first house in the film is D.E. Rhyne's first home which still stands today overlooking the mill, the second house was his second home which can be seen east of the first house (it was built in 1844 by John Hoke for his daughter). The two men talking are R.L. Stowe (b1866) and Laban Jonathan Rhyne (b1849). click the youtube address below to see it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlgNOQ6xJtQ
January 20, 2014
Dr. John Gamble had told me that his father had started his practice in High Shoals, when the cotton mill hired him as their doctor~. Thanks to R. Smith for digging it up from the past.
January 13,
This is the first time that I have seen this picture of the High Shoals Baptist Church. R. Smith brought it to me today which he received from G. Chapman. Over the years I always thought the church was totally destroyed by a wind in 1913. I had read that six women were in the church at the time it was destroyed and had to be pulled out of the building. In my "mind's eye", I saw it completely destroyed but here you can see it was knocked off the foundation bricks but not completely destroyed. I can imagine it was a mess inside too. The church was established in 1902 and the church was built in 1903.
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January 6, 2014
December 1951, Mrs. Hazel Rampey, a warper tender at the Carolinian Mill, she started work at the mill in 1929. She lost her right hand in a machine at the factory. When she came back to work after the accident they were going to let her go. She begged and cried to keep her job which she was allowed to keep. With one hand she was still able to make production.
December 30, 2013
Most of you know what these are....
The Cherryville New Year Shoots, bring in good luck and good health
Chant of the New Years Shooters
Good morning to you, sir. We wish you a happy New Year,
Great health, long life, which God may bestow
So long as you stay here below. May he bestow the house you're in,
Where you go out and you go in. Time by moments steals away,
First the hour and then the day. Small the lost days may appear,
But they soon mount up to a year. Thus another year is gone,
And now it is no more of our own, but if it brings our promises good
As the year before the flood, but let none of us forget
It has left us much in debt, a favor from the Lord received
Since which our spirits hath been grieved. Marked by the unerring hand,
Thus in His book our record stands. Who can tell the vast amounts
Placed to each our accounts? But while you owe the debt is large,
You may plead a full discharge. But poor and selfish sinners say,
What can you to justice pay? Trembling last for life is past
And into prison you may be cast. Happy is the believing soul,
Christ for you has paid the whole. We have this New Year's morning
Called you by your name, and disturbed you from your rest,
But we hope no harm by the same. As we ask, come tell us your desire,
And if it be your desire, our guns and pistols they shall fire.
Since we hear of no defiance, you shall hear the art of science.
When we pull trigger and powder burns, you shall hear the roaring of our guns;
Oh, daughters of righteousness, we will rise and warm our eyes
And bless our hearts, for the old year's gone and the New Year's come
And for good luck, we'll fire our guns
December 23, 2013
The High Shoals' pictures from the 1950s that were on display at the "Tour of Trees" in Lincolnton
Merry Christmas!!
December 16, 2013
December 1949, the workers at the Carolinian Mills were buzzing around making High Shoals first major Christmas float that would be in the Lincolnton parade. The children that were on the float were: Judy Ray, Trudy Law, Jimmy Mathis, Darlene Keever, Eugene Robinson, Judy Shelton, Harry Whitner, Marlyn Lindsey, and Roger Rice. This picture is from East Main Street in Lincolnton (where the BB&T Bank is located today).
On the 100 block of East Main Street
On the south side of the courthouse.
December 9, 2013
The cotton mill giving out treat bags at the school during the Christmas celebration in the 1950s.
December 2, 2013
Christmas in the 1950s. The cotton mill provided a Christmas party for the employees. Because of segregation, one was celebrated at the High Shoals school and the other at a church.
November 25, 2013
South end of River Street in High Shoals, this was some of the first houses that the cotton mill built to rent to the employees in the early 1900s. Some of these house are standing today. The river can be seen in the background. The company farm was on the right of the picture.
November 18, 2013
A view inside of the Spinning Room of the cotton mill in the early 1950s.
November 11, 2013
An aerial view of the Boger Crawford/ J.P. Stevens Cotton Mill in Boger City. It started production in 1918, so it didn't use water power or steam engines to power the plant.
November 4, 2013
A picture of the employees from the Linford Cotton Mill in Belmont, NC from April 30, 1928. The mill started production on March 1, 1923.. The census from 1900 shows 145 people lived in Belmont, due to the increase in the twelve cotton mills that sprang up in the early 1900s, the population had increased to 3,000 by 1920.This was part of the Lineburger group of mills which was started by J.E. Ford and Will Puett. (photo given by S. Hollbrocks)
October 28, 2013
1957, the Fall Carnival at the High Shoals School.
October 21, 2013
River Street, looking up the hill at the mill built houses (some of these houses are still lived in today).
Does anyone know who this man is with Ocie Farmer? If so respond under the forum
After a 1 1/2 years we have the answer to this question, thanks to Blair J. Devine, he states:
Ocie Farmer married James "Squire" Wentz. Her son William is a very good friend of mine and I just finished doing his family tree. He has a copy of this photo and on the back it says the man is Mose (probably Moses) Black.
He also has another photo made at the same time with Ocie and a Fred Lynn. I don't reconize him and the only Fred Lynn I have info on was Fred Daniel Lynn, brother of Rev. J. D. Lynn. He would have been about Ocie's age.
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Here's a drawing from the 1908 book "High Shoals, Gaston County, NC A Southern Cotton Mill Town", it shows John Fulenwider's foundry on the river in 1800.
A.Q. Kale, Superintendent of the mill from 1901 until 1924 (from the Mary Huss collection).
Below the dam at the lower part of the shoals:
Iron press from John Fulenwider's foundery and historic marker on Lincoln Street. Fulenwider was an early settler of High Shoals.
Drums Florist and Gifts Inc. of Lincolnton, NC has agreed to sponsor the web site for at least six more months which will bring us to June 7, 2014. Drums Florist was established in 1938, it is the oldest retail business in downtown Lincolnton. Visit them at: www.drumsflorist.com
The "NING" network has removed the events (if we wanted to keep the events it would have cost eight times the current cost of the site). So, if you have an event to post please put it in the Blog area.
Special thanks to David Foster and Richard Smith for all their photographs, knowledge, research and input in helping the "High Shoals History Project"
come to life.
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Mr/ Friday 2nd grade teacher High Shoals Sch. 1959--?
Does anyone know Mrs. Friday's first name or where she lived?Continue
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Mrs. Friday 2nd grade teacher during the 1950's at High Shoals elem?
Does anyone know Mrs. Friday's first name or anything about ehr family history at all?Continue
Started by Eric Stephen Beam Nov 23, 2020.
Who is this man with Ocie Farmer?? 2 Replies
This is Ocie Farmer at the High Shoals Mill Dam, can any one ID the man, the picture is from about 1930. click on "Continue" to see the pictures.Continue
Started by Steve D.Bailey. Last reply by Steve D.Bailey Oct 20, 2013.
Pictures of the week.
We have been notified that we have filled the pictures of the week area and can't add anything else there unless we delete some of the older pictures which we don't want to do so we are working on a…Continue
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Just for your information, if you want to view a picture, newspaper clipping, etc. at a larger size, it can be enlarged by double clicking on the picture or click on the "View Full Size" below the…Continue
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Lutzes Creek Grist Mill
I am currently researching the possible exixtence of a grist mill located on Lutzes Creek in High Shoals. I need your help!
This began after remembering the finding of a mill stone buried within a rubble pile on the creek bank. In 1969 myself and a friend found this while digging for old bottles. The stone would have been the stationary stone in the mill. The rolling stone was not found. Due to the value of antique mill stones I will not give any information on the site on this forum…
ContinuePosted by lewis christopher garrison on March 13, 2012 at 6:43pm
Posting videos on the web site
Posted by Steve D.Bailey on September 14, 2011 at 9:55am — 2 Comments
Bobby Joe Rice
Posted by Melody Ray Collier on August 12, 2011 at 12:58pm
Bobby Joe
Posted by Gary Rudisill on August 6, 2011 at 9:57am
Bobby Joe Rice
Posted by Dean Abernathy on August 5, 2011 at 9:08pm
Bob Rice, If you known Bob Rice PLEASE respond to this by adding a "Remember When"
Melea Jimenz writes:
Many of you know Bob Rice and are aware that he is courageously battling kidney cancer. Bob grew up in High Shoals with my dad, Avery Tucker. My name is Melea-Tucker Jimenez. My dad Avery also courageously fought lung cancer and went to be with the Lord on September 10th of 2009. My mom is Martha Withers Tucker and my Grandparents are Robert & Rudy Tucker and Ralph & Olie Withers, all of High Shoals.
The Rice family lived one…
ContinuePosted by Steve D.Bailey on August 5, 2011 at 6:00pm — 2 Comments
To The Great Citizens of High Shoals. With Love Amy Padgett
I thought that my fellow neighbors should be privileged to the article in the Gaston Gazette that will be coming out about the community watch. I sincerely want to see us reach our full potential.
Thanks again for agreeing to do this. Here's the questionaire.
1.) The first thing I tell a visitor about my hometown is:
2.) I live here because:
3.) How I got interested in what I Community…
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new member seeking information
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Add a picture to your profile
If you hadn't loaded a picture to your profile, please do. It would be nice to see everyone..
Thanks for all the input, it's great to see the site growing. Please feel free to invite other people to join that have High Shoals interest.
H.S. Admin.
Posted by H.S.Historic StaffAdministrators on April 18, 2010 at 12:00pm
Featured pictures of the week
It seems that we have filled this blog area with too much information so we can't post more here so we've moved the weekly pictures up to the top of the page.
October 14, 2013
A party at A.Q. Kale's home on the hill which overlooks River Street 1915.
October 7, 2013
These pictures are from Naomi and Shorty Ramsey who lived and worked at Laboratory. Mrs. Ramsey just died several weeks ago.
September 30, 2013
An early map that was from General Hoke of the Laboratory and the Southside area along the South Fork of the Catawba River.
September 23, 2013
An early (1905) picture of the shoals at High Shoals, this is a very unique place which should be protected and used as a county park but................it would make a great destination point as it was over a hundred years ago. People would come from all around the area to picnic and enjoy the High Shoals band that played at the bandstand or paraded around the area making music for all to hear.
At the High Shoals Mill dam in 1905, looking across to the raw material warehouse. Before the "white man" this was the crossing for the Indians, at one time there was a large Indian village here . North on the hill above the High Shoals cemetery is the Indian burial grounds.
September 16, 2013
From the Kale collection of the Superintendent's house (Kale home) that stands on the hill on River Street.
Henderson Kale on the porch
September 9, 2013
Views in the "new" cafeteria in the new addition of the High Shoals School in 1957.
September 2, 2013
Since so many people from High Shoals would come to Lincolnton to shop in the 1940s and 1950s, I thought would show a few pictures from Lincolnton during this time.
August 26, 2013
Here are more pictures from the 1916 flood on the South Fork of the Catawba (the picture quality is poor but we thought you might be interested). These too are from John Dellinger.
August 19, 2013
The old business district that is no more.....
August 12, 2013
View inside of Southside Cotton Mill in the Spinning Room. Photos from John Dellinger
August 5, 2013
This is from John Dellinger of the 1916 flood at Laboratory Mill.
July 29, 2013
Flood waters at the mill in 1908
July 22, 2013
Southside Cotton Mill village at it's hay day...
July 15, 2013
Just north of High Shoals is the old Laboratory cotton mill, which is now being restored for events, John Dellinger is doing a great job on the huge project.
July 8, 2013
10 shares in the Lincoln Cotton Mill which was "Southside Cotton Mill", dated 1896..
July 1, 2013
These are several more pictures from Joseph Rhyne (via John Dellinger), going back to work after the 1916 flood at Laboratory.
Back to work
June 24, 2013
These pictures are from Laboratory at the Catawba River bridge after the 1916 flood. The pictures came from Joseph Rhyne (via John Dellinger).
They are coming
All of us
(on the back of the picture: Girlfriends of Flossie Hicks)
June 17, 2013
The teachers of High Shoals School in 1952.
June 10, 2013
David Foster and Bill Abernethy showing a picture of them from the 1950s at the High Shoals Reunion (9/11/2010).
June 3, 2013
From the A.Q. Kale collection via Mary Huss. I believe this is after the 1916 flood. On the back of the picture is written: "Part of the Catawba River dam was washed away by the flood. This was taken a month or two ago. The water was very low a least 4 feet below the dam on the other side."
"Puzzle: Find a grin? The lady with me is Helen Hemmeter."
May 27, 2013
A lot of times if people in High Shoals needed to come to Lincolnton, they would call Carpenter's Cab Company.
May 19, 2013
A view of the Goatman that came through the area many times, everyone would stop and watch the "parade" as he pasted by. Here he is west of Lincolnton, NC where the BiLo Grocery store is located today.
May 12, 2013
An early 1900s drawing of the mill
May 5, 2013
Just up the river from High Shoals was the Indian Creek Cotton mill and mill village, these pictures are from Gaetar Harris (via Gary Chapman and Richard Smith), Mr. Harris is in the first picture below the dam.
April 29. 2013
The hydroelectric intake at the mill in the 1950s
which he identified as far superior to paraffin wax, which was the beginning to something very big that still last to this day.
Zeno chewing gum came in many flavors, Wrigley’s ‘Juicy Fruit’ and ‘Spearmint’ are still with us today.
(Unsure when Mrs. Friday died)
May 22, 2011
From the Mary Huss collection:
May 15, 2011
From the Tim Heafner collection, aerial view on the Lincoln County side of High Shoals, General Dollar is now where the vacant lot is in the pictures (at bottom of pictures). Pictures from the 1970s. (the highway is the old 321)
May 8, 2011
This picture from 1908 showing the activity at the livery stable near the bottom of River Street.
May 1, 2011
from Frances Robinson Carnes collection
L to R: Frances Robinson, Beverly King, Reel house in background on North Street
April 24, 2011
From the David Foster collection, the railroad bridge heading into the business district in the late 1940s.
April 17, 2011
April 10, 2011
The Catawba River Bridge was a favorite place to take pictures. Here's Lillie Chambers Babb in 1946. (From the babb Collection)
Lillie Chambers Babb on the bridge in 1947.
April 3, 2011
From the Millwood collection, unknown ladies standing at the Lincoln/Gaston County line (year unknown)
March 27, 2011
From the 1950s,
March 20, 2011
These are the size of the pictures that we were dealing with in the A.Q. Kale collection from Mary Huss and the captions on the back were very hard to make out what was written on them.
The coins show the size of these pictues
The pictures were glued on black construction paper which was hard to remove without damaging the pictues.
March 13, 2011
Clam shells below the dam
March 6, 2011
Aerial views of High Shoals from the early 1970s (From the David Foster Collection)
Feb. 27, 2011
Boating on the mill pond 1908
Feb. 20, 2011
These pictures are from Jan. 17, 2005 of Kiser Hardware on the Lincoln County side of High Shoals. It closed permanently several months after these pictures were taken. See the related article in the Forum.
Feb. 13, 2011
The High Shoals Hotel was located beside of the mill, it was later used as the mill office.
Feb. 6, 2011
(In honor of Black History Month) The company picnics were seperated until the late 1960s. The white employees had their picnic at Rankin Lake, The black employees had their picnic at Cloninger Lake.
The Town Crier, Sept. 1957 Page 4
COLORED EMPLOYEES ENJOY BARBECUE
The colored employees of Carolinian Mills and their families enjoyed an outing at Cloninger's Lake............
The children enjoyed a peanut scramble, a search for money buried in a box of flour and various races and contest.
Jan. 30, 2011
From the David Foster Collection of The Town Crier:
Jan. 23, 2011
These pictures are from Lynne Carpenter Millwood, Tweetsie Railroad was a popular spot to visit for families, church groups, scouts, etc.
Fred Kirby was a familiar sight at the railroad, from autographing photographs to killing outlaws and Indians.
Jan. 16, 2011
This picture came from Hilda Armstrong, it's of her husband, William (left) and Don Sullivan at the High Shoals Cafe from September 1969.
Jan. 9, 2011
This weeks pictures are from Bradley Scott Richard, thanks Mr. Richard for letting us post these windows into the past, he writes:
Design by Todd Willis
Drums Funeral Home and Florist in the 1950s at the corner of North Academy Street and East Sycamore Street in downtown Lincolnton. From the "Downs" collection
(Picture below)
Lincoln County News Dec. 23, 1948
The Drums Florist float did not get in the Christmas parade because of a regrettable accident, many folks have expressed a desire to see a picture of the float... and here it is. Tis a pity this picture couldn't have been printed in color as the float was one of the most colorfull prepared for the parade. The float had to be torn up when its driver, Wilson Burgess, was overcome with gas as the float was lining up for the parade.
(Left to Right: Jean Heafner Harnack, Pat Drum Lawing, Lou Ella Harvey Turner, and Barbara Burris Miller.)
Another parade picture from Drums Florist on East Main Street in Lincolnton, NC.
Drums Florist and Funeral Home on North Academy Street in Downtown Lincolnton in 1962.
E.F. Drum at the florist approx. 1945:
An old post card showing the quarter parking for downtown Lincolnton's shoppers provided by the Drums.
About
connecting past and present residents and to help preserve the history of High Shoals and the surrounding areas
Books on High Shoals
D.A. Tompkins bought the land and water rights in 1892 to build the cotton mill which started production on October 1, 1901. This is a book that he wrote in 1899. The book goes into great detail from the development of the cotton mill village, the raw cotton, the building of the community, building the factory, and the shipping of the finished product world wide. It was reprinted by the University of Michigan Library and can be viewed at the address below.
.click here to view the book:
http://books.google.com/books?id=M_ZIAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Cotton+Mill,+Commercial+Features&ei=OFS2S73DOaqEkASjjbDyDw&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false
John Fulenwider is mentioned in the book ( he fought in the Battle of Ramseurs Mill and the Battle of Kings Mountain) and goes into detail on many things that involve High Shoals and the surrounding areas.
Click on the address below to see the book.
http://www.ncgenweb.us/lincoln/ncl_nixon.htm
Click on address below to see the interesting book:
http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/millnews/millnews.html
Share Old Pictures
Are there old pictures of High Shoals in your family album?We would love to see them. The staff is willing to help preserve these windows into the past by making copies of your pictures and returning the originials and CDs of the pictures as soon as possible. We know the importance of your pictures to you and your families.
MARY BURGIN KALE HUSS PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION
Special thanks to Mary Huss for letting us see the wonderful pictures in her collection of the A. Q. Kale history.
DAVID FOSTER DONATED SEVERAL HUNDRED PHOTOGRAHS FROM 1949 TO 1958 TO THE "HIGH SHOALS HISTORY PROJECT"
We will be showing these pictures with the articles that appeared in "The Town Crier' as time allows. Everyone thanks David for his insight in saving these pictures from being destroyed at the final closure of the mill.
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