Author: Ken BrothertonPublisher:
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Category : Catawba River Valley (N.C. and S.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Lake Norman--Piedmont History
Author: Ken BrothertonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catawba River Valley (N.C. and S.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Lake Norman - Piedmont History
Author: Ken BrothertonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Norman, Lake (N.C. : Lake)
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
A History of Lake Norman
Author: Chuck McShanePublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625850220
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
Journalist and historian Chuck McShane traces the triumphs and troubles of Lake Norman from the region's colonial beginnings to its modern incarnation. On a muggy September day in 1959, North Carolina governor Luther Hodges set off the first charge of dynamite for the Cowan's Ford Dam project. The dam channeled Catawba River waters into the largest lake in North Carolina: Lake Norman. The project was the culmination of James Buchanan Duke's dream of an electrified South and the beginning of the region's future. Over the years, the area around Lake Norman transformed from a countryside of cornstalks and cattle fields to an elite suburb full of luxurious subdivisions and thirty-five-foot sailboats.
Around Lake Norman
Author: Cindy JacobsPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439619689
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
This history of industry and energy development around Mooresville, North Carolina tells the story of the early use of harnessing hydropower for the textile industry, and resulted in the creation of Lake Norman. The year 1957 brought change to Mooresville and southern Iredell County, and that change arrived in trucks. Big white ones flashed the logo of Burlington Industries, the new owners of the Mooresville Cotton Mills. Bright yellow ones from the Duke Power Company brought earth-moving machines to clear the Catawba River bottomland. That project, envisioned by James Buchanan Duke, Dr. Gill Wylie, and William States Lee Jr., had the end goal of harnessing the energy of the Catawba River to provide electricity for the textile industry in the Carolinas. Duke Power's plan for Cowans Ford Lake was the last piece of the network of hydroelectric stations, and the result was beautiful Lake Norman.
Lake Norman Area History
Author: Ken BrothertonPublisher:
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Category : Norman, Lake (N.C. : Lake)
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
History of Piedmont by Antonio Gallenga
Author: Antonio Carlo Napoleone GallengaPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
History of Piedmont;
Author: Antonio Carlo Napoleone GallengaPublisher:
ISBN: 9781375690768
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
A Town by Any Other Name
Author: Leslie B. RindoksPublisher:
ISBN: 9780970465160
Category : Cornelius (N.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A look at a small North Carolina towns history as it celebrates its centennial, with archival photographs and beautifully illustrated maps by artist David Wilgus.
Mysterious Tales of the North Carolina Piedmont
Author: Sherman Carmichael Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467144061
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
The history of the Tar Heel State is filled with mysterious and creepy tales. Legends say that several places in North Carolina have been visited by the devil, from the Devil's Tramping Ground near Siler City to the footprint he left in the Devil's Rock in Warren County. Learn why the Banshee of the Tar River first appeared and why her bloodcurdling screams continue to be heard. The Catsburg Ghost Train still appears on moonless nights. Sightings of Normie, the monster of Lake Norman, have been reported since the lake was created in the early 1960s. Join master storyteller Sherman Carmichael as he explores the lore of North Carolina's Piedmont.
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