Healing Springs Once Popular Watering Place
Denton April 22. Denton region highlights Healing Springs a historic resort on Flat Swamp Creek near High Rock Lake. The article notes scenic mountains, mineral springs, and a long local history dating to 1830s with the Harris and Daniels families, a 1834 Healing Springs post office, and nearby caves and wild cat legends attracting weekend visitors.
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Denton
Isaac Walton
High Rock Lake
Yadkin River
Flat Swamp Creek
Healing Springs
Thomasville
Lexington
High Point
Greensboro
North Carolina
Yadkin
Atlantic
High Rock
Brinkles Ferry
High Rock Mountain
Boone’s Cave
High Rock Peak
Ciie
Chalk Mountain
Wild Cat Mountain
Old Heeling Springs
Flat Swamp
Daniel
Karris
Daniels
Shepherd
William Harris
Jesse Harris, Jr
Andrew Jackson
George Harris
William
Healing Springs once a social hub of the Old North State
William Harris owned land and slaves and Healing Springs drew notables from Lexington Salisbury and Greensboro. A lively summer resort with dances speeches and barbecues bloomed before the Civil War. After Reconstruction it faded, the hotel fell, and landscape features like High Rock Park and Devil's Den remain as reminders of a bygone era.
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William Harris
Healing Springs
Lexington
Salisbury
Greensboro
High Rock Lake
Cupid
Washington
Congress
United States
George Washington
Old North
New Orleans
Andrew Jackson
Old Hickory
South
Murphy
J. J. Bruner
Watchman
West Harris
the Daniels
Wootson
Thomas Daniel
T. W. Daniel
Denton
Mr. Bruner
Lee S. Overman
North Carolina
Daniel
General Leach
Judge Settle
High Rock Park
Devil's den
Wild Cat Mountain
Horace Haworth Wins Local Spelling Bee for Winston-Salem Trip
Horace Haworth, a Junior High pupil, won the local spelling finals and will represent High Point schools in the April 29 Winston-Salem contest. Esther Free was runner up. winner advances to Washington DC May 29 for the national bee. The Winston-Salem event includes 35 county and city schools with the winner earning a Webster's Unabridged Dictionary for their school.
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Horace Haworth
High Point
Winston-Salem
Charles F. Carroll
Horace
Brentwood
Fred Land
Cloverdale
James Noble
Johnson Street
Francis Booze
Elm Street
Esther Free
Oak Hill
Joyce Young
Ray Street
Jennie Cannon
Emma Blair
Virginia Morrison
Adam Blair
Dorothy Smith
Esther
The
Journal-Sentinel
Washington, D. C
Boy Scout Camporee At Mills Home Orphanage
About 75 Boy Scouts from Thomasville including Mills Home troops attended a two day camporee at the Boy Scout Camp on the orphanage property. The event featured a camp fire program with local attendance and tributes to A Homer Ragan and Leon Wright, plus troop stunts.
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the Enterprise Bureau
Commerce Street
Thomasville
Mills Home
A. Homer Ragan
Leon Wright
Wake Forest elects two student leaders
Clifford Everett of Robersonville and Fred Johnson of Louisville Kentucky were chosen presidents of the Law and Medical Schools at Wake Forest College in yesterday's elections.
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Wake Forest
Clifford Everett
Robersonville
Fred Johnson
Louisville
Law
Medical
Wake Forest College
Healing Springs May Return As Summer Resort
The passage imagines Healing Springs again drawing crowds as a popular summer resort and watering place where city dwellers could escape the busy life for a quiet weekend. It envisions a future when the springs attract pleasure seekers seeking rest and recreation.
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Healing Springs
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