Feasible Yadkin River Route for Blue Ridge Trunk Line
The author argues the Yadkin River route offers the most feasible trunk line to the Blue Ridge top. Survey history is noted with Captain Dwight’s Cook's Gap work, and grading from Grandin to above Richlands is deemed economical. A state rail link could supply eastern counties with coal and mountain products, connecting near Patterson.
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L. D. Lowe
Blue Ridge
North Wilkesboro
Yadkin River
Richlands
Dwight
Cook’s Gap
Buffalo Creek
Grandin
Yadkin
Southern Railway
Patterson
Yadkin River Rail Route Feasibility Report Favoring Bandwidth Growth
The proposed main line to Lenoir would link mountain counties to Hickory Statesville Charlotte and other towns opening coal and mountain product markets. A Cook's Gap connection could reach Elkland and Butler Tennessee with the Virginia Carolina road and Southern Railroad. The Yadkin River route offers best grade and lowest cost with tunneling uncertain until survey. Public involvement urged during route investigation to determine feasibility and adoption.
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Lenoir
Hickory
Statesville
Charlotte
Cook’s Gap
Elkland
Southern Railroad
Butler
Tennessee
Yadkin River
Richlands
Yadkin
Through the Years As a Mountain School Teacher
An elderly teacher recalls a winter teaching in a small log school beneath the Grandfather Mountain. She describes a crowd of lively students, initial friction from her novice authority, and eventual understanding as they learned together in a harsh but blessed setting.
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Nannie J. Rivers
Bat Aman
Andy
Grand Old Mountain
School memories and snowy mischief from a rural teacher
A teacher recalls a varied classroom with a timid pupil bringing a new testament and chalkboard drills. She laughs at students’ antics including a tumble into a creek, a roaring fireplace, and snowball pranks, noting the joy and later departure of her pupils to many states.
Boone Methodist church Quarterly Conference set for August 17
The Boone Methodist church will hold its Quarterly Conference Friday night at 8 p m. All official members are urged to attend and vote on officers for the new conference year as well as other important matters.
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The
Boone Methodist Church
Ice Cream Supper Bazaar At Valle Crucis Methodist
An ice cream supper and bazaar will be held on the church lawn at Valle Crucis on Saturday afternoon and evening August 18 under the auspices of the Methodist and Episcopal missionary societies. Hours are 5 to 10 PM. The public is invited.
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Methodist
Valle Crucis
Missionary Societies
Methodist and Episcopal Churches
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Edison Phonographs
Nunnally’s Candies Parker Fountain Pens
Wahl Fountain Pens
Qualls Hardware
Quarterlly Conference
George F. Blair
Blowing Rock, N. C
Postoffice
Boone Clothing Store
Watauga County
Tate” and “Style
Boone
Deep Gap
Wilmington
Bristol
Tenn
Shenadoah Valley
Washington
Knoxville
Blue Ridge Range
Maryland
Georgia
H. W. Horton
Boone, N. C
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