Railroad Builders
Author : Christopher Hunt Robertson
Publisher :
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 15,22 MB
Release : 2015
Category : North Carolina
ISBN :
Railroad Builders: The Dunavant Family of Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee
Author : Christopher Hunt Robertson, M.Ed.
Publisher : Christopher Hunt Robertson, M.Ed.
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 25,40 MB
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1312361549
Book Description
By 1856, the Dunavants had begun building railroads and they would eventually be among the South's prominent railroad contractors. As they migrated from Virginia to North Carolina and Tennessee, they added to those regions new railroads, mills, hotels, golf clubs, dams and tunnels. For 73 years, from 1856 to 1929, their large-scale construction projects contributed substantially to the development of Southside Virginia, Western North Carolina (Morganton, Charlotte, Statesville, Asheville and Blowing Rock), Tennessee (Memphis), and other southern states. The naming of Dunavant Street in Charlotte paid homage to former resident and builder, Henry Jackson Dunavant. In downtown Morganton, Samuel David Dunavant organized Burke County’s first mill (the Dunavant Cotton Mnfg. Co., later known as the Alpine Cotton Mill); its building has been added to the National Historic Register. (2015 Recipient of a History Book Award and a Family History Book Award from the North Carolina Society of Historians)
Railroad Builders
Author : Christopher Hunt Robertson
Publisher :
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 25,3 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Cotton manufacture
ISBN :
Book Description
Railroad Builders: The Dunavant Family of Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee (Supplement)
Author : Christopher Hunt Robertson, M.Ed.
Publisher : Christopher Hunt Robertson, M.Ed.
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 44,27 MB
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Book Description
"Railroad Builders: The Dunavant Family of Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee" introduced Henry Jackson "Jack" Dunavant (1875-1928) and described many of the large-scale construction projects he completed in North Carolina and throughout the South. (Charlotte's Dunavant Street was named in his honor.) It also introduced his wife, Louise Wert Dunavant (1886-1967), and described how she supervised the initial construction of Charlotte's Carolina Golf Club and successfully launched that project during the Great Depression. This supplemental e-book introduced their immediate family and related families, and this latest edition also recalls how the Henkel - Dunavants of Statesville helped to develop the beautiful mountain town of Blowing Rock. This two-volume work received both a History Book Award and a Family History Book Award from the North Carolina Society of Historians in 2015.
Railroad Builders
Author : Christopher Hunt Robertson
Publisher :
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 25,1 MB
Release : 2015
Category : North Carolina
ISBN :
Book Description
William Johnston: Carolina Railroad King
Author : Christopher Hunt Robertson, M.Ed.
Publisher : Christopher Hunt Robertson, M.Ed.
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 14,80 MB
Release : 2019-07-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0359810799
Book Description
Before the Civil War, William Johnston served as president of Charlotte's first railroad, the Charlotte & SC Railroad. After the war, he rebuilt that line and extended it to Augusta, GA, creating the fastest route between New York and the deep South. He was instrumental in connecting Charlotte by rail early to two seaports, Charleston and Wilmington, allowing the small village to grow rapidly. After retiring from railroad management, he served four terms as a transformative Mayor of Charlotte, built the popular Buford Hotel for the region's rail and mill leaders, and co-organized the Commercial National Bank which, through mergers, evolved into today's Bank of America. Beyond these economic contributions, William Johnston successfully proposed an amendment to the North Carolina Constitution to broaden the state's religious tolerance, and also oversaw the creation of Charlotte's first grade school for African-American children. (Recipient of a 2020 Award of Excellence from the North Carolina Society of Historians)
Historic Shelby County
Author : John E. Harkins
Publisher : HPN Books
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 35,87 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1893619869
Book Description
Women and Capital Punishment in the United States
Author : David V. Baker
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 24,2 MB
Release : 2015-11-26
Category : History
ISBN : 1476622884
Book Description
The history of the execution of women in the United States has largely been ignored and scholars have given scant attention to gender issues in capital punishment. This historical analysis examines the social, political and economic contexts in which the justice system has put women to death, revealing a pattern of patriarchal domination and female subordination. The book includes a discussion of condemned women granted executive clemency and judicial commutations, an inquiry into women falsely convicted in potentially capital cases and a profile of the current female death row population.
New Towns for Old
Author : John Nolen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 38,3 MB
Release : 2004-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780415160919
Book Description
Inventory of Projects
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 29,53 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Child health services
ISBN :
