1949, December 15 - Cleveland County Early Days

Authors

Mamie Jones

Files

Description

This article describes the evolution of ice production and ice cream culture in Shelby and Cleveland County from the late 1800s into the early 1900s. It recounts early methods of storing natural ice in pits and ice houses, the arrival of shipped ice by rail, and the eventual construction of local ice manufacturing plants. The article also describes community traditions such as church ice cream socials and ice cream shops.

Publication Date

12-15-1949

City

Shelby, NC

Keywords

East Marion Street, Morgan Street, Rogers Theater, Southern Railway, Bloom Kendall, Captain Wells, Messicks, John Turby Wilson, Albert Green, A. B. Suttle, Marion Putnam, C. B. Suttle, Elzie Wellmon, Hill Kendrick.

Contributors

Fay Webb Gardner Collection in the Gardner-Webb University Archives

Recommended Citation

Jones, Mamie, "1949, December 15 - Cleveland County Early Days" (1949). Cleveland County Early Days Newspaper Column. 20.
https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/fay-webb-gardner-cleveland-county-early-days-newspaper-column/20