1950, September 1 - Cleveland County Early Days

Authors

Mamie Jones

Files

Description

This article describes Shelby’s history as the “City of Springs,” focusing on the development of the lithia water fountain supplied from a mineral spring north of town in the 1890s. It explains how civic leaders financed piping the water to the courthouse square, its popularity for healing properties, and the role of Crawford Durham and the Shelby Land & Improvement Company.

Publication Date

9-1-1950

City

Shelby, NC

Keywords

H. Beck Quinn, T. J. Gold, Burrell Blanton, Crawford Durham, T. W. (Skinny) Hamrick, Claude Webb, Dr. Vick McBrayer, Dr. R. H. Morrison, Shelby Land & Improvement Company, First National Bank, Herndon’s Spring, Lithia Spring, Cleveland Mineral Springs, Patterson’s Sulphur Spring, McBrayer Spring, Stice’s Shoals

Contributors

Fay Webb Gardner Collection in the Gardner-Webb University Archives

Recommended Citation

Jones, Mamie, "1950, September 1 - Cleveland County Early Days" (1950). Cleveland County Early Days Newspaper Column. 26.
https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/fay-webb-gardner-cleveland-county-early-days-newspaper-column/26