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This article traces the introduction of telephone technology to Shelby and Cleveland County in the late 19th century. It describes the first local connections between Dr. Victor McBrayer’s home and drugstore, the establishment of Shelby’s first telephone exchange around 1895, and early operators and equipment. The narrative also recounts the county’s first long-distance call between Shelby and Double Shoals, illustrating how unfamiliar residents were with the new technology.
Publication Date
5-25-1950
City
Shelby, NC
Keywords
Dr. Victor McBrayer, H. E. C. Bryant, Will Shuford, A. Webb Eskridge, Charles Eskridge, Lee Pope, Guy Eskridge, Frank Kendall, Dr. Everett B. Lattimore, George Blanton, Maj. H. F. Schenck, John F. Schenck, Elias A. Morgan, Sam Harris, Lector Eskridge, David St. George, Sam Greene, June Gardner, Jack Beam, Z. J. Thompson, Western Union Telegraph Company, Cleveland Cotton Mills, Cleveland Mill & Power Co., Seaboard Air Line Railroad, Southern Railroad, Carolina Central Railroad, Double Shoals, Belwood
Contributors
Fay Webb Gardner Collection in the Gardner-Webb University Archives
Recommended Citation
Jones, Mamie, "1950, May 25 - Cleveland County Early Days" (1950). Cleveland County Early Days Newspaper Column. 30.
https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/fay-webb-gardner-cleveland-county-early-days-newspaper-column/30