Mamie Jones

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This article traces the history of early paper manufacturing in Cleveland County, focusing on Samuel R. Oates’s 1851 paper mill on Buffalo Creek near Shelby and earlier mills in nearby Lincoln County. It explains how paper was produced from linen rags, the role of the Froneberger family in financing and operating the mill, and the later involvement of the Tiddy family, whose operations supplied high-quality paper across the region. The article also describes the mill’s decline due to competition from wood-pulp paper and the later development of a cotton mill on the site.

Publication Date

3-16-1951

City

Shelby, NC

Keywords

Samuel R. Oates, George Mosteller, David Froneberger, E. Froneberger, William Tiddy, Richard Tiddy, John F. Tiddy, James Tiddy, A. C. Wiswall, James Barrister, Eldridge Stubbs, Alice Hoey, Clyde R. Hoey, John Shannonhouse, William Tiddy, Dr. E. B. Lattimore, T. D. Lattimore, O. C. Dixon, John J. Hunt, A. H. Cline, A. H. Cline Jr., J. A. Carpenter, A. H. Cromwell, Joe Mull, R. W. Elliott, M. C. Beam, Eb Mauney, Ambrose Cline, C. C. Blanton, Froneberger & Company, Washington Iron Works, Carolina Intelligencer, Buffalo Creek

Contributors

Fay Webb Gardner Collection in the Gardner-Webb University Archives

1951, March 16 - Cleveland County Early Days

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