1951, August 9 - Cleveland County Early Days

Authors

Mamie Jones

Files

Description

This article highlights early development in Cleveland County through biographies and community history centered on Major John Bishop Harry and Captain Lem J. Hoyle. It describes Harry’s role auctioning Shelby’s original town lots in 1841 and his later political and business career. The piece also traces the growth of the Belwood community, formerly Black Rock, including Hoyle’s store, public service, and leadership in establishing Belwood Institute, a preparatory school.

Publication Date

8-9-1951

City

Shelby, NC

Keywords

John Bishop Harry, Lemuel J. Hoyle, Hugh A. Logan, M. P. Gantt, W. C. Gantt, Henry Beam, John Bell, Miss Sallie Nowlin, Ella Round Hoyle, A. H. Littlejohn, J. B. Ivey, Ella Gantt, Belwood Institute, M. F. Gantt & Company, W. B. Hoyle & Company, Belwood Shoe Company, W. H. Thompson Lumber Company, Black Rock, Beams Mill

Contributors

Fay Webb Gardner Collection in the Gardner-Webb University Archives

Recommended Citation

Jones, Mamie, "1951, August 9 - Cleveland County Early Days" (1951). Cleveland County Early Days Newspaper Column. 39.
https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/fay-webb-gardner-cleveland-county-early-days-newspaper-column/39