1951, August 3 - Cleveland County Early Days

Authors

Mamie Jones

Files

Description

This article recounts the 1870 migration of Cleveland County families to Hunt County, Texas following the Civil War. It follows the Hardin family’s six-month wagon journey, including anecdotes such as Mrs. Hardin retrieving forgotten dentures and a mysterious horseback encounter later suspected to involve outlaw Jesse James. The piece also profiles Ansel Irvine Hardin as an inventor, public official, and prominent Shelby resident, describing his home, enslaved community members, and later events connected to the property.

Publication Date

8-3-1951

City

Shelby, NC

Keywords

Ansel Irvine Hardin, Eliza Ann Gordon Hardin, Charles Hardin, Carrie Hardin, Dora Hardin, Lavinia Hardin, William Gordon, Benjamin Hardin Jr., Mamie Hardin, Kate Hardin Crowder, C. P. Wilkins, C. J. Meagher, Tom Wells, Granny Sarah, Mrs. Nursey Beam, Mrs. Marks, Will Carroll, Shelby, Cleveland County, Hunt County, Texas, Stubbs

Contributors

Fay Webb Gardner Collection in the Gardner-Webb University Archives

Recommended Citation

Jones, Mamie, "1951, August 3 - Cleveland County Early Days" (1951). Cleveland County Early Days Newspaper Column. 40.
https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/fay-webb-gardner-cleveland-county-early-days-newspaper-column/40