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This article continues Benjamin Baxter “Bass” Suttle’s recollections of late 1800s Shelby and Cleveland County, describing winter ice skating, early ice storage, and the introduction of new farm technology such as the first wheat harvester. It recounts local businesses, Arabian ponies, and community figures like John-the-barber, while also explaining the lively “first Monday” sales and trading days when rural residents gathered in town to buy, sell, and socialize. Later sections reflect on changing transportation, roads, and community development.
Publication Date
7-27-1950
City
Shelby, NC
Keywords
Benjamin Baxter Suttle, Robert L. Ryburn, Ed Fulenwider, Betty Winslow, Gus Stephens, Beck Quinn, Bill Quinn, Florence Green, Harry Worthing, Minnie Stephens, Will Jennings, Ed Jennings, Will Dameron, Chivus Froneberger, Loss Harrill, Ab Harrill, Oliver Summers, Maggie Babington, Jake Rudisill, Thomas E. Elliott, Shelton Jones, Dr. Victor McBrayer, Col. Josh Beam, Charles Blanton, Dr. L. N. Durham, Lowery Suttle, Will McArthur, Davy Cline, Sheriff D. D. Suttle, Joe Telescope, Jack Beam, John Wilson, John-the-barber, D. B. F. Suttle, Shelby, Sam Wilson’s millpond, Buffalo Creek, Lutz Brothers Furniture, Toluca, Ross’ Lane, Trade Alley, Seaboard Air Line Railroad, Southern Railroad
Contributors
Fay Webb Gardner Collection in the Gardner-Webb University Archives
Recommended Citation
Jones, Mamie, "1950, July 27 - Cleveland County Early Days" (1950). Cleveland County Early Days Newspaper Column. 52.
https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/fay-webb-gardner-cleveland-county-early-days-newspaper-column/52