by mcncdmin | Dec 26, 2020 | Heritage, History, People, Places
For many years, churches in our community served dual roles as centers of religious and social activity on Sundays, and also during the week,as schools for students of all ages. The Presbyterian Church played a pivotal role in the early education of Mitchell County...
by mcncdmin | Dec 26, 2020 | Icons, People
Robert George Young was born 6/19/1926 in Mitchell County, the son of Frank B. Young (1894-1986) and Isabella Wilson Young (1897-1982). His great- grandfather was Greenberry Young (1822-1898), an early resident of the Young Cove community in Mitchell County. ...
by mcncdmin | Dec 26, 2020 | History, People
James Greenlee (1740-1813) of Morganton bought a 640-acre tract of land on Grassy Creek from John Carson, owner of large acreage in Burke County. The tract of land in what is now Mitchell County passed from James Greenlee, who also owned land in Burke, McDowell,...
by mcncdmin | Dec 26, 2020 | People
Nina Silver was born 2 August 1920 to Fred Edwin and Edna Mae Jarrett Turbyfill in the Bandana Community of Mitchell County. She attended the Bandana Elementary School and graduated from Bowman High School, entered Lee’s McRae College, and graduated from the in 1942....
by mcncdmin | Dec 26, 2020 | People
Many Mitchell County natives have gone on to successful lives in far-away lands, but few are held in as great esteem in their adopted homes as Dr. Nelson Gales Blalock of Walla Walla, Washington. He was a skilled student and attended school in the Spruce Pine area,...
by mcncdmin | Dec 26, 2020 | History, People
North Carolina women began their efforts to be recognized as full participants in the political process in 1863 at the convention to write a constitution for the State with no positive results. In 1884, the National Woman Suffrage Association held a convention in...
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