By Melody Bell WilkesA Walk in the WoodsIt’s always a pleasure to drive on a country road and spot a pair of bluebirds flying through the pasture or see them perched on a high wire. Male bluebirds grace nature’s palette with royal blue plumage and a rusty red breast standing out in contrast to the […]
By Janet MorrisonDid You Know?There were no commercial cotton gins in present-day Township No. 1 when the 1860 U.S. Census was taken, as well as I can determine. For purposes of that census, the county was divided into two “subdivisions:” west and east of the North Carolina Railroad. Since the railroad ran through Harrisburg, the […]
Morgan BrittonSpecial to Harrisburg HorizonsHickory Ridge High School’s Key Club gives back to the community through its generous work with local and national organizations. The extra time, effort, and hard work that they put forth has both excitingly and graciously paid off; they are now an official, chartered club and, with all this adrenaline, are […]
By Janet MorrisonDid you know?The “Did You Know?” column two weeks ago asked if you knew that most of the main roads in Cabarrus County in 1868 were named for their destinations. That practice continues today but is not quite as prevalent. Some roads were re-routed and renamed over time. More direct roads replaced some […]
By Melody Bell WilkesA Walk in the WoodsEverywhere you turn, people are touting a new diet to get the New Year started in the right direction. January is a good time to think about changes in our diet and lifestyle that can make us feel better and also help the environment at the same time. […]
By Janet MorrisonDid you know?Did you know that on Thursday, Jan. 30, 1930, the thought-to-be oldest living woman in North Carolina died near Harrisburg at the age of 112? I happened upon this information while searching microfilmed newspapers for my own grandmother’s obituary. Grandma’s death was not reported in the paper, as obituaries were uncommon […]
By Janet MorrisonDid You Know?Did you know there were post offices named Kirkland, Welch’s Mill, and Wharey in Township One in the 1800s? Less is known about them than about the Harrisburg Post Office. Robert Kirkpatrick opened the Kirkland Post Office on Pharr Mill Road on Aug. 6, 1838. I have been unable to determine […]
By: Sherwood “Woody” WilkesA Walk in the WoodsLook along the edges! Where the meadow meets the forest, the water meets the shore or where the lawn meets the sidewalk. All of these places are what biologists call ecotones. Whenever one habitat meets another type of habitat the greatest number of species can be found representative […]
By Janet MorrisonDid you know?According to By the Old Mill Stream, by the Stephen Cabarrus Junior Historians Club in 1968, some people in the 1960s thought that two separate grist mills operated in close proximity to one another on the Teeter land on Reedy Creek in the 1800s along present-day Robinson Church Road. Today we […]
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