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Located near the Trading Ford on the Yadkin River, St. John’s Mill was built before the Civil War.  Peter Hairston of Cooleemee owned it during that time and in August of 1888, J.B. Lanier, local businessman and distiller, bought it at auction. …

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On the Banks of the Yadkin near Salisbury, N.C. The Yadkin River rises in southern Watauga County and flows through Caldwell and Wilkes Counties and then along the Surry-Yadkin, Yadkin-Forsyth, Davie-Forsyth, Davie-Davidson, Davidson-Rowan and a part…

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The Narrows of the Yadkin The Narrows of the Yadkin was an area in Montgomery and Stanly Counties where the river’s flow was constricted by the Uwharrie Mountains.  Anson, Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph, Richmond, Rowan, and Stanly counties in the…

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South River Dam Narrow roads from Salisbury in Rowan County and from Jerusalem in Davie County lead to a favorite swimming place just below the South River Dam on the south Yadkin River.  From the Civil War era through the early 1900s, the South…

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The South River Bridge at the Rowan Davie County line was built to replace the ferry.  In the background is the Lindsay-Foard Grist Mill.  The people on the bridge were P. B. Beard, P. A. Hartman, and C. G. Bailey, the Bridge Committee.  Cicero M.…

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Another view of the enlarged Whitehead Stokes Sanatorium.  The Albertype Co. Brooklyn N.Y.

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Whitehead-Stokes Sanatorium, opened in 1899 as a 40-bed facility, grew to a 60-bed hospital by 1921.  Located at the northeast corner of Fulton and Liberty Streets, it served the community until Rowan Memorial Hospital was opened in July of 1936. No…

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Entrance to the Whitehead-Stokes Sanatorium Whitehead-Stokes Sanatorium was opened in 1899 at the northeast corner of Fulton and Liberty Streets.  The 40-bed facility was named Dr. John Whitehead and Dr. J.E. Stokes who ran the facility along with…

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The Back Shop structure was built in 1905 and served as the major overhaul facility for steam locomotives where they were disassembled with the aid of a crane.  Parts were re-machined on Lathes and milling machines before the locomotives were…

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The Southern Railway chose a location midway between Burlington and Charlotte for its shops in 1896.  By 1920, as many as 250 cars daily were handled in the transfer shed and as many as 2,500 people were employed there making it Southern’s largest…

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This is Theo. Buerbaum’s postcard of C.A. Kraus’s 1886 drawing of the Salisbury Prison.  The former cotton factory contained an old blacksmith shop, used as a guard house and later as the “dead” house, an old well, brick buildings used for officers…

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The Salisbury Graded School at some point must have instituted the Batavia System of education.  The Batavia System of Individual Instruction, byJohn Kennedy, published in Syracuse, N.Y. by C.W. Bardeen in 1914 is a method of classroom organization…

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Salisbury N. C. Graded School, 8th Grade Football Team. Not a usual team shot, as the boys are in suits, not uniforms, but they are showing their purpose with the football (dated 1907).  Team sports as part of the regular school activities did not…

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Salisbury High School was built in 1904 and attached to the Graded School built in 1881.  It was the second high school in the state.  In 1926, Boyden High School was built on Lincolnton Road and was named for Col. Archibald Henderson Boyden who was…

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Under the Trees in front of the Salisbury N.C. Graded School.  Theo Buerbaum was famous for his street scenes.  This one shows the yard of the school planted with trees and the street—probably Ellis Street.  Raphael Tuck & Sons Postcard Series…

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Graded School, Salisbury, N.C.   The postcard is postmarked Oct. 14, 1906.  Built in 1904, this large edition was connected to the Old Graded School.  51588 Buerbaum’s Bookstore, Salisbury, N.C, (Germany) Source:  50th Anniversary Edition, Salisbury…

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Salisbury, N.C. Graded School Gymnasium Exercise class using Indian clubs circa 1907.  The Indian Club is an exercise devise with a fanciful tale attached to it in the “Emperor’s New Clothes” tradition.  It seemed that the luxurious job of being king…

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Salisbury, N.C. Graded School    A Chemistry Class in Laboratory. As early as 1854, a “practical” education was advocated for public High Schools.  As a result, education in the latter part of the 19th century moved away from the teaching of the…

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Salisbury NC Graded School 1st Grade planting in garden.  In the 17th century, school gardens began to be seen in Europe.  By 1869, there was an Austrian mandate that all schools must have a garden.  Similar mandates followed in other European…

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On the playgrounds of the Salisbury, N.C.  Graded School, April, 1907.  While this is obviously a group portrait of students and staff, it is interesting that it is on what they called a “playground.”  Physical education did not appear in public…

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Salisbury, N.C. Graded School and Superintendent’s Residence. Even though laws establishing public education were enacted in 1839, in Salisbury prior to the Civil War, there was little progress in public education.  Following the war, public schools…

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This front view of the depot was a popular postcard, obviously from a drawing rather than a photograph.  No series, no number.WVNC RAILS - Lost Salisbury http://www.wvncrails.org/lost-salisbury.html 

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The Southern Railroad Depot in Salisbury, built in 1907, was designed by noted architect Frank Milburn and is considered an outstanding example of Spanish mission-style architecture. The building spans the length of two city blocks with a dark red…

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This stately home was located at the corner of West Innes and South Ellis Streets and was the residence of Lee Slater Overman, a United States Senator.  The house was torn down to build a bank.  Lee Slater Overman was born in Salisbury.  He was…

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The home of Honorable R. Lee Wright, located at 302 South Fulton Street, was built in 1912 by architect Louis Asbury.  Asbury, an architect educated at Trinity College (Duke University) in Durham and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was…

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The residence of James Hill Ramsay, located at 208 South Fulton Street, is now the Rowan Oak House, a Bed & Breakfast. Built in 1901, the house is an elegant Queen Anne Victorian featuring wrap-around porch, and leaded and stained glass…

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The Hambley-Wallace house was built for Egbert Barry Cornwall Hambley, an English mining engineer in 1902.  The two-and-a-half story yellow brick Jacobean styled structure was designed by Charles Christian Hook, a Charlotte architect, and built by…

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The A. H. Boyden House at 204 S. Church Street was most likely built by one of the previous owners of the property, possibly Adlai Osborne or Spruce Macay, and added to by later owners.  It is known that A. H. Boyden made further additions to the…

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The Walter Steele Blackmer residence was located at 425 West Horah Street. Walter Steele and Clara de Roulhac Alderman Blackmer had three sons, Walter, Sidney, and Luke. Blackmer, a local businessman, was the son of Luke Blackmer, a prominent local…

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Another view of the Old Stone House. It was also called the Old Rock House. Published by Theo.Buerbaum, Salisbury, N.C.

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The Michael Braun Graveyard near the Old Rock House, Salisbury, N.C.  Series 0250 Raphael Tuck & Sons.

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German immigrant Michael Braun (Brown) built this house of native stone in 1766 near Granite Quarry.  The son of Stephen Braun, he had arrived in Philadelphia with his family on the ship the “Glasgow” in 1738.  The family settled in Lancaster County,…

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Ready for Work at the Nazareth Orphan’s Home, Crescent N.C. Raphael Tuck & Sons’ Post Card Series No. 0201 “Salisbury, N.C.”

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The Main Building of the Nazareth Orphan’s Home, Crescent, N.C. Raphael Tuck & Sons’ Post Card Series No. 0201 “Salisbury, NC”  phototyped in Berlin.Nazareth Child and Family Connectionhttps://www.nazcfc.org/ 

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Raphael Tuck & Sons’ Post Card Series No. 0201 “Salisbury, N.C.” Phototyped in Berlin

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A Group of Children at the Nazareth Orphans’ Home, Crescent, N. C. Raphael Tuck & Sons’ Post Card Series No. 0201 “Salisbury, N.C.”

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National Cemetery, Salisbury, N. C. Pub. By Theo Buerbaum, Salisbury N. C.Salisbury Historic National Cemetery https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/salisbury.asp

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Drive in National Cemetery, Salisbury N.C. No series no. Published by Theo Buerbaum, Salisbury, N.C.

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In the Blue Ridge Mountains between Old Fort and Ridgecrest, North Carolina, there are seven tunnels, including McElroy and High Ridge.  These tunnels are part of the Carolina Division of Southern Railway. Pub. by Theo Buerbaum, Salisbury,…

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The first public school in Spencer was a wood frame structure built in 1901, but the school quickly outgrew that building, and a brick building was erected in 1906.  The two-story, three-bay brick building had a truncated hip roof and a…

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As an inducement to people to buy lots in the new Fulton Heights neighborhood, Salisbury’s first development outside of the city’s boundaries, promoters opened Fulton Heights Park in 1906.  The July 4th celebration included a sunrise salute, parade,…

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The postcard shows a $20.00 Confederate States of America, 6th Issue, bill issued April 6, 1863.  The note has the Tennessee state capital building in Nashville and Vice-president Alexander H. Stephens of Confederate States. The poem below the bill…

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Chestnut Hill Cemetery is the burial place of Cathew Albert Rice (born March 9, 1857, died February 2, 1907) and his wife Carolina V. Marsh Rice (born June 7, 1863, died March 14, 1946).  The monument was made by Carolina Marble & Granite Co. No…

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The log rocker was a part of the gold milling process.  After the ore came out of the shaft, it was hauled to the mill house where it was broken down manually by cobbers and then as many as five other processes might have been applied to mill the ore…

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Another view of the Office, Hoist, and Gold Mill. Raphael Tuck & Sons’ Postcard Series No. 0173 “Salisbury, NC”Historic Gold Hillhttp://historicgoldhill.com/

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Randolph Shaft, 800 Foot Level  The Randolph Shaft was the deepest shaft in the area.  During the time gold was mined in the shaft, it reached a depth of about 750 feet.  Later, when copper was mined, the depth was extended to 800 feet and the deeper…

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The machinery used for separating gold consisted of the Chilean mill for crushing and grinding after having been broken by hammers, the Tyrolese bowls, the drag-mill, and the Burke rockers.  The Chilean mill was used from ancient times and when it…

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Gold was first discovered here in 1842.  Over the next fourteen years, production at the various mines totaled two million dollars.  The mines produced less and less and ceased operations at the beginning of the Civil War.  Gold Hill is now a…

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Hoist and office of Gold Hill Copper Company.  The hoist house was directly over the 750 foot deep Randolph shaft, the deepest gold mine shaft in the south.  In the 1850s over 300 hands worked in the mines at Gold Hill. Post Card Series No. 0173 –…

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Another view of macadamized roads with Buerbaum’s son. No. 1241 Buerbaum’s Bookstore, Salisbury N.C.
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