It can be very hard finding information for articles I am researching, and even with the best information available, there’s always a bit of speculation involved.This was simply not the case with the story of the Trivette Clinic. So many local people had connections to it that the spiderweb kept growing as I kept searching.Continue reading “The Trivette Clinic – Sources”
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The Trivette Clinic
The story of the Trivette Clinic, like the story of Davis Hospital, is the story of the man who founded it, William Amos Trivette.The building must have looked out of place in the Hamptonville area, northern Iredell County when it was built in 1932. In a very rural community populated by family farms and woodenContinue reading “The Trivette Clinic”
The Valdese Bomb Shelter Explosion
Tuesday, May 30th, 1972 It’s about 7PM on a warm spring evening in the quiet near-mountain town of Valdese, NC.Jean Garrou (12), Regina Robinson (12) and her brother Donald Robinson Jr. (14), Michael Powell (10), Gloria Hammond (12), and Gloria Picou (10) are playing in a bomb shelter at Jean’s home.Jean’s adoptive father, James EdwardContinue reading “The Valdese Bomb Shelter Explosion”
Hang your head, Tom Dooley
Although probably not even the worst or most lurid murder to ever take place in Wilkes county, it sure is the most well known. On this day, 155 years back, the body of Laura Foster was found in a shallow grave, having been stabbed to death. Eventually a man named Tom Dula would be hangedContinue reading “Hang your head, Tom Dooley”
30 Years Ago…
The 12th of this month was the 30th anniversary of the release of a little known but much loved horror movie called “The Boneyard“. The majority of the movie was filmed in the old Davis Hospital, and in one or two other locations around Statesville and so it’s part of the history of the townContinue reading “30 Years Ago…”
Why did the bridge of Siloam fall?
Monday, February 3rd, 1975James C Venable, a real estate agent from the Winston Salem area is driving his white Ford Thunderbird down Siloam Rd near the town of Siloam, NC. The night is dark, foggy, and there’s on and off drizzle and damp in the cold night air. At about 10 PM, Venable begins toContinue reading “Why did the bridge of Siloam fall?”
Updates
Several new things, several things coming. Tomorrow I hope to post a write up on a bridge collapse that happened back in the mid 70’s. I’m also working on an article about the Piedmont Test Farm, formerly of Statesville, and a bizarre crime that took place in Wilkes in the 1930’s. I’ve begun collecting informationContinue reading “Updates”
The Beginning of the Miracle of Hickory
On this day, 77 years ago, one of the first cases of Polio in what would be an epidemic was diagnosed in Catawba county.As the infection spread, and hospital beds in Charlotte became scarce, the people of Hickory moved to ensure that those afflicted by the illness would have access to treatment, and began workContinue reading “The Beginning of the Miracle of Hickory”
The Murder of Will Bolin
Sunday, August 16th 1896A small church in the northern part of Iredell county called Smith Chapel is having several “protracted meetings”, or what southern congregants today would call a multi-day “revival”. Edward Clinton Van Hoy and William T Bolin are first cousins, and the two men must have been attending the revival that night.What passedContinue reading “The Murder of Will Bolin”
Lots of new updates.
I’ve been steadily working the last couple weeks to update some pages that have already been published, such as pages on Davis Hospital’s history, Marshal Ney, etc.I have also added some new content such as an obituary for Miss Hill, and a remembrance of Dr Myers. More than that, I have just gained access toContinue reading “Lots of new updates.”