Record #:

10676

Author(s):

Wright, Bill

Abstract:

North Carolina has the world's longest and highest single-span gondola type cableway. The cars travel between Mahogany Rock Mountain and Scott Ridge, covering a distance of 4,073.6 feet. At the highest point the cars are 625 feet above the valley floor.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 37 Issue 5, Aug 1969, p9-10, 39, il

Subject(s):

Ariel tramways--North Carolina, Western

Record #:

10677

Author(s):

Hardesty, Fred

Abstract:

Bath's St. Thomas Episcopal Church, North Carolina's oldest church in its oldest town, was not merely the center of religious study in the community. Like most early American denominations, it was also the local community's primary center of discipline and legal recourse. Most churches forbade its members from taking a fellow member to court before \"gospel steps\" had been taken. As the antebellum period progressed and the church began to gradually lose control of its members, church courts became less and less effective.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 37 Issue 5, Aug 1969, p11-12, il

Subject(s):

Ecclesiastical courts

Record #:

10678

Author(s):

Dunn, Michael J., III

Abstract:

Although High Point, NC is today primarily associated with the manufacture of furniture, hosiery, and school buses, at one time it was recognized as a leader in the manufacture of trolley cars, shipping its product from Canada to the Caribbean. Hundreds of trolley cars were built over a quarter century by two successive High Point firms, the Southern Car Company and the Perley A. Thomas Car Works. The Thomas firm remains active today as a major builder of school bus bodies.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 37 Issue 5, Aug 1969, p13-14, il

Subject(s):

Trolley cars--High Point