Fayetteville High School - La Famac Yearbook (Fayetteville, NC)

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Trrzah Presbyterran Church, near Summervrlle, a n excellent example of early rural Amerrcan church archrtecture 9 1 Frrst Presbyterran Church, restored rn 1838 from plans drawn by Srr Chrstopher Wren 1? 1 gn! iz 4 ILA St Iohn s Eprscopal Church, establrshed rn 1817 by Eng lrsh settlers Blood O-nth to we1r never 'lU'lll1 tl1eir beloved kilts 'mel tn t'1ke up 1rn1s nexer rgun Ufllllilf t1e luv of Enwflrnd bloodv but un bowed, took up their lbode on the brnlss of the Crpe leu llltl erllel their settlement Cunpbellton So well dnl thev bulld rnd plum tl11t thev soon rttr rcted people of lan flrsh md Germrn rneestrx to then fl1I'IVll1U' VlCll1lfN These newcomers erlled then town Cross Creek The ll une uose from tl1e fret that one creek flowed wltl. sucl1 vrm tl1 rt rts wrter crossed th rt of u1other creek WlIl10l1E losrng rts rdentrtv The phenomenon no lonver ewusts srnce 1 null wrs constructed on the vrgorous lrttle streun rnel destroyed rts force Now tl1e null lrke the phenomenon rs no more the town of Cross Creek, whleh rbsorbed Cunhellton duruw the Revolution ehrnverl rts nrme rn 1783 to lirvettexrlle Ill honoz of the 'Vluqurs de lr l'11 ette but the ll rme lnes cn rn such trtles rs Crossereele Townshrp Crosscreek lllllltllllff lllel Lorn Assocrrtlon Cross Creek Avenue 1nd Cross Creek Court Ftvettevrlle rs proud of tl1e rndustrx of the eulx settlers wl1o bullt so well th tt thev h 1d 1 POpUllflOl1 rn U54 Clll'l'lLlCl1I to enrhle them to perstnde lxrnv George II of lfnvlrnd to orgrnwe 1 new eountx from 1 PHE of Blrden It does seem r1ther 111111 on the l-lrghlrnders though th If the U'l1Cl0ll9 George II nuned tl1e new eountv for hrs son, the Duke of Cumberlrnd The Duke of Cumberlrnd was tl1e eonelueror If Culloden rnl Intl exleted tl1e Blood Urth The elruntlcss l'llL:l1lll'ltlCli showed tllllll1V the Rexolutron thrt ther cou sweu to rr own hurt 1111 vet he true to ITICII prom s 1 er 11 1 ll Creek brrelge rn 1 ua 1114 rent in 1 If Thermopylle l:lVCEfCVIllllI1S cm borst of the Cxoss Creek settlers durrng the Revolutron too Though If f1rst 111 the mrnorltv the ll1flB1lElSl1 settlers of Cross Creek d1red to meet It wh rt rs now Lrbertv Pornt, on une 20 1775 1nd to elr1w up 1 decl ll rtron of rndependenee known IS the Lrbertv Pornt Resolves Cnlv thrrtw nrne Slglllflllti were ttttched to thrs funous document Sl10WlI1'17 that the srwfners though few rn numbers were great 111 SPIYIC ln 1793, alarmed bv the possrblllty of a w1r wrth erther Prince or England the Favettevrlle men organrzed the Flvettevrlle lndepen dent Lrght Infantry the second oldest mrlrtarv organrzfrtlon rn Amerrca The P l Ll has done rts put rn everv war that lns lI1NOlVCCl our n1t1on srnce 1793 ffl, IXFTKN 4: if 'db The Market House, Early vrew of Green Street from an early photograph Iurfr Nm: 4 . . .,. . 1 . .1 1 II .I 1 .,O.I . l k D D . , I I . . 1 . , I ,I . I . 1.1 . I 11 .I . . I . , , I . I I ., . I an I I 1 I I .I 1 1 . 1 L 'I I . I I - .I . , . . '. . . . O x ' 1 1 . 1 ' ' .1 ' 1 1 ' . 1 1 . , . . C . . ' 1 1 -. . ., 1 1. Q, - ' - ' 1 . , . . - ' 1 IN!! 1 K 1 . 4 L 1 1 . n . . . 1 1 1 - lv -- ' ' ' 1 . ' 1 ' 3 ' 1 , ' 1 7' . 1 ' 1 ' ' ' ' l 1 ' . ' 1 1 '- ' - , 1 v N - .l I . . . . 1 . .. ,51 1 1 , 1 ' ',1 1 5 . I I. F Q I. . 1 1 1 1 .. ' 1 ' . ,. 1 . 4 I . 1 1 .7 . ,Il 1 - 1 ' ' 1 1 ' 1 . 1, . x 1 'A 1 ' 1 x'. , 1 3 , I , 1 ' hu . 'I ' 1 ' ' I ' . 1 1- 1 v 1 1 1 'AA . ' i ' x - A 1 - t 1 w r1 - 1 5 4 l 1 1 ' 1 .. I 1 1 . ' I, ' 1 I' ld . 1 ' tl1e ' ' ' 1 l ' ' l ' ' re, for ther If-11111 ff- 1. l for rlw lv irxf. Tlvf- vor1r11'f'.' 11' M-1-'If ' 1 x ' ' . , , , '. , A 1 . ' '. I 1 - f lfft 1 11.1 gallant as that ol the 1 . ee' s 1 1 . ' 1 ' 1 1 1 , I . ' ' ' 4 . - q . Q- . 1 , . 1 1 , 1 - ' . 1 ' .. 1 1 1 . ' I .v',,igr',11e , 11. sw I ' l 2 Q 1 2 -1 El ,t.?tII . I4 I I rr . - I 11 . I - I . I I eere H 1 1'f3,, . ' . ' ' . '1 ' 1' , ,' ,Q -I It II :III :X b . I, , , I - , , 1 ' ,. III! I if I :I 1 1 1 , .O D . 1 515, 5 231 1 'Yue 1 ' 1- - 1. ' ' ' 1' ' 'If ' - ' Us-5 L 9 gill . ' ' ' -iii 1 15' ff rs. ' ' 1 ' - II I I v 4III JP: , I I .I . , . I I I - xr ' rx - - ' . . . . ' , . T I lr ' f 1 1 1 e IILII .I IX 1 Lf , I N 'C ' . ' , fl ' ' 1 V , I III? 1.. 1 AX X 1 f: -f 'Y XB As J. ..L 'A' ,ai ' ' ' 11-' V ' .3 ., . H 1. n ur' I E., l I I 1 I I ..., I I 1, I 45 1, I .. 1 If .I . I ,I I, ,.., I-N 5 I ,ff 1 . A ' If-ff . ,

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FAYETTEVILLE CUMBERLAND COUNTY AND THE CAPE FEAR VALLEY IN TWC CENTURIES DF PROGRESS 1754 1954 3-wr Him Cool Sprrng, an early waterrng place for colonrsts from Cambellton and Cross Creek 4405-gsgg Lrberty Pomt, where was srgncd on Iune 20, 1775 one of the earlrest declaratrons of rndcpendence rn Amerrca Armory of Fayettevrlle Independent Lrght Infan try, on Burgess Street 111111 I Illllf To the resoureelul rnd optrmrstre l:urope1ns of the 11005 who longed for better thrngs than therr nrtrve l1nd rffordel, the Crpe Fen Valley seemed r Promrsed Lrnd To mms Englrsh, Scoteh Ge'mrns rnd Scotch lrrsh who hrd orrvrnrlly settled rn New Envlsrnd Pennsylvrnrr, rnd other northern eolonres, lrkewrse, the sunny, fertrle pl'rrns the wooded glens, rnd prcturesque hulls of the Crpe Fear County Ind 1 stronu 1ttr retron Aecordrnvly rs errly rs l!Z9 emrgrrnts both from Furope md from Amerrern eolonres north of us hefrn to estrblrsh themselves rn se rttered holdrnlfs from the Atlrntre rll the wry west to the Predmont Thus rt rs rn 1954 th rt, when Cumherlrnd celebrrtes her twohundreth rrxersrrx rs ec x s er s on her e temporures rn settlement rf not rn polrtrerl or vrnrfrtron to prrtrcrprte rn her lestrsrtres Those artrerpants rn lule N fr Hanfxer rrrnsxsre Blrden Simpson, Robeson, l-l1r nett l-lolee, Vloore Seotlrnd Lee Clrrthrm rnd lvlontgom ery Countres rll of whreh shue wrth Cumber lrnd ru the rreh herrtrge of eourrge prrnerple rnd rndustry from the euly settlers of thrs vrlley Th rt the boys md grrls of l954 mry be rnrnd ful of therr vlorrous herrtrge and be true to the trrdrtrons of therr ancestors, thlt the men md women of today may renew therr loyalrtres to therr forbears, 'md that all of us may catch the vrsron that led the burlders of our valley rnto thrs regron, causrng them to lay the foundatrons of our commonwealth on such prrncrples 1s godlr ness, lrberty rustrce personrl rntegrrtx, rndustrv, rnd provress for rll of these rersons rt rs rrght th rt our people set rp ut rwlrole weele Aprrl 19 25 to honor those who lr rve wrtlrrn two hundred xeus tr rnsformed r wrlderness rnto 1 prosperous sectron ehurcterrfed by rts mrny ehurehes edrr retronrl rnstrtutrons wood rfovernment rnd sue eessful rudustrres onv wrth r tre ntrers rn the Crpe lmerr Country the people of l ryettevrlle ue clreelerusf up on therr loerl hrstorx md ue hndrrw muer for wlrreh thex mtv be proud lvlrnx l-lrohlrnd Seoteh who hrvrng surwrved the tr wre Brttle of Culloden 1nd hrxrng been hound hx the terrrhle - ' 1 ' ' 21 - , . ' 1 1 2 ' C 1 A ll 'L , 1 Q ' 2 . 1 . 1 ' ', .' 1 ,, 1 - I 1 .tv 1. rn' ' 1 1 1 L ,N 1 1 1 ' ,O 'Q 1 Al . ' 2. L' 2. 'l e-J. . e K T 4 ' 1 ' .2 , . . . ev E. I ' . , .T 2 1 '1 . ' '- ' lllll 1. ll 'aunt' .he ull: ' 'on- , .l. .K 1, . , I ., his 19 ,6 D1 '.1 , 1 ' 1 ' F ' .. . iff A . . . -w 1 fjllfa, 1 ' p 1 - . e e . ex' B -,.., s 1 ', .1 . 1' , ' r ' , 1 , ', '1 1 ,1 x - . ya . L L., ., 1 , . .1 , .L .y y e e 1 . A ' 'll . 'e 1 . 2 1 1. 2 ' . e . ' D 2 1 A 2 T' 4 A' L L . . . , C I L - .. , , . 1 ' . ,D 5 . .. ,, , 1 . , L 1. Q . , f ?' ' , L ' I' l ' . . . ,1 1 if , 17 ' - 1 ' ' - , 3 . 1 ., D .D ,. . ,Me . . 3', fl - -- - 1 5 f TT T A is ., Al 'll l-rl-1 - .' - V D . 1 f . , . . .L . . ,, -7 s ' - - ' - ' T2 . 1 1' 'ms . '7 7 r C7 1 - 1 V I I l a'4- x 1 . . . 1 7 vw.

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ff sail' if fa T E5 lw5a.,,3P f,fF?5 1 is 1 1 LaFayette Hotel, on Hay Street, clrca 1880 ...wwf Centennlal Parade, 1889 Cape Fear Rlver steamer, circa 1900 From 1789 to 1793 Fayetteville was the Capntal of North Carollna It was ln Fayettevnlle that our State rttlhed the Federal Constltutnon chartered the Unlverslty and granted the right to Tennesseeans to ongmwe 1 new state In 1800 the Scotch Presbyterlans 0fg3I'llZCCl the Flrst Presbyterlan Church then IH 1815 they com pleted a bllllfllllg whlch along with a large part of the town was destroyed by Fare ln 1831 A few vears later workmen rebullt the church on the omg xnal wall lt IS generally believed that thls beautlful lilllldlllg was made from plans designed by Slr Christopher Wrerl Another lJC3LlClfl1l ednhce xn our town IS St ohn s Episcopal Church whose orglnl 7lC1OH dates back to 1817 ln 1835 the Old Market 1-louse was bullt to xeplace the State l-louse whlch had been destroved Ill 1831 Three years later 1838 the Unlted States btult an arsenal of fortv .1 res of the 1-laymount terrltory When North Carolina seceded 1n 1861 she senzed thns arsenal and held nt untll Sherman destrov ed lt ln 1865 The name Arsenal Avenue glVCIl to a lesldentlal street lil what used to be a part of Federal property lS all that survxves of the arsenal ln 1889 the people of Fayettevllle held a centennlal celebratlon of North Carolinas ratlhcatxon of the Constltutlon Agaln ln 1939 our people held a sesqulcentennlal At this tnme an lmportant feature of the celebratlon was the nlghtly presentatlon for a week of Paul Green s SyIT1PllOHlC drama The I-hgh llnd C111 wrxtten especnlly for our sesqulcenten mal lt ns nn keeplng w1th the custom of our section then thlt wc celebrate the two hundreth bnthdlv of Cumberland County delvlng into old papers and books for lI1lfC1'CSflI1g records and customs Ind cvcn lllillflflllg the stvles of long ago a...-,...-ov ..,..-vw'- V1ew of Hay Street, before the days of automobxles Pay: Ten zfjs' 3 ' . ' HU ii c S. fail l . mf, G + 1 ' ' lv n zjv ff 1 ' ' L ' 8 1 ,. ,wgaaam ,, Q, - v 1' .SYS afli' 11825 ,. f Q51 - 1:33 . ' J f L , 3 - ,::..,t..1f:13,. .N 1 A 1 I . 1 ETH., 1,31 , . M- . 'fe Q 8 'qfzxxe-I 1 1 as at . 12 -fill 1:-4- .rf - - - L 3 ..,.:-V - -f-2 J 5 ,Qty 3 'a. V. 3 an ,. ', 5 , 1 qi r- , -Q- fe 3 5 ' f .4 - ,,., g, ' ' ng, ' 1.8 ., 3- ' 8 rggflll - ' . 'l,. 'A A , wgeffflu V' , . L - 1 4 . 1 . I , . . . t , A t .1 ' . KL Y, ' ' 4 tr n - gil I - 1 1 1 I 1 4 If X t t c 4 , . ' Y 1 . , t ' L I K , t 4 . ., , ' . . , . . 1 . t . t 1. 1 . U - 2 , ' ,, . . . 1 1 , z - t . ' Y y 1 s . - . 1 I ., ' , 1 3 1 ' S, 1 , , ' ' a . . . f