Lincolnton High School - Pine Burr Yearbook (Lincolnton, NC)

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ilaistnrp uf 'flintulntun HE Charter of Lincolnton, the home of the 1922 PINE llumz, was granted by the General Assembly in 1786. The grant was made to joseph Dickson to be held in trust for Lincoln County. The county town was to be situ- ated over three hundred acres of vacant and unappropriated land, lying between the lines of Christian Reinhardt and Philip Cansler in our County of Lincoln on both sides of the wagon road leading from the Tuckaseege Ford to Ramsaur's Mill, and including the forks of the road leading to Cansler's Sawmill. The Assembly in granting the land for Lincolnton stated that it was a healthy and pleasant situation and well watered. The same year the town was laid off into lots. At the intersection of Main and Aspen streets, the two principal streets of the town, was left a public square on which the court house was erected. The first hundred lots laid off in the town were disposed of by a lottery. Chances were taken by the prominent men of that day and also by the ladies. The early settlers were mainly Scotch-Trish and Germans. There were but few of other nationalities. The Scotch-Irish were a stern and virile race, noted for their hatred of sham and oppression. The Germans were a sturdy and thrifty race, characterized by a love of home and country, tenaciousness of custom and slow to change. By the beginning of the nineteenth century Lincolnton was a thriving and prosperous town. In fact it was a metropolis of this section of the State. It may be interesting to know that people from Charlotte frequently visited Lincolnton stores to purchase supplies which could not be obtained in the smaller town of Charlotte. But Lincolnton did not maintain this commercial prestige for long because of the people's extreme conservatism and desire to uphold the old aris- tocracy. Most of the leading spirits opposed the entrance of railroads, conse- quently the tracks were laid over other routes and the development of Lincolnton was arrested in its infancy. The name of Lincolnton has an important place in the pages of history. In industrial history we find the first cotton factory south of the Potomac was erected in this town in 1813. In military history, the town has always taken a leading part in furnishing soldiers and leaders. She took an active interest in the XVar of 1812, and in the war with Mexico some years later: while in the Civil NVar she trained eight full companies of soldiers and sent out two major-generals, Robert T. Hoke and Stephen D. Ramsaur. In the recent XYorld XVar she sent one of the two cavalry troops that represented North Carolina in France, in addi- tion to hundreds of men in other fields of service. Since the beginning of the twentieth century Lincolnton has made great strides in overcoming the old spirit of conservatism. She has grown to be a thriving town with more than her quota of manufacturing plants and industries which fur- nish employment for her population of thirty-five hundred people. -LESTER Cizowliti., JR., '22, 9

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1ln fllbemoriam With gratitude for his great services we set apart this page m loving memory of QEI1gar lube Mr Love was a trustee of our school from its organization as a graded school until his death on October 8 1920 movement for the progress of his com munity, our school was his most cher :shed obfect to which he gave his best efforts and most enthusiastic support Y While he was an active leader in every 10