Belmont / Allen Millican, Gearl-Dean Page, and Jack Page.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Millican, Allen, author.

Page, Gearl-Dean, author.

Page, Jack (Local historian), author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Belmont (Gaston County, N.C.)--History--Pictorial works.

Belmont (Gaston County, N.C.).

Belmont (Gaston County, N.C.)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : illustrations, map.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2016]

Summary:

Belmont lies between the South Fork and Catawba Rivers of western North Carolina. The Catawba Indians occupied the area for nearly five centuries prior to the mid-1700s, when the king of England granted large tracts of land to prominent citizens. Other land was settled by German and Scotch Irish farmers. The coming of the Charlotte & Atlanta Railroad in 1872 established a focal point around which the community grew, and by 1895, Belmont had been incorporated. As Belmont's population grew, so did the need for jobs other than farming. In 1901, brothers Robert Lee and Samuel Pinckney Stowe organized the first of many successful cotton mills, thus establishing Belmont's development as a textile center. By the late 1900s, textiles had faded and high-density residential areas replaced the former farmland. Today, Belmont residents continue to remember and celebrate their past through local venues, such as the world-class Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens, as well as community events like the Belmont Fall Festival and Garibaldifest.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781439657966

1439657963