Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
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Where is Charlotte, North Carolina, USA? Charlotte is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County.
Nicknamed the Queen City, Charlotte and its resident county received its name in honor of Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, who had become queen consort of Great Britain the year before the city's founding. A second nickname derives from the American Revolutionary War, when British commander General Cornwallis occupied the city but was driven out by hostile residents, prompting him to write that Charlotte was "a hornet's nest of rebellion", leading to the nickname The Hornet's Nest.
Charlotte is located several miles east of the Catawba River and southeast of Lake Norman, the largest man-made lake in North Carolina. Lake Wylie and Mountain Island Lake are two smaller man-made lakes located near the city.Wikipedia
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Stand Pipe. Second largest of its kind in the United States.
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
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View from Trust Building, showing Selwyn Hotel, Realty Building, City Hall, Charlotte, N. C. (1911)
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
City Hall, Charlotte, N.C.
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1880 - KILLED IN RAILROAD COLLISION. THREE LIVES LOST IN A FREIGHT-TRAIN CABOOSE -- ENGINEERS AND BRAKEMEN KILLED ON THE MOBILE AND OHIO ROAD. Charlotte, N. C., Dec. 27. - Information of another frightful railroad disaster reached the city...Read MORE...
1907 - MR. A. J. DRAPER'S MISHAP.Mischievous Boys Place Big Rock in Road and Mr. Draper, Returning From Gastonia, at Night, Injures...Read MORE...
1916
Charlotte, a city of North Carolina, and the capital of Mecklenburg co., is on the Seaboard Air...Read MORE...
Charlotte, a city of North Carolina, and the capital of Mecklenburg co., is on the Seaboard Air...Read MORE...
1936 - BOY'S DROWNED BODY FOUND.Charlotte, April 8. - (AP) - The body of D. C. Kiser, Jr., 13 year old boy who was drowned in Sugar ...Read MORE...
1955 - FOOTBRIDGE FALL KILLS 2, MANY HURT. COLLAPSE OF STRUCTURE HURTLES 100 INTO RIVER; 20 OR MORE IN HOSPITAL.Cherokee, N.C., July 4 - (UP) - Five of an estimated 100 persons thrown onto jagged rocks on the...Read MORE...
1958 - September 5 - 1st color video recording on magnetic tape presented, Charlotte NChistoryorb.com
September 5, 1958
Ancestors Who Were Born Here
 
Rebecca Melissa PARKS
(28 December 1826, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA - , )
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Ancestors Who Died Here
Katherine Elizabeth BOURGARDE
(18 January 1879, Oneonta, New York, USA - 08 August 1962, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA)
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John Bourgarde LAPOINTE
(16 May 1915, Meriden, Connecticut, USA - 13 September 1999, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA)
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Leona ST. JEAN
(8 November 1918, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA - 20 September 2003, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA)
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Theodore Clemens WOHLBRUCK
(2 April 1906, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA - 22 January 1985, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA)
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Ancestors Who Were Married Here
Cemeteries in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
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