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History of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
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Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Stand Pipe. Second largest of its kind in the United States.
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Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

View from Trust Building, showing Selwyn Hotel, Realty Building, City Hall, Charlotte, N. C. (1911)
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History, News and Stories of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

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1755 - Charlotte, North Carolina founded
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1837 - July 27 - US Mint opens in Charlotte, NC
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1844 - July 27 - Fire destroys US mint at Charlotte, NC
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1854 - Charlotte
Charlotte, a thriving town, capital of Mecklenburg county. North Carolina, on Sugar creek, 1 68 miles W. S. W. from Raleigh. It is one of the... Read MORE...
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 this morning about 8 o'clock. It occurred on the Air ... Read MORE...
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1895 - Charlotte
Charlotte, a city of North Carolina, and the capital of Mecklenburg co., is on the Atlanta & Richmond Air-Line Railroad, 265 miles E.N.E. of Atlanta, ... 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 His New Machine.
Mr. A. J. Draper, secretary... Read MORE...
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1916
Charlotte, a city of North Carolina, and the capital of Mecklenburg co., is on the Seaboard Air Line and the Southern It., 44 miles SSW. of... Read MORE...
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1922 - March 18 - WBT-AM in Charlotte NC begins radio transmissions
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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 Creek yesterday, was recovered this... 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 Oconaluftee River bed when a footbridge collapsed... Read MORE...
1958 - September 5 - 1st color video recording on magnetic tape presented, Charlotte NC
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