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Learn about Charlotte and Steele Creek History at the Library
Where: Steele Creek Library
When: Wednesday, August 14th Register online at cmlibrary.org
How did Charlotte become the bustling city we see today? The
library’s new Historian-in-Residence, Dr. Tom Hanchett, digs into
those stories. Steele Creek native Linda Blackwelder adds stories of
nearby places: Shopton Road, early churches, the African American
McClintock Rosenwald School and more. Linda has written and published an Early History of the Steele Creek Community. It primarily covers families from original settlers up to the Civil War but also covers Native Americans as well as early stores, businesses, churches, and schools. Copies will be available for purchase at the presentation, or click HERE for additional information on the book and how to purchase it.
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(July
11, 2019) Learn about Charlotte and Steele Creek history with
Linda Blackwelder has spent over 40
years researching Steele Creek people and its history and is a
virtual encyclopedia of Steele Creek information. She has lived in
Steele Creek for 56 years. She founded and was the first president
of Steele Creek Residents Association and started the Land Use
Committee to monitor rezonings in the community. In 1994 she started
the Steele Creek Historical and Genealogy Society, which is still
meeting. She was Editor of the Society's Gleanings newsletter for 19
years. She has served as president of Steele Creek Elementary and
Kennedy Junior High PTAs. She also wrote a history of Central Steele
Creek Presbyterian Church in 1980.
