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History
Special Projects
Each of these is a small Web site unto itself. The starred projects are not necessarily complete and may grow or be changed as new material becomes available. Cliffside in World War II, photos, heroes, the home front, news clippings Cliffside in 1930, the official census of the Cliffside area, analysis, and events of the year Cliffside Obituaries, a scrapbook of 116 clippings created by Jessie Campbell Carpenter (1891-1984) 1923 Special Edition of The Rutherford County Sun, eight pages of Cliffside ads and articles The County, history and information on people and places beyond Cliffside Baby Week Exhibit, photos of a N. C. Board of Health event in 1916 Family Stories, history and tales of some Cliffsiders' ancestors 1922: Year in Review, events of the year the School and Memorial Building were dedicated A Look at Cliffside in 1910, information on 2,118 Cliffside residents Felonies, Misdemeanors, Tragedies and Skulduggery, wrongdoings and unfortunate occurrences in Cliffside The Hames Studio, photos by the first photographer to document Cliffside Tomb Builders, text and photos on the building of R.R. Haynes' tomb in Cliffside Cemetery. The Haynes Legacy—Historical and biographical features on Raleigh Haynes, his family, and their enormous contributions to the Cliffside community and the area
Articles and Stories
Earl Scruggs 1924-2012, Observer story quotes Ben Humphries An Important Concert, musical stars Helen Davis & Victor Young perform in Cliffside, Dec. 3, 1923 End of an era for D.C. Cole's musical family Joe Compton's Supreme Sacrifice, a World War II hero Meet the Dam Builder, 1906 Who Owned Cliffside?, a list of shareholders on Feb. 6, 1917 Daphene Ledford Cantrell, obituary, October 2011 Cliffside Mills Store Service Rules, circa 1918 Good Man Gone, beloved principal killed in wreck, April 11, 1935 “In North Carolina’s Calcium Light,” Cliffside's story in Sky-Land Magazine, 1913 Wartime, Civil Defence mobilization in Cliffside School Faculty Changes, reported in The Purple Cloud, Nov. 1933 Cliffside Mills Boost NRA (and is building a power house), reported in The Purple Cloud, Nov. 1933 The Haynes Bottling Company, perhaps the first "soda water" bottler in the county. The Memorial Building's Last Days, photos, blueprints of new tower Changes in Cliffside are Mark of Progress, Nov. 20, 1976 A “new” Map of Cliffside (from the 1920's) Bio: Miss Pamelia Alice Pruette Daisy Wilson Reminisces They (the Company) Got Letters (from job seekers and former residents) Wall Family Reunion, 1927 “Solon Smart Day” in Rutherford County, May 27, 1984 Do-It-Youself Electrification, how some early Cliffside families installed their own power lines The W.T. Grady Family Band, a 1920s string band in Cliffside Matt Ingram's Shinin' The Rails: The Story of Cliffside, a graduate thesis A Shortage of Kudzu? Once we thought we'd run out; now we can't escape it. Railroad Passes, Want free transportation? Ask Mr. Charlie. The Bypass (downhill ever since), yes, there were a few disadvantages Over There, news items about Cliffside's Robert Cone Elliott, 1918-19 Duke Power's Cliffside Steam Station Ice Storm - 1941, winter scenes from 65 years ago Continuing Education, mill hands get special training Dam Maintenance, what does it take to keep the old dam in good repair? Year of Big Prizes, 1955 was the year big prizes were given away in Cliffside Mr. Beatty Retires, in 1969, after 42 years at Cliffside Mill Workers Buy Mill Owner's Home, the pride of ownership Chasing History is Hard Work, a closer look at an old photograph The Freeman Tragedies, Two brothers drown— 52 years apart Big Train Wreck of 1911, Seaboard tragedy north of Ellenboro Old Cliffside's New Owners, mill and downtown area sold What if...?, what if Cliffside had been an incorporated municipality The Golden Eagle, an 84-year-old artifact still exists One Last Time, a farewell tour of the old mill THe Company Stores, by Jim Ruppe (Did you know there was more than one?) The Right Side of “Fish”, Mike Fisher pens a profile of his father Ben Humphries on “Broad River” music, Oral History Project A history of Cliffside by Phillip White Raleigh Biggerstaff's “Most Unusual Town”, Oral History Project Nicknames of Cliffside, Oral History Project
Profiles
Grover Haynes, “My Story” from birth to berth Reno Bailey, a checkered career Earl Owensby, movie tycoon Melrose Dover, "Happy Just Being Herself" James Odell Harris, from carpenter's helper to Duke Power plant manager Miss Frances McCardwell, teacher at Cliffside in the '40s and '50s Grover and Ina Fortune Haynes, a son and daughter-in-law of the town's founder Rev. Zeno Wall, for 60 years he was a positive influence on Cliffside and the area Hollis Owens, Sr., long-time official at Cliffside mills, on his retirement and recollections of WWI Charles H. Haynes, son of the town's founder Henry G. Davis, a Belgian son of Cliffside Joseph Rush Shull, M.D., a one-time Cliffside physician Albert Lancaster, a summary of his interview with Don Bailey Commodore George Henry Mills, a Navy man with a unique career Clyde Atkinson Erwin, Educator Extraordinare George Kelly Moore, builder of Cliffside Mary Quinn Womick Prewitt - The First 100 Years , an incredible story D. C. Cole, Cliffside's man of music , inducted into hall of fame Lawrence "Jack" Blanton, tragic and early death Sam 'Handy' Haynes, Peanutman, by Jock Lauterer The Right Side of “Fish”, Mike Fisher pens a profile of his father Solid Citizen - Cliffside Mill Official Retires After 52 Years, by Raleigh Biggerstaff
Town Map
It is not possible to display a readable version of the entire map as a single graphic. Therefore you must choose individually the areas of town you want to view. Go to the index map, from which you can choose them.
It all began when Horton Landreth told me he owned a map of Cliffside. I couldn't believe it; I never knew such a map existed. He had acquired it when the downtown buildings were being torn down in the '70s. (I've since heard that there are other copies.)
The map was drawn by Mr. R. E. Carpenter, an engineer (perhaps the engineer) for the mill. The title and legend at left are taken directly from the map.
The legend indicates the house numbers are drawn outside the house symbols; the number of rooms are drawn inside the symbols. Mr. Carpenter was careful to note that he had not included any outbuildings on the map.
For internet use, the map is huge: 28" x 19", larger than an ordinary scanner can handle. After a graphics company scanned it for me, it became apparent that the map in its original form just wouldn't do. It had been drawn upon, was discolored from age, was stained in places, had been torn and fixed with cellophane tape (which had subsequently deteriorated). In short, it was a mess. So, I pulled the huge file (about 150 megabytes) up in Photoshop and began restoring the document, a process that took several weeks. I began by replacing the entire background with a single color, outlining and filling one small area at a time. Then I overdrew all lines, words and symbols, making them darker for readability (using green on street names and red on the railroad tracks). In a few places it required major reconstruction, but largely the placement of words and symbols, and the visual style and character are Mr. Carpenter's own.
I hope you enjoy it. Thank Horton Landreth the next time you see him. — Reno Bailey
Copyright © 2010 The Cliffside Historical Society
