Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-127).
Formatted Contents Note:
Indian, Spanish, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, African, German 9 -- Table Rock-A Gateway to the Blue Ridge Mountains 12 -- Native Americans of Western North Carolina 15 -- Nature's Little Secrets Along the Catawba River 18 -- Way Back When Burke Was Part of Spanish Florida 21 -- Captain Juan Pardo and the Spanish Empire 24 -- Lord John Carteret and the Granville Line 27 -- 250-Year-Old Diary Describes Old Burke 30 -- Who Named Quaker Meadows? 33 -- Quaker Meadows Presbyterian Church 35 -- Kings Mountain Battle Has Deep Roots in Burke 37 -- General Daniel Morgan-American Hero at Cowpens 40 -- Thomas Burke-Statesman and Patriot 43 -- Waightstill Avery-Patriot and Gentleman 45 -- State of Franklin Secedes from Old Burke 48 -- Andre Michaux Slept Here 51 -- There's Gold in Them Th'r Hills 54 -- Confederate Training Camp Destroyed 57 -- Stoneman's Raiders Attack Morganton 60 -- Western N.C. Rail Road Changed Burke County 62 -- Community Names Also Tell Local History 66 -- Moonshiners and Bootleggers 69 -- Let's Name a High School for Robert Logan Patton 72 -- Waldenses of Italy-and Burke 75 -- Burke County-January 1, 1900 78 -- Legends, Myths and Folklore 82 -- Burke is Home to the "Master of the World" 87 -- William George Randall 1860-1905 90 -- Lost Community of Fonta Flora 93 -- When Textile Was "the King" 96 -- And When Furniture Was "the Queen" 100 -- Seen a Good (Old) Magazine Lately? 104 -- Burke County Fair, One of the Best-Again! 107 -- Senator Sam: A Native Son Remembered 110 -- Spring! It's Snipe Hunting Season 113 -- Motorcyclists Love Ripshin Ridge 116 -- Rejoice! It's Springtime in Irish Creek Valley 119 -- You're from Burke County When... 121.
