Please remind us where non North Carolinians should write to support your cause. Lois Willand Minneapolis, Minnesota ---------- >From: Ann Brownlee <girlywhig@webkorner.com> >To: NCROWAN-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [NCRowan] Historic Sites along Yadkin River Threatened >Date: Tue, Mar 25, 2003, 12:53 AM > > Reminder -- > > First ever meeting of the Trading Ford Area Historic Preservation > Committee will be > > Wednesday, March 26, 2003 > 7:00 p.m. > > Rowan Public Library > Stanback Auditorium > 201 West Fisher Street > Salisbury, NC > > Of immediate concern are historic areas threatened by I-85 expansion: > > - the Trading Path (used by Native Americans, perhaps thousands of years > old) > - the Yadkin Ford & Ferry (dating from 1755) > - the Camp Yadkin Battlefield (Civil War, April 12, 1865) > - the Trading Ford Monument (1929) commemorating Gen. Greene's crossing > at the Trading Ford (Revolutionary War) > > Long-term goals include preservation planning for this historic area. > > Good (long) article in Sunday's Salisbury Post including a range of > opinions: > > http://salisburypost.townnews.com/archives/index.inn?loc=detail&doc=/2003/Ma rch/23-16 > 5-23-1%20trading%20ford%20fight.txt > > YA'LL COME! > > Let's take a stand for our historic sites! > > Please note if coming from Lexington: the main exit from I-85 to > Salisbury (East Innes Street) Exit 76B doesn't exist presently, and > there > are no signs. Use Exit 76A (marked Albemarle), go down the exit ramp, > and turn left onto East Innes Street. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >