Currently under construction, The Transportaion Museum located at the
Falls , Granite Falls, Caldwell County, North Carolina, 28630 - Scheduled to be
completed 2006 ! Phase 1: Save and Restore the Baird House located on Falls Ave,
Grantite Falls, N.C. - The Second Oldest Structure inside Caldwell County!
The photos that follow were taken in and around Caldwell County - 1800's
to 1900's. The photos below are related to Transportation 1800 - 1900, Baird
Museum 2005, and a great many of these photos were just too Cool not to include!
All photos were taken in and around Caldwell County North Carolina!
#1.
DRUG STORE AND SODA FOUNTAIN LENOIR, N.C. : PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY
JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here
!"
#2.
LENOIR NEWS TOPIC, LENOIR, NORTH CAROLINA: PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY
JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !" PHOTO IN
CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM !
- Click Here !"
#3.
The residence and family of Joel Phillips, Living in the Head of Wilson Creek
Gorge, Now 94 yrs. Old, Born in Burke County, N.C. Married Salina Estes, Raised
15 children - 12 boys - 3 girls, Never saw a train until the construction of the
C & N railroad made it's advent - April 1905 : Photo by Ramseur PHOTO IN
CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM !
- Click Here !"
#4.
Photo taken behind a group of buildings down town Lenoir, North Carolina, - Area
refered to as "Hog Waller" where everyone would gather and play music. Shown
playing guitar - "Doc Watson" 1949 PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE
HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here
!"
#5.
403RD Company CO. CCC CAMP GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN - MORTIMER, N.C. WAR PHOTO IN
CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM !
- Click Here !"
#6.
403RD Company CO. CCC CAMP GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN. MORTIMER, N.C. wAR PHOTO IN
CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM !
- Click Here !"
#7.
544 SOUTHERN RAILWAY ENGINE OPERATED - HICKORY - GRANITE FALLS - LENOIR - A
CALDWELL COUNTY STEAM TRAIN LOCOMOTIVE : PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE
HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here
!"
#8.
LENOIR FIRE DEPARTMENT LADDER TRUCK PARKED IN FRONT OF OLD LENOIR FIRE
DEPARTMENT PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: COURTESY JOE HARTLEY :
CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#9.
1932 ELEMENTRY SCHOOL CLASS PHOTO - VALMEAD SECOND GRADE - PHOTO IN CALDWELL
COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click
Here !"
#10.BAND GATHERS AT THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE AND MONUMENT - DOWNTOWN LENOIR,
N.C. PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#11. GRANITE FALLS HIGH SCHOOL BAND PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY, N.C. :
COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here
!"
#12. 1957 MOSS TRUCKING STOPS ON HIGHWAY US 321 FOR A PHOTO BEFORE THEY
CLIMB THE MOUNTAIN TO DELIVER THE STEAM ENGINE AND IT'S PASSENGER CARS TO WHAT
IS NOW TWEETSIE RAILROAD - House to the right of photo would have been the Broyhill House - House to the left of this photo would have been Erving Smith House: PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY :
CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#13. 1957 PHOTO : GMC GENERAL MOTORS TRUCK IN FRONT HAULING STEAM ENGINE
: MOSS TRUCKING MOVES TWEETSIE RAILROAD: PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE
HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here
!"
# LINK : LOCATED JUST 30 MINUITES FROM GRANITE FALLS, N.C.
TWEETSIE RAILROAD ! - Click Here to enter site !"
#14. RAILROAD TRESTLE LOCATED OUTSIDE LENOIR, NORTH CAROLINA - GANDY
DANCER RAIL CAR - 4 PASSENGERS : PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY - This was a Gas engine car which also pulled a small trailer at times containing tools. These fellows would check the track and report any problems to the Section Forman who lived in Collitsville N.C. - The Forman had 5 men under him - these men would dispatch and repair reported problems with the track between Lenoir and Edgemont: COURTESY JOE HARTLEY
: CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#15. GREAT STEAM ENGINE TRAIN WRECK : NEWTON N.C. NORTH CAROLINA PHOTO
IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION
MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
"#16. "TWEETSIE STEAM ENGINE PARKED AT DOVE CREEK GORGE , MAN ON RIGHT,
DAVE FARTHING, MAN IN CENTER JOHNNY BEARD, PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY
JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here
!"
#17. EARLY ENGINE : GOLDEN SPIKE CIVIL WAR STEAM TRAIN PAUSES AT END OF
RAILROAD BRIDGE Colletsville - In 1905 and 1906 the train traveled into Edgemont 3 times a week - The Railroad started in 1886 and it is believed that this is the 1st train into Edgemont , NORTH CAROLINA, PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY
JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here
!"
#18. STEAM TRAIN PASSENGER TRAIN RESTS OUSIDE THE EDGEMONT, N.C. DEPOT :
PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION
MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#19. C & N RAILROAD - STEAM TRAIN : NOTICE THE ENGINE AND THE TENDER
IS A WOOD BURNER "NOT COAL" CIVIL WAR SOLDIER STANDS IN UNIFORM TO THE RIGHT OF
TRAIN : MORTIMER / EDGEMONT - CALDWELL COUNTY, N.C. : PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY :
COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here
!"
#20. STEAM ENGINE RAILWAY PASS, MORTIMER, CALDWELL COUNTY, N.C. : PHOTO
IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION
MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#21. FIRST STEAM ENGINE ON THE TURNTABLE, LENOIR, NORTH CAROLINA, TRAIN
ENGINEER IN WHITE SHIRT - COLUMBUS WEATHERS : PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY :
COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here
!"
#22. WOOD BURNING STEAM ENGINE PARKED OUTSIDE LENOIR NORTH CAROLINA ON
TRESTLE at LOWER CREEK: PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#23. EDGEMONT, CALDWELL COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, DEPOT (THIS DEPOT STILL
STANDS ON LOCATION TODAY) THIS DEPOT WAS THE LAST STOP - EDGEMONT, N.C. END OF
THE LINE! STEAM ENGINE WITH PASSENGER CARS ! PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY
JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here
!"
#24. RAILWAY PASS - OUTSIDE LENOIR NORTH CAROLINA - EARLY MODEL STEAM
ENGINE - CAROLINA C & N - This is a workman train - The Flat Bed cars it is pulling are stacked full of railroad ties for building the railway - Right side of Photo is Wilson Creek: PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY :
CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#25. PHOTO TAKEN JUNE, 9 1923 - STEAM ENGINE WRECK - Location behind Harper Furniture Company - Car belonged to Mr. Underdown , Model T , reported in Saturday's Lenoir New Topic on June 12th 1923 - no one was hurt: PHOTO IN CALDWELL
COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click
Here !"
#26. PHOTO TAKEN FEBUARY, 17TH, 1948 - THE GREAT TRAIN WRECK OUTSIDE
LENOIR, NORTH CAROLINA, N.C. "Joyston" - 2nd engine dropped off the track and rolled over - Caboose on train was as far Kincaid Furniture on US 321A - There is a White House in right corner which is still there today - CALDWELL COUNTY - WRECK OCCURED JUST PAST HUDSON N.C.
Location from US 321 would be just PAST THE FAIR GROUNDS AND BEFORE THE NEW LOWE'S HARDWARE : PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY :
CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#27. CAROLINA & NORTHWESTERN TRAIN #2 WITH TEN WHEELER #167 AT
HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA - PHOTO TAKEN 1940 BY THOMAS W. REESE, NOW CHAIRMAN OF
THE BOARD AND CEO OF THE HICKORY PRINTING GROUP! : PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY :
COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here
!"
#28. EDGEMONT - CALDWELL COUNTY - NORTH CAROLINA - STEAM ENGINE STOPS ON
BRIDGE - PULLING LOG RAIL CARS - Engine belongs to H & B - Engine hauled logs to mill to be sawed - H & B Hutton Burbonnais - PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY
: CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#29. PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#30. RAIL ROAD TRESTLE - CALDWELL COUNTY : PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY :
COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here
!"
#31. NOTICE THE BAGGAGE AND WAGON LEFT REAR OF PHOTO - RAIL WORKER
STANDS ON TOP OF UNLOADED BAGGAGE WAGON - LOADS FIRST RAIL CAR : PHOTO IN
CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM !
- Click Here !"
#32. 1900" BOX CAR JUMPS THE TRACK - MORTIMER NORTH CAROLINA - Building the Railroad - Notice the Cars in behind which contain railroad ties for laying track : PHOTO IN
CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM !
- Click Here !"
#33. HORSEFORD BRIDGE, CATAWBA COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA 1918 PHOTO BY
BRADSHAW - THIS BRIDGE JOINED CATAWBA AND CALDWELL COUNTY - PHOTO IN CALDWELL
COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click
Here !"
#34. THE HORSEFORD BRIDGE BUILT IN 1849 BY THE CATAWBA COMPANY. TOLL
BRIDGE COMPANY - CONNECTING CATAWBA AND CALDWELL COUNTIES - WAS DESTROYED BY
FLOOD IN MAY OF 1901 WHEN AREA RECIEVED FOUR CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF TORRENTIAL RAIN
- THIS BRIDGE WAS REPLACED AFTER 1901 - THE REPLACEMENT BRIDGE WAS BLOWN UP IN 1916 AND RECONSTRUCTED AGAIN. PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#35. HUFFMAN BRIDGE IN 1959 : THIS BRIDGE STILL STANDS TODAY - YOUTH
WOULD CLIMB NOT JUST TO THE BASE OF THE BRIDGE. YOUTH WOULD CLIMB TO THE VERY TOP OF
THIS BRIDGE. YOUTH WOULD CLIMB UP THE SIDE OF THIS BRIDGE AND JUMP OFF INTO THE WATER. THIS BRIDGE WAS SO NARROW
THAT FISHERMEN HAD TO STEP UP ON THE SIDE OF THE BRIDGE AND HOLD ON TO THE METAL SUPPORTS OF THE BRIDGE
SO TRAFFIC COULD PASS - PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY :
CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#36.CASTLE BRIDGE - TAKEN OCTOBER 5TH 1952 BY JOE HARTLEY - METAL BRIDGE CROSSES WATER - THE CEMENT SUPPORTS ARE
STILL VISIBLE TODAY - THE BOATS AGAINST THE DOCK WERE FOR RENT - PHOTO IN
CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM !
- Click Here !"
#37. C & L RAILROAD TRESTLE AT ADAKO - BETWEEN GRANITE FALLS AND
LENOIR NORTH CAROLINA. ONCE SAID TO BE THE HIGHEST WOODEN TRESTLE IN THE WORLD!
: PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY - 70 feet high and over 200 feet in length - highest trestle east of Old Miss. Built out of Hard Pine from LA. : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#38. GRANITE FALLS CORDAGE COMPANY - OUR COMPANY'S CURRENT LOCATION
STANDS ACCROSS THE STREET FROM THIS BUILDING - NOTICE THE GASOLINE PUMP AGAINST
THE FENCE - CENTER OF PHOTO - PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY :
CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#39. SMITH CROSSROADS - MOTEL, DINER , FORD DEALER, SERVICE STATION - US
HWY 321 - STILL TODAY THE MOST CROWDED INTERSECTION INSIDE CALDWELL COUNTY -
PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION
MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#40. PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#41. CASTLE BRIDGE - TODAY ALL THAT IS LEFT ARE THE CEMENT SUPPORTS.
NOTICE THAT FISHERMEN ARE ON THE SIDES OF THE BRIDGE. PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY
JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here
!"
#42.MOONSHINE - LEE WATSON - GERMAN HILL, HAPPY VALLEY NORTH CAROLINA.
PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION
MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#43. MORTIMER N.C. PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY :
CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#44. LENOIR N.C. NORTH CAROLINA - TRAFFIC CIRCLE - CENTER OF PHOTO -
PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION
MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#45. SMITH'S HOUSE - SMITH CROSSROADS - HOUSE IS NO LONGER STANDING -
BUILDING WITH ANTIQUE AUTOMOBILES OUT FRONT UPPER LEFT OF PHOTO IS STILL
STANDING TODAY! PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL
COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#46. SMITH HOUSE - SMITH CROSSROADS - MOTEL AND FORD DEALER AND DINER -
GAS AND SERVICE STATION - NOTICE TRAFFIC CIRCLE - TODAY BURGER KING STANDS ON
THIS CORNER PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#47. LENOIR TRAFFIC CIRCLE - VISIBLE UPPER PART OF PHOTO - PHOTO IN
CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM !
- Click Here !"
#48
BANK OF LENOIR OLD BUILDING - PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY :
CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#49. SMITH CROSSROADS AND MOTOR LODGE AND FORD DEALER - TRAFFIC CIRCLE
US 321 - PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#50. APRIL 1952 - CALDWELL HOSPITAL - PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY :
COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here
!"
#51. SOUTHERN RAILWAY HUDSON DEPOT - BUILDING TO THE RIGHT HUDSON
HARDWARE - PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#52. BANK OF GRANITE - GRANITE FALLS, N.C. NORTH CAROLINA - PHOTO IN
CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM !
- Click Here !"
#53. LENOIR NORTH CAROLINA - TRAFFIC CIRCLE - PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY :
COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here
!"
#54. SMITH CROSSROADS - PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY
: CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#55. PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#56.ANTIQUE CAR PARKED OUTSIDE LENOIR FUNERAL HOME - PHONE NUMBER 711 -
PENDRY LENOIR FUNERAL HOME - PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY :
CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#57. BLUE BELL - LENOIR, NORTH CAROLINA, N.C. PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY :
COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here
!"
#58
FORD DEALERSHIP LENOIR, NORTH CAROLINA, N.C. OWNER SMITH - MOVED DEALERSHIP TO
SMITH CROSSROADS - PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY - Today this building is the Western Auto Hardware Store - It was 1st built by Rufas Gwynn - Sold to Ervin Smith and used for the Ford Dealership - Later the Ford Dealership moved to what is today Smith Crossroads: COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL
COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#59
AVON MOVIE THEATER LEFT OF PHOTO - NOTICE THE SIGN "THANKS MOTORIST - 80 DAYS
WITHOUT A MOTOR VEHICLE FATALITY IN LENOIR - PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY
JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here
!"
#60. TRAFFIC CIRCLE REMOVED FROM LENOIR N.C. MONUMENT TAKEN DOWN - PHOTO
IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION
MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#61. MOTEL BEHIND FORD DEALERSHIP LENOIR, NORTH CAROLINA, N.C. SMITH
CROSSROADS - PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#62. LENOIR UNITED STATES POST OFFICE DECCO STYLE BUILDING LENOIR, NORTH
CAROLINA, N.C. - STANDS TODAY - AUGUST 1975 - PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY :
COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here
!"
#63. ANTIQUE 1950'S AUTOMOBILES PARKED OUTSIDE THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
LENOIR N.C. 6-28-1960 - PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY :
CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#64. ANTIQUE 1950'S TRUCK AND CARS PARKED OUTSIDE OF LENOIR BANK - PHOTO
IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION
MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#65. EAST HARPER SCHOOL LENOIR, N.C. NORTH CAROLINA - PHOTO IN CALDWELL
COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click
Here !"
#66. TRAFFIC CIRCLE - BUILDINGS FROM LEFT TO RIGHT HEDRICK - DUKE POWER
CO. - LEE & ROBBINS HAT AND SHOE - FRIGIDAIRE - PHILCO - PHOTO IN CALDWELL
COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click
Here !"
#67. MORTIMER SCHOOL 1920 MODEL "T" FORD - PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY :
COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here
!"
#68. CALDWELL MOTOR COMPANY - BUICK - DODGE DEALERSHIP - PHOTO IN
CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM !
- Click Here !"
#69. PUBLIC SQUARE AND COURT HOUSE, LENOIR, N.C. HORSE AND BUGGY DAYS -
PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION
MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#70. GRANITE FALLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 1955 - 1956 GRANITE FALLS N.C.
NORTH CAROLINA - PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL
COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#71. BLACKWELDER HOSPITAL - NO LONGER EXISTS - LENOIR, NORTH CAROLINA,
N.C. COCA COLA TRUCK BUILT BY WHITE - WHITE BODY STYLE PARKED LEFT - READS "HAVE
A COKE" FRONT HOOD - PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL
COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#72. CHRISTMAS TIME LENOIR N.C. EFIRD , DAYVAULTS DRUGSTORE PHARMACY
ANTIQUE AUTOMOBILES PARK ALONG MAIN STREET - PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY
JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here
!"
#73. CENTER THEATER - ANTIQUE AUTOMOBILES PARKED CENTER STREET LENOIR,
N.C. NORTH CAROLINA - PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL
COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#74. SIGN CENTER OF PHOTO READS "CIRCLE TRAFFIC HAS RIGHT OF WAY"
DECEMBER 1951 LENOIR NORTH CAROLINA N.C. - PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY
JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here
!"
#75. ANTIQUE AUTOMOBILES PARKED TO RIGHT OF CIRCLE - PILKINGTON SHOE
STORE - LENOIR N.C. NORTH CAROLINA - PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE
HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here
!"
#76. CITY HALL 1935 FIRE TRUCKS SHOWING BEHIND DOORS - THESE FIRE TRUCKS
HAVE BEEN PRESERVED TODAY AND ARE INSIDE A PRIVATE COLLECTION IN GRANITE FALLS,
NORTH CAROLINA, N.C. - PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY :
CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#77. TRAFFIC SAFTEY SIGN LEFT OF PHOTO - PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY :
COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here
!"
#78. CITY HALL 1935 AND FIRE DEPARTMENT LENOIR N.C. NORTH CAROLINA - THE
FIRE TRUCK LEFT IS PRESERVED TODAY - LENOIR FIRE TRUCK LE FRANCE LADDER TRUCK -
CAB AND TRAILER HAS ALSO BEEN PRESERVED IN A PRIVATE COLLECTION GRANITE FALLS
N.C. NORTH CAROLINA - PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL
COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#79. FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING - PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY
JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here
!"
#80. RAILWAY DEPOT COLLETTSVILLE, N.C. NORTH CAROLINA - CHESTER /
EDGEMONT - THE EDGEMONT DEPOT STILL STANDS TODAY IN EDGEMONT NORTH CAROLINA. THE
BAGGAGE HOUSE HAS ALSO BEEN PRESERVED AND STANDS JUST UP FROM THE WILSON CREEK
VISITOR'S CENTER. THE COLLETTSVILLE DEPOT AND THE MORTIMER DEPOT WERE MOVED - TO
TWEETSIE RAILROAD AND FRONTIER LAND - PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE
HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! Sign reads Edgemont 11 miles and Chester, South Carolina - 120 miles - Click Here
!"
#81. THE LENOIR NORTH CAROLINA SQUARE - HORSE AND BUGGY DAYS - CHARTER
OAK HARWARE STORE - PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL
COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#82
PALACE BARBER SHOP LENOIR, N.C. PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY
: CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#83. PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#84. OLD LENOIR POST OFFICE - PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE
HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here
!"
#85. TRAFFIC CIRCLE ANTIQUE CAR LEFT OF PHOTO 6-30-1961 - PHOTO IN
CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM !
- Click Here !"
#86. US 321 VINTAGE TRUCK AND TRAILER RIGHT OF BUILDING - SERVICE SIGN -
THIS BUILDING STILL STANDS TODAY BESIDE HANNA'S BARBAQUE - PHOTO IN CALDWELL
COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click
Here !"
#87. LENOIR, N.C. NORTH CAROLINA, TRAFFIC CIRCLE - PHOTO IN CALDWELL
COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click
Here !"
#88. PHOTO TAKEN CARY'S FLATT NORTH CAROLINA N.C. - MOUNTAIN IN THE BACK
GROUND IS GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN - PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY
: CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#89. SCHOOL IN GRACE CHAPEL - GRANITE FALLS N.C. - TODAY THIS SCHOOL IS
PAINTED WHITE AND NOT IN USE - PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY :
CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#90. MORTIMER NORTH CAROLINA - BEFORE THE 1940 FLOOD - PHOTO IN CALDWELL
COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click
Here !"
#91. BANK OF GRANITE - GRANITE FALLS, N.C. NORTH CAROLINA - PHOTO IN
CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM !
- Click Here !"
#92. FIRST RAILROAD STATION IN LENOIR, N.C. - GOV. ZEBULON BAIRD VANCE
IN CARRIAGE - DATE 1884 - PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY :
CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#93. WAGON TRAIN - HORSE AND WAGON AND OX PULLS SECOND CART - PHOTO IN
CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM !
- Click Here !"
#94. DRIVING THE LAST SPIKE ON THE C & L RAILROAD LENOIR, N.C. PHOTO
IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION
MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#95. OUTSIDE PHOTO - RESTORATION OF THE BAIRD HOUSE - SECOND OLDEST
STRUCTURE IN CALDWELL COUNTY -LOCATED IN GRANITE FALLS N.C. 28630 - PHOTO IN
CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM !
- Click Here !"
#96. OUTSIDE PHOTO BAIRD HOUSE TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM, GRANITE FALLS N.C.
NORTH CAROLINA - PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL
COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#97. BAIRD HOUSE GRANITE FALLS, N.C. NORTH CAROLINA TRANSPORTATION
MUSEUM - PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#98. RESTORATION OF THE BAIRD HOUSE - GRANITE FALLS, N.C. 28630 - 2ND
OLDEST STRUCTURE IN CALDWELL COUNTY - PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE
HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here
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#99. NORTH CAROLINA TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM, GRANITE FALLS, N.C. NORTH
CAROLINA - PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#100. NORTH CAROLINA TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM, GRANITE FALLS N.C. NORTH
CAROLINA - PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#101. NORTH CAROLINA TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM, GRANITE FALLS N.C. NORTH
CAROLINA PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#102. NORTH CAROLINA TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM, GRANITE FALLS N.C. NORTH
CAROLINA PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#103. NORTH CAROLINA TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM, GRANITE FALLS N.C. NORTH
CAROLINA PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#104. NORTH CAROLINA TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM, GRANITE FALLS N.C. NORTH
CAROLINA PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#105. NORTH CAROLINA TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM, GRANITE FALLS N.C. NORTH
CAROLINA PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#106. NORTH CAROLINA TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM, GRANITE FALLS N.C. NORTH
CAROLINA PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#107. NORTH CAROLINA TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM, GRANITE FALLS N.C. NORTH
CAROLINA PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#108. NORTH CAROLINA TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM, GRANITE FALLS N.C. NORTH
CAROLINA PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#109. LUMBER CUTTING - LUMBER COMPANY MORTIMER - N.C. - NORTH CAROLINA -
PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION
MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#110. Car was used by the Railroad Superintendant - This Car was termed the motor G or Gitney - It was a Hanes and was built in 1937 - Before this car, the railroad used a Studebaker in 1920. It was wrecked and replaced by this Hanes - Motor G - RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION - NOTICE THE BELL MOUNTED ON FRONT OF CAR
AND CAR HAS COW CATCHER ON FRONT AND 4 RAIL WHEELS - VERY COOL! - PHOTO IN
CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM !
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#111. CHRISTMAS TIME DOWNTOWN LENOIR NORTH CAROLINA, N.C. TEXACO SIGN
RIGHT OF PHOTO - PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE HARTLEY : CALDWELL
COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here !"
#112. DOWNTOWN - OX - COWS - AND STEAM POWERED TRACTOR BRINGS UP THE
REAR - LENOIR, NORTH CAROLINA, N.C. - PHOTO IN CALDWELL COUNTY : COURTESY JOE
HARTLEY : CALDWELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ! - Click Here
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