December 7, 2010, 6:00 p.m.:
Christmas Dinner catered by
Berea Advent Christian Church. Location: Miller Hill Baptist Church Fellowship
Hall.
The
cost was $10 per person.
Menu:
Chicken pie (without vegetables), country style steak, mashed
potatoes, squash casserole, green beans, tossed salad, yeast
rolls, dessert, tea/coffee.
Address:
1230 Virginia St. SW in
Lenoir. Driving SW on Morganton
Blvd/Rt.18, take a left onto Virginia Street.
2010 Annual meeting (at the
Caldwell Heritage Museum on
Sunday, November 14, 2010, at 2 p.m.).
The Society
elected Board members for 2011 (see bottom of page) and accepted the
2011 budget, accepted the
2013 term nominees for the Museum’s Board, heard reports
on the Historical Society's and the Museum's activities in 2010, and
then watched the new Museum DVD on the history of Caldwell County to
1841.
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Continuing a tradition of
several years, the Museum Board furnished the refreshments
after the Society’s meeting.
Civil War markers.
The Historical Society has a special account for the
annual maintenance of the two Civil War Trails markers
in the county, and designated gifts for that purpose are
appreciated. The cost is covered in the 2011 budget, but
donations in any amount for subsequent years would be
appreciated.
Make checks payable to "Civil War Markers," and mail or
bring them to the Caldwell Heritage Museum at 112 Vaiden
St SW in Lenoir 28645.
Markers
are located in Patterson across from the Happy Valley
School and in Lenoir at the Corner of Main Street and
Harper Ave, behind St. James' Episcopal Church.
See more details here.
May
2010 Newsletter
April 2010 Newsletter
The Caldwell County Historical Society was
organized in 1949 and chartered as a non-profit corporation on July 3, 1950.
The purpose as stated in the charter continues as: “…to investigate and study the
history of Caldwell County, provide for collecting of information relevant
thereto; protect and display archival documents, records, artifacts; mark
and preserve historic sites and buildings; own, lease, operate, or sell real
or personal property, publish and sell a history or other works of interest
to citizens of Caldwell County.”
The first president of the Caldwell
County Historical Society was Mrs. W. I. Pitts, and one of the first
items of business for the group was to find a location for a museum.
In this they were finally successful when the museum opened to the
public in 1991. The Museum and the Historical Society are now
separately incorporated, and each continues its own work in the
common purpose of saving Caldwell County history for future
generations.
