When
the first settlers arrived in the valleys
of the lower Piedmont, they found lush
meadows, streams and hills crowned with
trees suitable for cabin building. From
overseas and the northern states of
Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware
came the Scotch-Irish in large numbers.
The native Catawba Indians were friendly
to the few white families who moved
in among them. The new families stayed
busy cutting down trees and setting
up cabins, burning acreage for crop
planting and organizing the two most
important social functions of any settlement,
the meeting house and the local still.
The
360-acre community of Charlotte moved
to incorporate a regular town government
and an eventual county seat. On May
20, 1775, it is said, Charlotte patriots
defied the wrath of the English King
and signed a Declaration of Independence.
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