Remember Cliffside

Special Projects

	Each of these is a small Web site unto itself. The starred projects are not necessarily complete and may grow or be changed as new material becomes available.
	Cliffside Obituaries, a scrapbook of 116 clippings created by Jessie Campbell Carpenter (1891-1984)
	1923 Special Edition of The Rutherford County Sun, eight pages of Cliffside ads and articles
	The County, history and information on people and places beyond Cliffside
	Baby Week Exhibit, photos of a N. C. Board of Health event in 1916
	Family Stories, history and tales of some Cliffsiders' ancestors
	1922: Year in Review, events of the year the School and Memorial Building were dedicated
	A Look at Cliffside in 1910, information on 2,118 Cliffside residents
	Felonies, Misdemeanors, Tragedies and Skulduggery, wrongdoings and unfortunate occurrences in Cliffside
	The Hames Studio, photos by the first photographer to document Cliffside
	Tomb Builders, text and photos on the building of R.R. Haynes' tomb in Cliffside Cemetery.
	Cliffside in World War II, photos, heroes, the home front, news clippings
	The Haynes Legacy—Historical and biographical features on Raleigh Haynes, his family, and their enormous contributions to the Cliffside community and the area

Articles and Stories

	“Solon Smart Day” in Rutherford County, May 27, 1984
	Do-It-Youself Electrification, how some early Cliffside families installed their own power lines
	The W.T. Grady Family Band, a 1920s string band in Cliffside
	Matt Ingram's Shinin' The Rails: The Story of Cliffside, a graduate thesis
	A Shortage of Kudzu? Once we thought we'd run out; now we can't escape it.
	Railroad Passes, Want free transportation? Ask Mr. Charlie.
	The Bypass (downhill ever since), yes, there were a few disadvantages
	Over There, news items about Cliffside's Robert Cone Elliott, 1918-19
	Duke Power's Cliffside Steam Station
	Ice Storm - 1941, winter scenes from 65 years ago
	Continuing Education, mill hands get special training
	Dam Maintenance, what does it take to keep the old dam in good repair?
	Year of Big Prizes, 1955 was the year big prizes were given away in Cliffside
	Mr. Beatty Retires, in 1969, after 42 years at Cliffside
	Mill Workers Buy Mill Owner's Home, the pride of ownership
	Chasing History is Hard Work, a closer look at an old photograph
	The Freeman Tragedies, Two brothers drown— 52 years apart
	Big Train Wreck of 1911, Seaboard tragedy north of Ellenboro
	Old Cliffside's New Owners, mill and downtown area sold
	What if...?, what if Cliffside had been an incorporated municipality
	The Golden Eagle, an 84-year-old artifact still exists
	One Last Time, a farewell tour of the old mill
	THe Company Stores, by Jim Ruppe (Did you know there was more than one?)
	The Right Side of “Fish”, Mike Fisher pens a profile of his father
	Ben Humphries on “Broad River” music, Oral History Project
	A history of Cliffside by Phillip White
	Raleigh Biggerstaff's “Most Unusual Town”, Oral History Project
	Nicknames of Cliffside, Oral History Project

Profiles

	Charles H. Haynes, son of the town's founder
	Henry G. Davis, a Belgian son of Cliffside
	Joseph Rush Shull, M.D., a one-time Cliffside physician
	Albert Lancaster, a summary of his interview with Don Bailey
	Commodore George Henry Mills, a Navy man with a unique career
	Clyde Atkinson Erwin, Educator Extraordinare
	George Kelly Moore, builder of Cliffside
	Mary Quinn Womick Prewitt - The First 100 Years , an incredible story
	D. C. Cole, Cliffside's man of music , inducted into hall of fame
	Lawrence "Jack" Blanton, tragic and early death
	Sam 'Handy' Haynes, Peanutman, by Jock Lauterer
	The Right Side of “Fish”, Mike Fisher pens a profile of his father
	Solid Citizen - Cliffside Mill Official Retires After 52 Years, by Raleigh Biggerstaff

Town Map

It is not possible to display a readable version of the entire map as a single graphic. Therefore you must choose individually the areas of town you want to view. Go to the “index map,” from which you can choose them.
	It all began when Horton Landreth told me he owned a map of Cliffside. I couldn't believe it; I never knew such a map existed. He had acquired it when the downtown buildings were being torn down in the '70s. (I've since heard that there are other copies.) The map was drawn by Mr. R. E. Carpenter, an engineer (perhaps the engineer) for the mill. The title and legend at left are taken directly from the map.
	The legend indicates the house numbers are drawn outside the house symbols; the number of rooms are drawn inside the symbols. Mr. Carpenter was careful to note that he had not included any outbuildings on the map.
	For internet use, the map is huge: 28" x 19", larger than an ordinary scanner can handle. After a graphics company scanned it for me, it became apparent that the map in its original form just wouldn't do. It had been drawn upon, was discolored from age, was stained in places, had been torn and fixed with cellophane tape (which had subsequently deteriorated). In short, it was a mess. So, I pulled the huge file (about 150 megabytes) up in Photoshop and began restoring the document, a process that took several weeks. I began by replacing the entire background with a single color, outlining and filling one small area at a time. Then I overdrew all lines, words and symbols, making them darker for readability (using green on street names and red on the railroad tracks). In a few places it required major reconstruction, but largely the placement of words and symbols, and the visual style and character are Mr. Carpenter's own. I hope you enjoy it. Thank Horton Landreth the next time you see him. — Reno Bailey