Stagecoach routes through Mecklenburg, 191 years ago:
In the 1830’s, mail was delivered by stagecoach, which also carried travelers. This article shows these two passenger stage coach lines were added because Randolph Macon College was in Boydton. See the stagecoach page for maps, articles, and two videos from 1903.
Richmond Times-Dispatch,Richmond, Virginia · Sunday, February 07, 1904
Inspirational Stories
Recounting the proud heritage of black education in Mecklenburg County: Over 50 families gave 10$ each – an average week’s salary – to help build schools. Matilda Moseley married Samuel Booker. She drove 50 miles each way to her job as a school administrator on school days for 35 years.
Happy 108th birthday! : Mrs. Bell was from the North View area. Her wisdom from a long life and her involvement in the community is shared.
79 schools!
Clarksville School, from Library of Virginia (picture not dated)
The school page is ready to share! 79 schools known to have existed in Mecklenburg are listed. Some schools changed names, consolidated, and many are no longer standing. Old pictures from the Library of Virginia, as well as newspaper clippings and information about the 17 Rosenwald Schools are included on the school page. Mecklenburg County had one of the highest number of Rosenwald Schools in the south. Nine Virginia counties didn’t have any Rosenwald Schools. For a Rosenwald school to be built, the community needed to come up with a percentage of construction costs, which was several hundred up to several thousand dollars. This was during the great depression time period. These numbers seem to suggest that education was a huge priority and that Mecklenburg was an inventive community working hard to accomplish very difficult things.
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Where is Antlers? And what kind of place was it? A post office & store?
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