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| Date | 2009-12-26 |
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| Message | My natural father has family in Hickory, North Carolina. I lived in New Jersey and then Florida since I was a child. I would like to hear from any other Reep family members. |
| Date | 2009-12-18 |
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| Message | Some beautiful photography! Shame we don't still have these villages!! |
| Date | 2009-11-20 |
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| Message | This site is absolutely wonderful! As a child, I remember every weekend passing through the village to cross the bridge and go to my grandmother, Collie Dowell's home. These weekend trips continued until about 1995 when my grandmother started getting sick. I always found it fascinating. Being the history buff that I am, I would love nothing more than to see this part of my childhood and much of my adult life become a National Historic Site. Those who lived and worked there and help make Burke County what it is should be remembered. Thank you for this sight. The pics of Ollie Dowell were mesmerizing. He was related to my mother, who was part of the Lynns who worked at the mill. Thanks again. |
| Date | 2009-11-20 |
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| Message | Hello ... my name is Hannah Doyle, and I'm a senior at UNC Asheville. I have visited Henry River Mill Village before because my boyfriend is from Burke County, and I was fascinated and wanted to know more (this was last year). I read what I could on the Internet, but as a journalist, it's hard to leave it at that. I am taking a magazine writing class at UNCA right now and am highly interested in profiling Henry River as for a history article. I have spoken to the Web site manager and to his aunt, but would like to find more sources. I thought this might be a good place to find people who know a lot about Henry River, or lived there before (or know people who have), or just might know any possible sources and their contact information. I would like to get in touch with several different people: the current owner/overseer, past residents (probably most important part), any neighbors or people who would know a lot about it, and anyone else of importance. If you have contact information for any of these people, I would really appreciate it. This article is due Dec. 2, which isn't a lot of time, but I plan to have a basic article by this date, which I would expand upon over winter break. If anyone is interested in being interviewed, I would be happy to drive to Hickory to do so; or if you know anyone I could interview, please contact me. My phone number is (252) 256-3154 and my e-mail address is aude.scire@gmail.com. Any help is much appreciated! Thank you. |
| Date | 2009-10-27 |
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| Message | Ollie is my great great uncle. I have lived in Florida all my life, but have family in Hickory N.C. my mother Cynthia Dowell was born there, to Peggy, and Clay Dowell. I have heard the stories all my life, evertime we are there to see family, we drive threw Henry River, and her the storie, of the house's. The house by the store,I believe my great grandmother lived there, but anyways, it is not a trip to N.C if we do not go to Henry River. Thank you for all your hard work on this site. It will be great to show my son and tell him the stories that I was told as a kid and as a adult, when he gets older to understand and see this site.. Thank you again!!!!  |
| Date | 2009-10-16 |
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| Message | Dicky, thanks for your work to create this website. when we talked earlier this week, glad to hear about youur plans to update it, by adding the photos that folks have sent you and adding a message forum. I've asked my mom (Evelyn) to search for more photos too.. I hope to find some of the baseball field! Soapy Jr  |
| Date | 2009-09-21 |
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| Message | All my life I have heard of Henry River. My grandfather, Robert Hartwell Raby and his wife, Colene, from Hudson, NC (Caldwell County), were once ministers, evangalists, missonaries, or something like that in Henry River. My mother, Louise Raby Mullinax, was only a child then. It was during their ministry in Henry River that her mother, Colene Raby, died in 1942 at the age of 30. My mother was only 13 and her brother, Wayne, was only 6 at the time of their mother's passing. My grandmother, Colene, is buried at the Cline Cemetary in Henry River. Just recently, the owner of the cemetary, Maxine Cooke, herself an older person now, contact me concerning the cemetary. My grandfather, Hartwell, and my Mother, Louise are now both gone on. My father, now 83, still is fulfilling their wishes to keep flowers on the grave. Mrs. Cooke had seen my father and sister there at the cemetary and shared with them her concerns that no one was able to maintain the cemetary any longer. My sister gave Mrs. Cooke my name. Because I work for a municipality, she felt I might be able to help with a solution. My question to the guestbook is: Does anyone recall a minister by the name of Hartwell Raby? Does anyone recall which church he worked with? Can anyone have any reasons as to why my grandmother would have been buried in this private cemetary? Was it once affiliated with a church? Any information would be helpful. I find the info about Henry River very interesting. Thanks. |
| Date | 2009-08-22 |
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| Message | just moved to the area 5 months ago,was out riding one day and found Henry River. Would like to know more about the town and the people that lived there. is there someplace where i could find out more about it? |
| Date | 2009-08-02 |
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| Message | My wife Charlett just showed me the history about the old Henry River mill, and I am so glad she did. We moved to North Carolina in 2002 and we past the mill quite often. It reminds me of the mills in Penn. where I grow up at.This site is very interesting and I hope to see more in the future. I would also like to see the mill become a historical site for the families to come. |
| Date | 2009-08-02 |
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| Message | I would just like to say thank you to all the people who have given their imput on the history of the Henry River village. I have been searching for months on the history of Henry River and happened to come upon it today by accident.I don't know if I have any family decendents from here, but I love the knowledge of past history. I noticed that the town of Hildebran has a high decendent percentage of germans. My fathers' side of the family are decendents of Germany. from the late 1800's to the early 1900s. I look forward to seeing and learning more about the Henry River village. thank you, Charlett Andresky |
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