Growing up in south Iredell in the 1960s
Although I was born in Statesville and visited my maternal grandmother here often, I grew up in Mooresville.
I’m taking the year 1960, arbitrarily, as a benchmark for this memoir.
On summers
The seasonal opening of the swimming pool at the War Memorial was a much-anticipated event.
STUDENT ESSAYS
How do you see Iredell County?
» CONTEST WINNER: Iredell County: Life As We Knew It
» RUNNER-UP: ‘I want to be a part of shaping the future of our community’
» ‘The charm of Iredell County will remain’
» ‘I never would have dreamed that there would be as much growth as there is today’
» ‘I hope in a few years people will build things that match’
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VIDEO
Losing Our Youth
Iredell’s Identity
Residential explosion
Industrial Change
Moving South
Through our Eyes
