The Duke Mansion and Charlotte, North Carolina

This book truly tells you everything you need to know about The Duke Mansion, all the people who lived or visited the mansion and how Charlotte, North Carolina changed over the years by what those people had done in the area. You'll be taken back to the early 1900's and learn about some famous people and how they helped Charlotte prosper, such as: Zebulon Taylor, James Buchanan Duke, Charles Campbell Coddington, Martin Luther Cannon, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Henry Abel Lineberger and Rick and Dee Ray. Within this book you'll learn about streetcars, railroads, The Catawba Wateree Hydroelectric power plants that started The Duke Energy Corporation, Trinity College that became Duke University, The Duke Endowment, Duke's tobacco business that is known as The American Tobacco Company, C.C. Coddington's Buick Company, The Charlotte Speedway, WBT Radio, Cannon Mills Company that produced Cannon Towels, President Kennedy's life during the Navy, presidency and assassination, famous mills in North Carolina, Raycom Incorporated, The Lynnwood Foundation, The Lee Institute and of course The Duke Mansion itself, from private residence to historical Inn and meeting place. If you have plans of visiting Charlotte or The Duke Mansion, this book is a must have.