Atelier [1916] . MAYOR PICKETT <&uv Cttp ABOUT sixty years ago, High Point was just a little railroad station, havinga population of about three hundred. It derived its name from the factthat it was the highest point on the old North Carolina Railroad betweenCharlotte and Goldsboro. After the war this road was sold on account of debtand then became known as the Richmond and Danville Road. Later it was soldto the Southern, and now High Point is on the main line, being midway betweensix great points: Washington and Atlanta, New York and Jacksonville, Port-. land, Me., and Key West. It is also
Atelier [1916] . MAYOR PICKETT <&uv Cttp ABOUT sixty years ago, High Point was just a little railroad station, havinga population of about three hundred. It derived its name from the factthat it was the highest point on the old North Carolina Railroad betweenCharlotte and Goldsboro. After the war this road was sold on account of debtand then became known as the Richmond and Danville Road. Later it was soldto the Southern, and now High Point is on the main line, being midway betweensix great points: Washington and Atlanta, New York and Jacksonville, Port-. land, Me., and Key West. It is also situated in the heart of the Piedmont sec-tion, a district noted for fine farms, fertile soil and good roads. The first train passed through about 1855. When High Point first receivedits name, people throughout the whole State ridiculed and whenever a small in-significant place was reached by a train, the people would put their heads out ofthe windows of the cars and holler, All aboard for High Point. In 1900 onlytwelve passenger trains passed through daily, today there are about twenty-fourthat arrive and depart each day. Undaunted however, High Point grew and before so very many years, aMethodist College was built on the lot opposite the present station. This schoolflourished a while, then in a few years, Dr. J. B. Richardson and May Lynchestablished a school of military training, which was under their direction forthree years, after which it was sold into the hands of Mr. William Blair, now aresident of Winston-Salem. Thus the foundation for our
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