The Great Flood of 1916 Long before meteorologists could accurately track storm systems and decades before hurricanes were assigned proper names, two major hurricane forces struck the Blue Ridge Mountains…
Lake Wylie and the surrounding Catawba River Valley feature some of the oldest churches in the region dating back hundreds of years. While nearby Charlotte, North Carolina is recognized as…
The Buster Boyd Bridge is one of Lake Wylie’s enduring and iconic images. Motorists driving NC Hwy 49 south from Charlotte approach the bridge at a slight bend in the…
For hundreds of years before the creation of Lake Wylie a local Indian tribe occupied the surrounding area. The tribe called themselves the Catawba or “People of the River.” The…
