{"id":4818,"date":"2019-08-26T21:15:45","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T01:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=4818"},"modified":"2019-09-05T07:39:47","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T11:39:47","slug":"early-charlotte-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/early-charlotte-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Charlotte Fire Department History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Also found these last week, very early Charlotte news stories about their first fire engine and fire company. They&#8217;re dated between 1834 and 1845.<\/p>\n<p>Plus an 1856 story about a public meeting held for the purpose of organizing, or perhaps re-organizing, the fire department. Good breadcrumb trail for anyone interested in pursuing.<\/p>\n<p>From newspapers.com via free access from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/statelibrary.ncdcr.gov\/\">State Library of North Carolina<\/a>. Originally posted as a pair of postings on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegerosFire\">Legeros Fire Line<\/a> on Facebook, one of several about the early histories of the state\u2019s oldest fire\u00a0departments. Click to enlarge:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-08-26-cfd1.jpg\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 200px; width: 216px;\" src=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-08-26-cfd1.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"1\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-08-26-cfd2.jpg\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 200px; width: 231px;\" src=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-08-26-cfd2.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"1\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-08-26-cfd3.jpg\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 200px; width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-08-26-cfd3.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"1\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-08-26-cfd4.jpg\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 200px; width: 153px;\" src=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-08-26-cfd4.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"1\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-08-26-cfd5.jpg\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 200px; width: 142px;\" src=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-08-26-cfd5.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"1\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-08-26-cfd6.jpg\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 200px; width: 187px;\" src=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-08-26-cfd6.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-animation=\"no-animation\" data-icons-animation=\"no-animation\" data-overlay=\"on\" data-change-size=\"\" data-button-size=\"0.7\" style=\"font-size:0.7em!important;display:none;\" class=\"supsystic-social-sharing supsystic-social-sharing-package-flat supsystic-social-sharing-content supsystic-social-sharing-content-align-left\" data-text=\"\"><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Fearly-charlotte-history%2F\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u={url}\" data-nid=\"1\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"4818\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Early Charlotte Fire Department History\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-facebook\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Fearly-charlotte-history%2F&text=Early+Charlotte+Fire+Department+History\" data-main-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url={url}&text={title}\" data-nid=\"2\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"4818\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Early Charlotte Fire Department History\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-twitter\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Fearly-charlotte-history%2F&description=Early+Charlotte+Fire+Department+History\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url={url}&description={title}\" data-nid=\"7\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"4818\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Early Charlotte Fire Department History\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-pinterest\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Also found these last week, very early Charlotte news stories about their first fire engine and fire company. 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