{"id":8412,"date":"2012-11-05T21:00:17","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T21:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/?page_id=8412"},"modified":"2012-11-05T21:00:17","modified_gmt":"2012-11-05T21:00:17","slug":"beattys-ford","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/community\/under-lkn\/beattys-ford","title":{"rendered":"Beatty&#8217;s Ford (Under Lake Norman)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 1749, John Beatty crossed the Catawba at a site that became known as Beatty\u2019s Ford. Beatty, an early landowner Scots-Irish pioneer, is one of the first white settlers to cross to the western side of the Catawba River. Beatties Ford Road, Beatty\u2019s Ford Park, and Beatties Ford Bridge (now under Lake Norman) are all named for John Beatty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location (approximate):<\/strong> 35.4823, -80.9476<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong><br \/>\nHarkey, W. Hugh. 1991. Tales from the Hornet&#8217;s Nest. Hornet&#8217;s Nest Productions, Charlotte, NC.<\/p>\n<p>Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation. nd. \u201cEarly History of the Catawba-Wateree River\u201d Available: http:\/\/www.catawbariverkeeper.org\/about-the-catawba\/history-of-the-catawba-wateree-river <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1749, John Beatty crossed the Catawba at a site that became known as Beatty\u2019s Ford. Beatty, an early landowner Scots-Irish pioneer, is one of the first white settlers to cross to the western side of the Catawba River. Beatties Ford Road, Beatty\u2019s Ford Park, and Beatties Ford Bridge (now under Lake Norman) are all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"parent":8359,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8412"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8412\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}