The year 1957 brought change to Mooresville and southern Iredell County, and that change arrived in trucks.
Gill Wylie, and William States Lee Jr., had the end goal of harnessing the energy of the Catawba River to provide.
That project, envisioned by James Buchanan Duke, Dr.
Bright yellow ones from the Duke Power Company brought earth-moving machines to clear the Catawba River bottomland.
Big white ones flashed the logo of Burlington Industries, the new owners of the Mooresville Cotton Mills.
The year 1957 brought change to Mooresville and southern Iredell County, and that change arrived in trucks