Gaston County Public Library History

          1894

• Gastonians, encouraged by Rev. Fife, organized the first local Young Men's Christian Association. (Gaston Co. Public Library 1905-1981) (“History of the Gaston County Public Library” by Robert B. Riddle Jr. Gaston Co. Historical Bulletin, July 1961, Nov. ’61, Feb.’62) (GGZ, 20 April 1969)