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A German family settles in Walhalla

The Keil Farm symbolizes the role that a German immigrant family played in the settlement & development of Walhalla and Oconee County in SC.

Anderson, SC was the first city in the United States to have a continuous supply of electric power thanks to native son William C. Whitner.

The pack was expensive at 20 cents, but you got the first menthol-infused cigarette, ancestor to “Kool” & “Salem.” Why was it called “Spud?”

New ownership launched an aggressive advertising campaign, and made Ruby Falls into one of Chattanooga’s major tourist attractions.

Legend says Trahlyta’s tribe, on Cedar Mountain, knew the secret of the magic springs of eternal youth from the Witch of Cedar Mountain.