South Carolina Archives - Page 6 of 10

June 2, 2017 Cotton mills / South Carolina

All the adornments that taste and money can afford

Walter Gassaway became Greenville’s most successful stock speculator in the 1920s. His mansion’s still the largest house in the Upstate.

Hauling the last shipment of Confederate gold

The Blue Ridge Rail Road was called the Old Blunder Buss in those days, and the people seemed not to realize the importance and the great future of the railroads

March 21, 2017 Houses of worship / South Carolina

There is no more sacred spot in upper South Carolina

The old church has stood for more than a century and a quarter, and its gray walls have recorded the hardships of the sturdy pioneers and the march of progress.