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Dark Corner kids make first visit to ‘outside world’
On December 17, 1936, a group of 23 students from Mountain Hill School on top of Glassy Mountain ... Read more
Author: Dean Campbell - Page 4 | The Tryon Daily Bulletin
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A primer on Dark Corner’s large recognizable rocks
When conducting tours around the Dark Corner, the south range of mountains from Glassy Mountain on the west ... Read more
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‘Three Nights Drunk’ was easily remembered, sung
A favorite, nonsensical and somewhat bawdy ballad sung often in the Dark Corner was called “Three Nights Drunk.” ... Read more
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Jim Tankersley, River Falls resident and revenuer
The Tankersleys of the River Falls area were known to produce some good tasting moonshine in the 19th ... Read more
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A simple robbery trial was not so simple
Not much changes in the justice system, it seems, if one considers what occurred in the Dark Corner ... Read more
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William Gilmore Simms researched the Dark Corner area
William Gilmore Simms, the antebellum author of essays, poems and novels—and the author of History of South Carolina, ... Read more
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Tragic killing of a 39-year-old grandfather
Thirty-nine years, one month and 25 days after his birth on August 12, 1888, the life of George ... Read more
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‘Sing Me Back Home’ resonated with everyone
When Merle Haggard died on his 79th birthday on April 6, many Dark Corner residents (along with millions ... Read more
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Gowensville had own post office for almost a century
The first post office called Gowensville was established in 1803 within a store owned and operated by Major ... Read more
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Bud Morgan last person from Dark Corner to be hanged
Public executions by hanging, a barbaric practice which always morbidly attracted large gatherings of onlookers, came to an ... Read more
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