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Centenarian ‘Billy’ Center… a mild mannered distiller

William Perry “Billy” Center, born Jan. 8, 1875, near the Glassy Mountain Baptist Church, was the son of ... Read more

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Twice Told Tale

‘Will the circle be unbroken’ ballad Ada R. Habershon wrote a Christian hymn in 1907, with music by ... Read more

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Double murder of Will Center, Harrison Fricks

Twice-told Tale BY Dean Campbell On the early evening of June 19, 1938, three Greenville County deputies—H.C. Harrison, ... Read more

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Poinsett Bridge has been doubly ‘haunted’

Twice Told Tale, By Dean Campbell Poinsett Bridge, South Carolina’s oldest standing bridge on present-day Callahan Mountain Road, ... Read more

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Marine’s message from Afghanistan

Modern-day YouTube.com is filled with thousands of human interest stories that can evoke hundreds of emotions (unfortunately along ... Read more

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The Block House…a major stopover for drovers

A major friendship treaty in 1755 between the South Carolina Colony and the Cherokee Nation established the Old ... Read more

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Dr. Joseph Baylis Earle…outstanding Gowensville native

The third child of Dr. Thomas J. and Jane Kennedy Earle, Joseph Baylis, was born in Gowensville on ... Read more

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Two WWI casualties occurred in the Dark Corner

Far removed from the war zones of Europe, two World War I casualties—one military and one day-old baby ... Read more

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The ‘Black Sentinel’ would run to Fort Gowens for protection

One of the amusing tales that was told and retold in Revolutionary times and years afterward in ... Read more

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Red River Valley a favorite ballad

Cowboy ballads were especially well liked by Dark Corner residents. The independent spirit of the man on horseback ... Read more