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Gowensville native headed Clemson engineering department

Dr. Samuel B. Earle headed  the Clemson engineering department served as acting president twice Dr. Samuel Broadus “Sam” Earle was born in Gowensville in 1878. ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Tuesday, June 24, 2014 10:00 pm

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Benjamin Perry Robertson was outstanding preacher and educator

Benjamin Perry Robertson, the son of William Davis and Marina Westmoreland Robertson, was born in the family home on the Old State Road near Mount ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Monday, June 9, 2014 10:00 pm

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Moonshine with herbs cured pellagra

In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, pellagra (a severe Vitamin B3, or niacin, deficiency) was very common among poor Americans whose diets included an ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Tuesday, April 22, 2014 10:00 pm

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Reuben Gosnell U.S. Marshall

Reuben Gosnell, U.S. Marshall and a ubiquitous revenuer. The last thirteen years prior to his retirement, Reuben Gosnell served as a U.S. Marshall, having received ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Tuesday, April 8, 2014 4:51 pm

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‘Lorena’ best loved ballad by Dixie boys in War Between the States

Walking from my car to the Wells Fargo branch in Landrum, I was startled by a chiding voice that said “You haven’t included any Rebel ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Tuesday, March 25, 2014 6:20 pm

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Mystery of what spooked horses never solved

There was a spot on Highway 14 (the old Rutherford Road, named for General Griffith Rutherford who fought in the Battle of Kings Mountain) on ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Wednesday, March 12, 2014 6:24 pm

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Earliest Scots-Irish families to the Dark Corner

“I finally got to see your Dark Corner documentary during the Christmas holiday,” said a friend from Piedmont, “and learned a lot of things I ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Tuesday, January 7, 2014 6:35 pm

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A Dark Corner mystery: who killed J.L. Henson?

While recently touring a former resident of the Dark Corner, who had not visited the area in more than 50 years, he was reminded of ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Monday, December 23, 2013 6:18 pm

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‘Old Shep’ a favorite animal ballad of the Dark Corner

“I have thoroughly enjoyed your CD of Twice-sung Ballads that is bound-in with your new book, Twice-told Tales of the Dark Corner,” my neighbor said ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Tuesday, December 10, 2013 7:45 pm

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When Alex’s rubber tired wagon was a runaway

In the early fall of 1944, I had just celebrated my 10th birthday. It was the third year of fighting on both German and Japanese ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Wednesday, September 25, 2013 9:18 am

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