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Northern sky over Dark Corner was spectacular in 1839

The 60th tale in this Twice-told series was about the much-anticipated full eclipse of the sun that occurred ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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.” ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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, ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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