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Deputy Pralo Wood endured wife’s tragic murder

Thornton Pralo Wood was a Tigerville native who served as deputy sheriff of Greenville County in the Dark Corner area for 28 years. For a ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Tuesday, March 8, 2016 10:00 pm

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“Frankie and Johnny” based on an actual murder

The traditional American popular song, “Frankie and Johnny,” tells of a woman named Frankie who finds that her man, Johnny, was making love to another ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Tuesday, February 23, 2016 10:00 pm

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Patrolman Anthony killed while transporting prisoners

Two incidents of deputies being killed during the transport of prisoners have been covered in previous tales. A South Carolina Highway Patrolman, Fulton H. Anthony, ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Tuesday, February 9, 2016 10:00 pm

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Tippin’s blackberry wine versus the Corner’s peach brandy

On Valentine’s Day in February, 2016, Stonehaus Winery of Crossville, Tenn., located on top of the state’s Cumberland Plateau, is introducing Aaron Tippin Country Jam, ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Tuesday, January 26, 2016 10:00 pm

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Deputy Frank Reid was a family man

Frank Reid was a Gowensville native who served as Deputy Sheriff of Greenville County in the Dark Corner area. He partnered for a number of ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Tuesday, January 12, 2016 10:00 pm

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Recalling older Dark Corner Christmas superstitions

Before soldiers returned to the mountains of North and South Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky after World War I, and related how Christmases were celebrated in ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Tuesday, December 22, 2015 10:00 pm

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Glassy Mountain could have been a Birmingham

“Enjoyed your recent article about gold ore in the Dark Corner,” said an unknown truck driver leaving the Ingles parking lot. “Any other kind of ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Tuesday, December 8, 2015 6:52 pm

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Attorney John D. Lanford became a centenarian

John D. Lanford, the son of William L. and Sarah Mitchell Lanford, was born in Gowensville on Nov. 4, 1880. He studied in the public ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Tuesday, November 10, 2015 5:12 pm

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‘Keep on the sunny side of life’

A song written in 1899 eventually became the radio theme song for the popular Carter Family. It was one with an uplifting nature—“Keep On the ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Wednesday, October 28, 2015 9:25 pm

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Gold first discovered in Greenville County in 1802

From the time gold was first discovered in Greenville County in 1802, every so often folks in the Dark Corner would hear reports of someone ... Read more