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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, ...
Columnists
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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