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Twice Told – Dean Campbell
Rest of story on Butter Street
Thanks to Mrs. Libby Loftis Vatalaro of Landrum, the saga of Miss Jane Turner’s produce route being the impetus for the naming of Butter Street ... Read more
Favorite ballad in Dark Corner
Ballads covered every subject, including incarceration. A favorite ballad in the Dark Corner was not written about life in the region. Its popularity here came ... Read more
Warrant serving sometimes met with ambush
Even though Greenville County High Sheriff P.D. Gilreath had an excellent rapport with most of the mountain people in the Dark Corner (he did not ... Read more
Paneuma Barton of Glassy Mountain gave her life to China
Barton families were among the first to settle the Glassy Mountain area, once land grants to former Revolutionary War soldiers began in 1784. Paneuma Barton’s ... Read more
Ghostly music from a stringless banjo, a favorite ghost story
Another favorite ghost story told by Scout Executive Lawrence L. Stanley during Wednesday night campfires at Camp Old Indian was The Ghost that played “Sourwood ... Read more
