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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 made their first visit off the mountain ... Read more

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

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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 to Hogback Mountain on the east is ... Read more

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

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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.” Strangely enough, it was brought to America ... Read more

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

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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 and 20th centuries, but one of their ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Tuesday, June 21, 2016 10:00 pm

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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 in 1893 following a simple robbery. On ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Tuesday, June 7, 2016 10:00 pm

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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, used for decades as a textbook in ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Tuesday, May 24, 2016 10:00 pm

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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 Washington Campbell ended tragically in a short ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Wednesday, May 11, 2016 12:22 pm

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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 of Americans) felt a nostalgic tug much ... Read more

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

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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 John “Buck” Gowen, who had commanded the ... Read more

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

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Bud Morgan last person from Dark Corner to be hanged

Public executions by hanging, a barbaric practice which always morbidly attracted large gatherings of onlookers, came to an end in Greenville County on December 9, ... Read more