Author: Jason Greer
Spring Park Inn

The Spring Park Inn – Its History & Future

At the beginning of 2021, Travelers Rest was given perhaps one of its greatest gifts ever, and while…

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Echo Valley Amusement Park: A Look Back

Summer road trips, roadside attractions, and the great goal of a lot of kids, the amusement park, have…

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Pleasant Ridge Park: Refuge and Recreation for Our Community

Twelve miles north of downtown Travelers Rest lies about 300 acres of quiet, rolling woodlands. Here is Pleasant…

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Sassafras Tower – the New High Point of South Carolina

Sassafras Mountain is 3,553 feet of Blue Ridge mountain high. That is just about exactly 2/3rds of a…

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Dicey Langston Springfield Statue – Inspiring the Way for Travelers Rest’s Future

  Courageous. Heroic. A daughter. A mother. An entrepreneur. An American Patriot. These are all ways to describe…

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Tall Pines – Conserved and Preserved for Recreation and Relaxation

  Just south of Highway 11/ 276, about 12 miles from the center of Travelers Rest is an…

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Past and Present Characters – Making New Stories with Catherine Labadie 

  In recent years, Travelers Rest has attracted innovators and entrepreneurs. In many cases, fired up by enthusiasm,…

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Movie Magic Came to Travelers Rest – 100 Years Ago

More than 100 years ago, Travelers Rest experienced one of its biggest event in its history to that…

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White Horse Inn: Early Travels in Northern Greenville

Travelers Rest and the foothills in northern Greenville have been destinations and way-stations for the weary long before…

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Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve: A Deep, Well Cared for Forest

Our state parks near Travelers Rest are well loved and do bring in folks to the outdoors from…

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Prisma Health Swamp Rabbit 5K: TR’s Biggest Night of the Year

  The first Friday in May means warmer days and the anticipation of summer to come. In Travelers…

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Camp Wing, Travelers Rest and a 100 Years Since the Boys Were Sent Over There

In the spring of 1918, if you had been able to travel along Main Street, Travelers Rest was…

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