Category: History & Stories

This Beautiful, Historic Home Started as a Simple Log Cabin

  When John Walker entered Presbyterian College, his advisor gave him an aptitude test to help him figure…

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Wildcat Wayside: What the Ultimate Rest Stop Should Be

Today, if you want to take a quick rest on a car journey, you can pull off to…

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Penny Forrester Finds Her History Among the Graves

“Be prepared to discover some things that could shock you — and not in a good way. Face…

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Have You Heard These Funny Phrases in Travelers Rest?

The often colorful Scots-Irish descendants who live in northern Greenville County today — located at the end of…

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Travelers Rest: Still the Perfect Name for This Charming Town

You hear that name? Travelers. Rest. It’s like a command and an invitation. And those of us lucky…

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Jones Gap and the (Literal) Trailblazer It’s Named After

What do a hatchet, a pig, and a toll road have in common? Jones Gap State Park, of…

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We’ll Sled on Anything When it Actually Snows in Travelers Rest

Sam Benson didn’t miss a day of school his senior year at Travelers Rest High in 1960, even…

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Do You Know These 10 Facts about Campbell’s Covered Bridge?

It’s one of the only remaining covered bridges in America. And Travel and Leisure calls it one of…

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Paris Mountain and the ‘Scoundrel’ Who Named It

You may wonder why a mountain called Paris Mountain casts its shadow on the small town of Travelers…

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This Railroad ‘Junker’ Can’t Even Count Everything in His Collection

“I collect railroad junk. I study railroad junk and then write magazine articles about railroad junk,” says Raymond…

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The First People Who Ever Saw Greenville County

They set foot on modern-day Greenville County before anyone else. They were the first to hunt here, the…

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Do You Believe These Haunted Tales About Poinsett Bridge?

Strange things happen at Poinsett Bridge in Travelers Rest, S.C., once dark settles in. Do you want an…

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