Category: History & Stories

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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Haunted Hot Spots in the Upstate

  Story and Photos by Andrea Beam   Welcome to October, one of my favorite months of the…

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Tea, the Other Option: The Story of Table Rock Tea Company

  There’s a hot drink for these autumn mornings or breezy fall afternoons and its name is not…

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Flip Flops, Bags and the Southern Gent Behind Them Both

It was an ordinary day. If any day in the south can ever be described so nonchalantly. I’m…

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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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Travelers Rest … and then move faster

Written by Tim Davis   You’d think a place called Travelers Rest would be all about shade trees…

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Sister Act: Take Three

If you’ve been around Travelers Rest for a long time you may remember that Houze Mortuary was once…

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Sunex Tools: Local Brand, Global Impact

Mechanics across the country recognize the name, but maybe those of us living in the same town as…

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Sister Act: Take Two

Travelers Rest is well known for its family appeal, so it should come as no surprise that there…

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Sister Act: Take One

The idea of sisters teaming up always brings to mind Rosemary Clooney and Vera Ellen in “White Christmas.”…

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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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Camaraderie On and Off the Field: The Brothers Behind the Greenville FC

He was probably three years old when he already knew his life’s trajectory. Maybe at that point it…

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