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by Lacey Eibert Keigley | January 11, 2016

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 Rest in South Carolina. Wouldn’t a mountain like that belong, instead, somewhere in