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First envisioned in Atlanta, Georgia, by members of the Southern Textile Association (STA), the Southern Textile Exposition invited local textile…

Southern Wesleyan University (SWU) is a private Christian liberal arts institution located in the town of Central in Pickens County.…

oil on canvas

An important cash crop widely grown in South Carolina, soybeans were first cultivated as a soil builder and animal fodder.…

On a monument at the tip of Parris Island, a tile plaque proclaims, “Aquí estuvo España” (“Here was Spain”). The…

Chart showing mortality from the 1918 influenza pandemic in the US and Europe.

Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) is a gray treeborne epiphyte native to the coastal plain of the southeastern United States. As…

Organized in 1888 by the industrialist John H. Montgomery, the home builder W. C. Burnett, and other upcountry business leaders,…

(Spartanburg County; 2020 pop. 37,317). The town of Spartanburg was incorporated in 1831, its name originating from a local Revolutionary…

Spartanburg City Hall in 1945. This building was constructed on Broad Street where today's City Hall is located. The building was demolished in the late 1950s.

(811 sq. miles; 2020 pop. 326,205). Spartanburg County is located in the northwestern section of South Carolina in the foothills…

Located on South Spring Street in Spartanburg, the Spartanburg County Museum of Art was founded in 1907 with the acquisition…