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The colorful history of Glenn Springs, South Carolina, 19th century healing springs and summer resort
Passing through the hamlet of Glenn Springs in rural Spartanburg, S.C., today, few would suppose that this remote crossroads was once a thriving hotspot of the summer season in 19th century South Carolina. From 1825 when John B. Glenn opened … Continue reading
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Professor Lowe’s 1861 Balloon Voyage to Union, S.C.
Eight days after the first shots of the Civil War were fired, Professor Thaddeus Lowe, a self taught scientist conducting ground breaking work in the field of aeronautics, embarked on a 500 mile hot air balloon voyage from Cincinnati, Ohio. … Continue reading
Smoke, Smoke, Smoke that Cigarette!
This fun cigarette advertising campaign for Sovereign Cigarettes, which personified a cigarette as a southern child of good breeding and manners, appeared in the Watchman and Southron (Sumter, S.C.) newspaper in January and February 1917. He’s a darling little fellow, … Continue reading
The 1903 Tillman-Gonzales Affair: South Carolina’s “Crime of the Century”
In the shadow of the South Carolina State House stands a monument. Most that pass it each day on this busy street corner in Columbia are perhaps unaware for whom the monument was erected more than a century ago or … Continue reading
“Chronicles of the Electric City” A brief history of the Anderson Intelligencer
Craig Keeney, Published Materials Cataloger at the South Caroliniana Library here at USC and one of our Principal Investigators of the SCDNP, has composed fascinating essays about each of the South Carolina newspapers digitized in Chronicling America. These essays or … Continue reading
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One Hundred Years Hence: 1911′s futuristic vision of the year 2011
Here’s a fun futuristic article published in 1911, titled One Hundred Years Hence, imagining what life might be like in the year 2011. The future is set on February 1, 2011, today’s date! You can click here to read the … Continue reading
Acting Bears, Sacred Bulls, Performing Dogs… the Big Top is Arriving Soon.
Here in 21st century Columbia, the circus will be passing through town soon. Some of the earliest pictorial advertisements in post-bellum South Carolina newspapers are advertisements for the circus. Below are examples of fanciful circus advertisements printed in the Columbia … Continue reading
"Come bring with a noise my merry merry boys the Christmas log to the firing…"
A search for “Christmas” brings up a lot of gems worth reading in SC newspapers on Chronicling America. To search for yourself, you can go to the Search Newspaper Pages at http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/pages/. The following is an excerpt of a fun … Continue reading
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"Our city shall spring from her ashes." A brief history of the Columbia Phoenix.
Craig Keeney, Published Materials Cataloger at the South Caroliniana Library here at USC and one of our Principal Investigators of the SCDNP, has composed several fascinating essays about each of the South Carolina newspapers digitized in Chronicling America. These essays … Continue reading
Madame Sosnowski, noteworthy citizen of Columbia, South Carolina
While reading the Columbia Phoenix online in Chronicling America, I ran across a brief article printed on March 28, 1865. The editors of the Phoenix wished to make quite clear that a highly regarded citizen of Columbia had NOT followed … Continue reading
Sack and Destruction of Columbia
Read William Gilmore Simm’s vivid account of the sack and destruction of Columbia by General Sherman’s army. Readers will find the commentary on saving the South Caroliniana Library and other buildings on the Horseshoe of particular interest. To read the … Continue reading