Description: Hidden History of Aiken County, South Carolina, Hidden History, Paperback Situated between the mountains and the coast, Aiken County attracted ailing members of the southern planter class once the railroad from Charleston to Hamburg was completed in 1833. After the Civil War, grand hotels and sporting activities drew wealthy northern capitalists south for the winter here. A third era of prosperity came in the 1950s, when the Cold War prompted the construction of a nuclear reservation. Local author Tom Mack uncovers the lesser-known stories behind the major events that shaped the area's colorful past. Meet inventor James Legare, political insider George Croft and singing sensation Arthur Lee Simpkins. Learn about the controversial Graniteville murder of 1876 and how an abdicated king found solace in Aiken in 1936. And discover so many more interesting stories.
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Location: Columbia, South Carolina
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Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9781609496906
Book Title: Hidden History of Aiken County
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Tom Mack
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, FL, GA, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), General, Pictorials (See Also Photography / Subjects & Themes / Regional)
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2012
Genre: Photography, Biography & Autobiography, Travel, History
Item Weight: 7.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
