Contents - Articles and Stories on this Website

The following stories are included on the Pacolet Memories site. They are all also listed as links in individual articles. However, this contents page shows links to all of the website stories in one place.

Pacolet Memories Home page
    Personal Connection to Pacolet
    My Work Biography

Recent Developments and News About Pacolet and This Website

Easy to Use 1940 Federal  Census for Pacolet

Easy to Use 1950 Federal  Census for Pacolet

Reference Books

THE PACOLET AREA MUSEUM

SHARE YOUR MEMORIES
    Janice Teaster Davis
    Dot Kirby Kimrey
    Jim Turner
        Biography
    Randy Mathis
    Reeves Dari Trete Drive In
    Joyce Harmon Garner
    Mary Littlejohn Knox
    Dennis Crocker
    James David Lambert
    William Leo Kirby
    Judge Robinette
    Doris Jones Hogan
    Hugh Jones
    Judge Bruce Littlejohn
    Ricky Smith

RICK ROWLAND'S ART ABOUT PACOLET

THE NEIGH NEWSPAPER

THE HISTORY OF THE PACOLET AREA
    GRINDAL SHOALS
    TOLLESON'S TAVERN
    GOLD RUSH
      Secret Pacolet Gold Mine
    THE SOAPSTONE QUARRIES
    HISTORIC ROADS
        How The Quarter Round Road Got Its Name

PACOLET HISTORY BOOKS PRODUCED BY THE CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE
    VOLUME 1
    VOLUME II

THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND THE PACOLET AND GLENDALE AREA
    Easterwood Ford
    Morgan and Grindal Shoals
    Armies Passing
    Fort Thicketty
         Story and Photos of Fort Thicketty
    The Ironworks at Glendale
    Cedar Springs
    Blackstocks
    Musgrove Mill
    Brandon's Camp
    Cowpens
        Morgan's March Re-enactment
    Kings Mountain
    The Camps
    Just Plain Murder

THE PACOLET RIVER
    THE BRIDGES
                    Building a Rail Road Bridge across the Pacolet River in 1909
    THE ISLAND
    BROWNS BRANCH AND BRIDGE
    Scenic River Proposal
    USDA Grant
    PART OF THE USDA PRELIMINARY FEASIBILTY STUDY REPORT
    Paddle the Pacolet

THE TOWNS AND THE GOVERNMENT

PACOLET  STATION
    THE RAILROAD
    PACOLET STATION POST OFFICES
    PACOLET HIGH SCHOOL AND OTHER PACOLET STATION SCHOOLS
    JACK CORN TRIBUTE
    ERNEST NUCKOLLS LITTLEJOHN - "UNCLE DOOLEY"
    NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT SCHOOL IN 1879
    HELP ESTABLISH A PACOLET HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIAL READING GARDEN
    LIST OF ALL THE GRADUATES OF PACOLET HIGH SCHOOL FROM 1929 - 1976
    PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE CLASSES AND MANY INDIVIDUALS OF PACOLET HIGH SCHOOL FROM 1929-1976
    LIST OF MOST OF THE FACULTY OF PACOLET HIGH SCHOOL FROM 1929-1976
    PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE FACULTY OF PACOLET HIGH SCHOOL FROM 1949 -1957
    PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE FACULTY OF PACOLET HIGH SCHOOL FROM 1958 -1976
    Pacolet High School Alma Mater and Thoughts on the School
    THE CANNERY AT PACOLET HIGH SCHOOL
    For the Class of 1955
   List of  1955 Class Members and Other Information
   1955 Tomahawk
   1955 Deceased Members
    School Annuals
        B.E. Mays 1964 Annual, The Panther
        Pacolet High School's First Annual, The 1949 Tomahawk
        Pacolet High School's Second Annual, The 1950 Tomahawk
        Pacolet High School's Third Annual, The 1951 Tomahawk
        B.E. Mays Consolidated 2011 Annual Part 1
        B.E. Mays Consolidated 2011 Annual Part 2
        B.E. Mays Consolidated 2011 Annual Part 3

    WHAT PACOLET STATION WAS LIKE IN THE PERIOD 1909-1915
    Anna Black Brook's Story of Pacolet History
    LIVING IN PACOLET STATION IN 1942
    WATER SYSTEM FOR TOWN
    MAPS OF PACOLET STATION

CENTRAL PACOLET
    MAPS OF CENTRAL PACOLET

PACOLET MILLS
        Business History of the Mill
        Cloth Making
        It Was So Complicated
        Child Labor
        It Was the Best Mill Village in the South?
        Pacolet Mills in Georgia
        1837 Newspaper Ads about Bivingsville (Glendale)
        Photographs of Mill No. 5.
      News Article from 1940
        New Mill Dam again used to make power
        Mayor Elaine Harris Passes Away

    THE PEOPLE
        THE FAMILIES
            Brown Family
                Reunion in 2022
                Family Genealogy
                Individual Stories
            Teaster Family
            Poole Family
                Map of Poole's Bend
        THE MILL WHISTLE AND THE PASSING GENERATIONS
        Many Grandparents
           
    THE HOUSES

    THE COAL PILE

    MARYSVILLE

    THE DUMMY
        THE DUMMY LINE CONTRACT
        The Dummy is Removed

    THE COMPANY PASTURE AND COW STALLS

    THE PACOLET FLOOD
        THE 1903 FLOOD
       The Great Freshet of 1903
        The Story of Mary Ernest Massey
      The Flood Monument
      Photos of Some of the Areas Around Present Day Converse Affected by the Flood
      Photos of Some of the Areas Around Present Day Clifton Affected by the Flood

    THE YMCA  (THE HALL)
        The Barber Shop
        The Skating Rink
        The Post Office
      The Pool Hall and Trophy Room
        The Gymnasium
      The Shower Area
        The Movie Theater
        The Drugstore
        The Company Store
        The Girl's Club

    THE FLAT AND THE CAFE

    TAXIS

    RECREATION
        River Activities
      Fox hunting
       Swimming Places
       Skate Wheel Wagons

    SWIMMING POOL
        Swimming Pool  Photos

    BOY SCOUTS
       Old Scout Hut
       Photos of Troop 317 at Camp Palmetto

      Group photo of Troop 317 about 1953

      More about Boy Scouts in Pacolet

      Eagle Scout List    

      Cub Scout Pack 290

    GIRL SCOUTS
        Mrs. Paige and Mrs. Wells attend National Girl Scout Conference in Boston in 1951
      Meeting of  District #3 Adult Leaders
        Members of troop see a demonstration of carding wool or cotton for spinning
      Exhibit of Troop 17 at the Spartanburg County Fair
       Troop performs a Flag Ceremony at the Baseball Park
      Members of the Girl Scout Troop in 1927 and other years
        Members of the troop present flowers to Miss Fuller
        Members go to Day Camp beside the River
        Troop Members go overnight camping in 1954
        Members work on a tree and conservation badge
        Members go on a five mile hike
        More Troop Activities
       

    DR. HILL AND THE CLINIC
        PHOTOS OF DR. HILL'S FAMILY AND EMPLOYEES 
        More photos and newspaper clippings about Dr. Hill
          
    MISS FULLER
        MISS FULLER A PACOLET LEGEND
        Miss Fuller's Collection of Pacolet Mills Death Reports
        MORE ABOUT MISS FULLER
       PACOLET SERVICE MEN'S NEWSLETTER

    MRS. CORRIE FERNANDEZ - NURSE

    THE DENTIST

    THE PACOLET MILLS SCHOOLS
        1939 Photos of the first and second grades at the Pacolet Mills Elementary School
        Spartanburg Herald Article about a show put on at the school ampitheater.

    BASEBALL AND THE BALL PARK
        Pacolet Baseball Teams
       The Baseball Park
        Tragedy at the Ballpark
      The Bases are Loaded - With Memories
        Spartanburg County Major Leaguers
            Ernie White
         George Banks.  
        Pacolet High School Baseball Teams

    THE HOTEL AND HOTEL HILL

    THE 4TH OF JULY BARBECUE
        July 4th Photos

SKYWRITING

    PACOLET MILLS'  SITES ON THE  NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES

    MAPS OF PACOLET MILLS

THE CHURCHES
        The Pacolet Methodist Church - 100 Years of Growth
        A TIGHTWAD CHRISTMAS
        Selling the Tightwad Book
 
PACOLET PLACE NAMES AND LOCATIONS

VETERANS - An attempt is being made to list every veteran that ever served from the Pacolet area.
    Partial Veterans List
    Memorial Register of Pacolet Veterans
     Additional Veteran's Information
    The Pacolet Robinson Family and its Remarkable Military Service
    Col. Roy Mathis Book About His Service in Vietnam
    Mr. Hugh Jones, Pacolet World War I Veteran

PACOLET NICKNAMES
    The list of Nicknames
    More Nickname Information

THE PACOLET FIRE DEPARTMENTS
    If Walls Could Talk
   Actual Fire Photos
   Generations Serve
    On to a Career
   More General Photos
   More Photos of Fire Dept. and Rescue Squad

THE PACOLET MILLS RESCUE SQUAD
    Heavy Rescue Competition

PHOTO ALBUMS RELATED TO PACOLET

A SAD DISCOVERY AND MYSTERY

Army National Guard Photo from Pacolet and Jonesville in 1961

AN UNUSUAL DRONE VIEW OF PACOLET MILLS

THE POLICE

THE  SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES
        ASBURY
            INTRODUCTION TO ASBURY
            GENEALOGY
        BURGESS TOWN
        CAN HOLLOW
        GOUCHER
            The Goucher Airplane Crash
            The Crash Mystery is Solved.
        HAMMETT GROVE
        HARVEY TOWN
        KEG TOWN
        PUMPKIN CENTER
            The Birth of Pumpkin Center
        WHITESTONE

WORLD WAR II
     POWS
    Lolace V. Cordray - A Prisoner of War in Germany   
    An Unusual Connection between Pacolet and Nazi Germany
    The Sullivan Family of Pacolet

CAMP CROFT
    Sgt. Robert P. Emerson
    Major Dick Winters
        WWII Hero Dies
    Post cards on Camp Croft

THE QUARRIES
    A satellite photo of the present quarry and the location of the old one
    Photos taken in the quarry

STORES AND COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS OF THE PACOLET AREA IN THE 1940'S AND 1950'S
    Brown’s Store 1
   Brown’s Store 2
    Reeves Ice Cream
    Jesse Glass Store
   Whitlock’s Store in Keg Town
    Roland R. Brown's Store - Gaffney Highway

Pacolet and the Outside World - Newspapers, Radio, TV, Telephones, Telegrams, Etc.

DO YOU KNOW?

THE PASSING OF MARY McKINNEY TEASTER

THE PASSING OF JAMES "PEE WEE" LAMBERT

 

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