Hidden History of Aiken County
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Hidden History of Aiken County

  1. 128 pages
  2. English
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Hidden History of Aiken County

About this book

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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Information

Publisher
The History Press
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9781609496906
eBook ISBN
9781614237365
Topic
History
Subtopic
North American History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction
  8. 1. 1540: Hernando de Soto Crosses the River
  9. 2. 1663ā€“1783: Triple Betrayal Marks Native American Residency During Colonial Period
  10. 3. 1821: From Rags to Riches to Rags: Henry Shultz Follows a Dream
  11. 4. 1833: The Railroad Comes to Town
  12. 5. 1836: Most Edgefield Pottery Was Made in What is Now Aiken County
  13. 6. 1843: Sex Scandal Rocks the Stateā€™s Power Elite
  14. 7. 1845: William Gregg Builds a Factory of Granite
  15. 8. 1846: Aikenite Invents Plastic Cotton
  16. 9. 1853: County Offers Sanctuary to Nineteenth-Century Botanist
  17. 10. 1865: Two Principal Adversaries at the Battle of Aiken Were ā€œFrenemiesā€
  18. 11. 1865: Civil War Memoirist Calls Aiken His Home
  19. 12. 1868: Quaker Spinster Becomes Important Civil Rights Advocate
  20. 13. 1870: Croft Leaves His Stamp on His Adopted Community
  21. 14. 1876: Graniteville Murder Remains Subject of Abiding Controversy
  22. 15. 1876: Massacre and Riots Mark Reconstruction Politics in Aiken County
  23. 16. 1887: The ā€œAiken Gamecockā€ Points the Way to the Stateā€™s Constitutional Convention
  24. 17. 1900: Aiken Launches Career of Nationā€™s ā€œAssistant Presidentā€
  25. 18. 1906: James U. Jackson Revisits the Dream of a Town on the River
  26. 19. 1910: Aiken Mansion Boasts Two Significant Literary Links
  27. 20. 1912: Aiken Has Ties to Titanic Tragedy
  28. 21. 1918: Aiken Retains Tangible Links to Presidential Love Triangle
  29. 22. 1932: ā€œThe Black Carusoā€ Gets His Start at Palmetto Park and Pond
  30. 23. 1933: Fred Astaire Makes Aiken His Winter Home
  31. 24. 1936: Abdicated King Finds Solace in Aiken
  32. 25. 1943ā€“46: German P.O.W. Camp Bears Witness to Daring Escape and Brutal Murder
  33. 26. 1951: Aiken County Revives the Political Ambitions of Strom Thurmond
  34. 27. 1952: Residents of Ellenton Become H-Bombā€™s First Victims
  35. 28. 1989: Joye to Juilliard: A Grand Aiken Home Has a Second (and Third) Life
  36. Bibliography
  37. About the Author