Appalachian Lumber Company [Pickens County, S.C.] ; 1987-1989.

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Appalachian Lumber Company [Pickens County, S.C.] ; 1987-1989.

Collection of newspaper articles published in Pickens Sentinel, ca. 1987-1988, concerning aspects of local history, chiefly the timber industry in Pickens County, S.C., beginning ca. 1927; topics include logging railroads; pace of labor; life of the lumber workers; operation of stills and production of "bootleg moonshine" alcohol; and description of extinct town of Nimmons, S.C. Other topics include creation of Pickens and Oconee as separate counties and claim for "fifty-first state of Pickens"; and colonial-era relations with Cherokee Indians and construction of Fort Prince George on the Keowee River.

1 folder (32 p.) : ill. ; 28 cm.

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Resident of Pickens, S.C.; general superintendant, 1940-1960, for Poinsett Lumber Manufacturing Co., Singer Division. From the description of Appalachian Lumber Company [Pickens County, S.C.] ; 1987-1989. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 39731582 ...

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