A Southern experience during the Depression: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina : 2002 Dec. ; [typescript] / Jenifer Powers.

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A Southern experience during the Depression: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina : 2002 Dec. ; [typescript] / Jenifer Powers.

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Historical sketch of the discssing transitional period when this area began to change from an economy based on farming and turpentine production to tourism, due to developers such as Franklin Burroughs, the Woodside family, wealthy families from the Northeast, and others, as well as state and Federal programs such as the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC).

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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