Echo Valley Theme Park operated in Cleveland, South Carolina, in northern Greenville County, from 1964 to 1968. In late 1963, Harry Stewart, one of the founders of Ghost Town in the Sky in Maggie Valley, North Carolina, approached local businessmen about opening a western theme park similar to Ghost Town. According to travelersresthere, the park…
Remembering The Halloween Hurricane
In 1899, people along the eastern side of North and South Carolina received a scare when the Halloween Hurricane made landfall near Garden City, South Carolina, on October 31. The storm was classified as a Category Two hurricane, and to date, it remains the only one to have made landfall in South Carolina after October…
The 1934 Chiquola Mill Massacre
The Chiquola Mill Massacre, also known as Bloody Thursday, occurred on September 6, 1934, in Honea Path, South Carolina. During a textile workers’ strike, seven striking workers were killed and at least 30 others were injured when Dan Beacham, the mayor and magistrate in the small town, ordered armed townsmen, deputized by him, to fire…