Spools & Widgets

March 5, 2020

Completion of Greenville Textile Heritage Park closer to reality with $30,000 grant

The following content was provided by WSPA’s Livin’ Upstate. The completion of Greenville Textile Heritage Park is one step closer to reality with the receipt of a $30,000 grant from The John I. Smith Charities. The grant will go toward construction of the Textile Heritage Museum at the…

Preserving and promoting Piedmont, SC

After 100 years, Shoeless Joe Jackson remains one of baseball’s greats

Shoeless Joe Jackson Museum to close Dec. 7 ahead of move, expansion

A Textile Art Gallery by Edith McBee Hardaway

The Story of Alice Manufacturing Company

The Story of William Gregg and the Graniteville Mill

The Story of Ellison A. Smyth and Pelzer Manufacturing

The Story of SC’s Textile Past Through Images

December 16, 2019

The Story of Oscar Sampson and the Camperdown Mill

Born in Massachusetts in 1829, Oscar Sampson was a descendant of Mayflower passengers. Sampson grew to become a very prominent businessman in Boston. He served as a director on multiple boards, including Boston’s Merchant Association and The Cotton and Woolen Manufacturer Mutual Insurance Company. While living in Boston in the 1860s, Sampson, along with George […]

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January 11, 2021

Two from Clemson University honored among nation’s Black engineering leaders

As a youth growing up in southern Maryland, Oliver Myers would lose himself in science fiction and wonder if he could build an X-wing fighter or create a force field like the one that protected the U.S.S. Enterprise. Wysheka Austin was a student at Easley High School…

November 29, 2020