Greer: From Cotton Town to Industrial Center (SC) (Making of America)
Book Details
Author(s)
Ray Belcher, Joada P. Hiatt
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
ISBN / ASIN
0738524204
ISBN-13
9780738524207
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#3,495,427
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Description
Originating as GreerÃs Station, a burgeoning settlement on the edge of an antebellum plantation, Greer prospered as a link in the cotton belt of the South. Agricultural hub and industrial powerhouse, the town flourished along the railroad and gained prominence as a bustling trading post. Greer has braved market manipulation, commercial competition, and agricultural decimation, but strives even today to preserve the continuity of its community identity. ÃÃ
