2024 fall trip – part 2: Kalmia Gardens was a lovely stop in Hartsville
When we looked at what to do around Hartsville, one of the highlights we read about was Kalmia Gardens, so off we went. Besides seeing this lovely garden area, we...
2024 fall trip – part 3: growth of cotton in South Carolina up to the Civil War
With a few days to explore this area of South Carolina before our granddaughter’s soccer game, we saw that the local town of Bishopville had a Cotton Museum. Since we...
2024 fall trip – part 4: growth of cotton in South Carolina after the Civil War to WWII
The Civil War changed our country dramatically. Within the textile industry, the North and South started to work together as inventions made processing cotton into cloth so much easier and...
2024 fall trip – part 5: growth of cotton in South Carolina after WWII
During WWII, more than 170,000 men and women from this state served in the armed forces; many were drafted away from their farms. Like every coin which has 2 sides,...
2024 fall trip – part 6: cotton facts that you probably didn’t know
At the Cotton Museum, we were given some handouts that included cotton details that we (and probably you) didn’t know. Often these handouts are for classes that come through the...