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By Cherokee Historical and Preservation Society

located simply south of the Carolina border within the scenic foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, Cherokee County deals the appeal of small-town lifestyles and state residing with the ease of close by metropolitan parts. In 1897, the yr of its founding, the county inherited a wealthy background that started with the Cherokee Indians. domestic to 2 American progressive warfare websites, Cowpens nationwide Battlefield and Kings Mountain army Park, in addition to the Overmountain Victory nationwide path, it exists as a bevy of old websites that date prior to the county used to be established.

Cherokee County can pay tribute to this community's decisive historical past and celebrates the neighborhood structure, enterprise institutions, and citizens, either earlier and current. historical perspectives, coupled with informative textual content, spotlight the 1914 Carnegie Library, the fascinating railroad depot, the Limestone Quarry, and development of the towering smokestack of Gaffney production corporation. classic photos depict downtown Gaffney, settled virtually a century earlier than Cherokee County turned a political entity, and historical Blacksburg, referred to as Black Station earlier than 1888, whereas bringing to existence the evolution of the 1845 Limestone Springs woman highschool into the state's renowned Limestone collage of today.

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