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Saluda RR tunnell

March 8, 2021 james metcalf
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Captain Charles Pearson during the Civil War ,later laid out the Saluda Mountain Railroad

March 8, 2021 james metcalf
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The Saluda Seminary Ryder Hall Dormitory

March 8, 2021 james metcalf
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The old Teepee drive -in Bird Mountain hwy 176 NC/SC line

March 8, 2021 james metcalf
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William Washington Gibbs -last surviving Polk UNION veteran

March 8, 2021 james metcalf
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Saluda in the 1950'S

February 4, 2021 james metcalf
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Rev TR Ruppe ,county treasurer ,pastor of Big Level Baptist ,Leader in the Polk temperance movement in the early 20th Century and confederate veteran

February 4, 2021 james metcalf
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Martin Cornwell ,Polk's last surviving Confederate ,who enlisted in 1862 with the Tryon Mountain boys co i of the 54th nc ,died in 1942 99 years old

February 4, 2021 james metcalf
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James Hall of Tryon in a military Hospital in England DURING WW1

February 4, 2021 james metcalf
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BATTLE OF HOWARDS GAP ,APRIL 22 1865

January 26, 2021 james metcalf
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