Spartanburg

Spartanburg County Courthouse | History Of SC Slide Collection

Episode 1

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Spartanburg County was created out of the old Ninety Six District in 1785, but there were settlements in the area as early as 1761, primarily of Scotch-Irish from Pennsylvania and Virginia. Known only...

Morgan Square, In Spartanburg, 1907 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Morgan Square, Spartanburg, showing the Confederate monument and City Hall around 1907. First known as "Public Square," it was created in 1787 as a public pasture, and renamed after a statue of...

Morgan Square, In Spartanburg, 1939 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Morgan Square, Spartanburg, as it appeared in 1939. Alfred T. Willis, photographer. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.