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Wood’s General Store
“Willie had groceries, Willie had clothes, back in the back was a pot-bellied stove. I used to think it was the fire that felt so warm, but it was friends and it was home. I sure do miss it since I’ve been gone. Sweet memory come and take me back once more to Willie’s Country Read more
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From Moonshining Family to the Pulpit: James “Jim” Howard
“…From that Piedmont belt, noted for producing moonshiners and Baptist preachers, came such esteemed and valuable men as Dean and Buford Crain and James Howard.” – Dr. David M. Ramsey Throughout its history, Tigerville and the rest of the “Dark Corner” of Greenville County had a bit of a reputation for moonshining. Corn grows well Read more
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Football Across A Century: A Look Back at North Greenville Football (1922-2022)
The Moonshiners: North Greenville Baptist Academy’s High School Team (1922-1929) 1922 marked the first year North Greenville Baptist Academy fielded a football team. During the first season of “Moonshiners” football, H.C. Hester was the school principal, Tigerville Baptist Church hadn’t been built yet, the campus only had a few buildings, and no one could imagine Read more
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Hugh Lafayette Brock: North Greenville High School’s First Principal
“Whatever estimate the church may place upon the different branches of her work, that of educating the young is second only to the preaching of the gospel. Like the work of the gospel, true education prepares the heart as well as the mind both for time and for eternity. It is far more important to Read more
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Built by Faith and Blood: North Greenville’s Second Administration Building
In the early 1900s, North Greenville was struggling financially. The trustees, risking their own financial future, kept the school doors open by co-signing mortgages on the property. They believed in the mission of North Greenville and they were willing to risk it all to save the little school on the hill. In 1905, the trustees Read more
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A Beginning Lost to Fire: North Greenville’s First Administration Building
North Greenville has had three administration buildings in its 130 history. Today, we will take a look at the very first one. When you walked up to the first administration building, you were met with porches that ran across the front and down the sides. As you walked in, you would see two rooms separated Read more
From These Roots 