Remembering Florence
Tales from a Railroad Town
Nonfiction, Travel, Pictorials, Art & Architecture, Photography, History
| Author: | Thom Anderson | ISBN: | 9781625843029 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. | Publication: | October 15, 2009 |
| Imprint: | The History Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Thom Anderson |
| ISBN: | 9781625843029 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. |
| Publication: | October 15, 2009 |
| Imprint: | The History Press |
| Language: | English |
For a town that once consisted of nothing more than a shed, a pine forest and a name, Florence, South Carolina, boasts a surprisingly rich history. From the ten foot bomb dropped on a Mars Bluff farm by apologetic Air Force pilots to a record-breaking seventeen-inch snowfall, this Pee Dee hub has seen plenty of extraordinary events and famous characters. Here, William Howard Taft enjoyed pine bark stew and Herbert Hoover visited Mikado Millie�a world champion cow known for her prolific milk-making. Longtime journalist Thom Anderson lovingly recalls these hometown tales collected over thirty years of writing columns for the Morning News.
For a town that once consisted of nothing more than a shed, a pine forest and a name, Florence, South Carolina, boasts a surprisingly rich history. From the ten foot bomb dropped on a Mars Bluff farm by apologetic Air Force pilots to a record-breaking seventeen-inch snowfall, this Pee Dee hub has seen plenty of extraordinary events and famous characters. Here, William Howard Taft enjoyed pine bark stew and Herbert Hoover visited Mikado Millie�a world champion cow known for her prolific milk-making. Longtime journalist Thom Anderson lovingly recalls these hometown tales collected over thirty years of writing columns for the Morning News.
