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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Piedmont_Railroad
The Carolina Piedmont Railroad runs from Laurens SC, to Greenville SC it began as the Greenville and Laurens Railroad, which was chartered in 1878 and arrived in Greenville in 1882.
In 1896 it became (through merger) The Charleston and Western Carolina (which never reached Charleston), bought by Atlantic Coast Lines in 1897, but it continued to operate under the C&WC name. through a series of merges ACL became part of CSX and CSX to sold the portion from Laurens to a point short of downtown Greenville to the Carolina Piedmont Railroad on November 5, 1990.
In early February, we spent the afternoon walking through Piedmont Park. While a park, we were struck by the number of signs that have been installed proclaiming certain activities prohibited, discouraging people from actually using he park. We wondered what the point was - to perserve a manicured landscape for looking at, or for people to actually enjoy? It appears the Park Nazis are winning.
The NEW Country Walkers' Piedmont trip departs September and October. A self-guided tour is also available May - October.
www.countrywalkers.com/Find+a+Walking+Tour/By+Destination...
Here's just a random picture from Piedmont Park from April 8th during the Dogwood Festival. There was absolutely terrific artwork for sale and it was quiet after the storm early in the morning.
I had plans to feature this storefront in an animated film I was going to make when I first moved up here 25 years ago... This is one of the few things from that time that still exists much like it was when I got here.
In early February, we spent the afternoon walking through Piedmont Park. While a park, we were struck by the number of signs that have been installed proclaiming certain activities prohibited, discouraging people from actually using he park. We wondered what the point was - to perserve a manicured landscape for looking at, or for people to actually enjoy? It appears the Park Nazis are winning.