DS Legacy

43. Agricultural Production in Greenville County The state of South Carolina was primarily an agrarian region until late in the 19th century when the textile manufacturing industry began to move from New England to the South of the United States in search of cheaper labor. By mid-20th century, a banner on the side of a building in Greenville proudly proclaimed it to be "The Textile Capital of the World." But by late-20th century, the footloose textile industry was moving on to even cheaper labor in East and South Asia. In the wake of the departing textile industry, the "Upstate" of South Carolina suffered increasing unemployment. But recovery began as technologically advancing industries moved into the Upstate along the I-85 corridor between Atlanta and Charlotte to take advantage of the former textile labor force. By the early 21st century, the Upstate of South Carolina, including Greenville County, had become a hub for the manufacture of automobiles (BMW)...

Letters From Turkey, 1976 Louise W. Stanford INTRODUCTION The following document contains a journalistic account of our family's trip to Turkey in the fall of 1976. The beginning article is one that I wrote for an entry in Storyworth. The prompt was the question about the riskiest thing I've ever done. This account explains why we went to Turkey in the first place. After the article, there are copies of the letters I wrote home to my parents, along with some pictures of the places we went while in Turkey. It took forever for me to write all those letters. I had also written to the Stanfords, but we haven't come across their letters. We left home on Monday, August 16, and flew to Frankfurt, Germany, (by way of Chicago), for a few days of orientation. We arrived in Adana, Turkey on Thursday night, August 19 at 7:30PM. We left Adana on Monday, November 8, 1976 and arrived in Otterberg, Germany the next day. When we left Adana, we had to ...