Tag: mill town history
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Seen / Unseen Greenville: The 1946 Ideal Laundry Explosion — The Forgotten Explosion
The Map Beneath the Map is the historical spine of the Seen / Unseen Greenville project. It explores the idea that cities are layered — that modern Greenville was built on top of older systems, older neighborhoods, older conflicts, and older ways of life that still shape the city today, even when we no longer…
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Seen / Unseen Greenville: How Greenville Got Its Name
The The Simpsons takes place in a fictional town called Springfield. The name was chosen for a simple reason: there are so many Springfields across the United States that it could feel like anywhere. In that sense, Greenville isn’t all that different. There are Greenvilles in multiple states—North Carolina, Mississippi, Texas, and beyond. The name…
Frank M. Anderson's Writing 