Pauline, Glenn-Springs, South Carolina

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[edit] Glenn Springs

The healing waters of the Glenn Springs, South Carolina were known around the country for over one hundred years. It was said that the waters would heal almost any illness. It is even said that the Indians came to the springs for its healing powers. In the late 1700's, the land around the springs was granted to a Henry Storey by the king. Even George Washington was said to have stopped there to try the waters on a trip to Georgia.

In 1825, John B. Glenn bought the land and opened an inn. The springs took its name from Mr. Glenn. His inn was so popular that in 1835 stock was sold to help build a large hotel on the land. The hotel was known for its elegance and comforts as well as its water. Small cabins and a bottling facility were also built around the inn. The bottles water was even kept in the cloak rooms of many congressmen until the 1940's when the hotel burned. Unfortunately, it was never rebuilt. At one point near the turn of the century, there was even a railroad that took patrons from Roebuck, then called Becka, to the inn.

Today, all that is left is a few ruins of the elegance that once graced southern Spartanburg County. The Calvary Episcopal Church, and the Zimmerman house are remnants of such elegance as they both demonstrate grace and style of that time period in their architecture.

[edit] Pauline

The little community of Pauline, South Carolina once saw soldiers marching part of the American Revolution as well as World War II. During the Revolutionary War, soldiers from both sides marched along the red clay roads to battles through Pauline. Sanford and William Smith operated a gun factory along the Dutchman Creek. Some 130 years later, soldiers training for World War II were stationed at Camp Croft trained in the woods near the quiet farming community.

Until the 1890s, Pauline was known as Stribling. The community took the name Pauline when it was time to name a post office. Because the name Stribling was already taken, the name Pauline was selected. Pauline was the first name of the post-master at the time, who was, one of Dr. Samuel Lancaster's daughters.

Many of the buildings that were around in Dr. Lancaster's time are gone, some landmarks still remain. Dr. Lancaster's house, Morrow's Store, Philadelphia Baptist Church, and a few old farm houses are left as reminders to the swiftly growing area of times past when horses and Model T Fords roamed the beautiful countryside.