Looking Back

This book consists of six sections: first feature stories about various local area people and places; second news stories; third sports stories; fourth a history of Oconee County government; fifth stories by Ashton Hester about his experiences with the US Army during the Vietnam War; and sixth week-to-week highlights from issues of the Keowee Courier from the years 19731980. It is the authors hope that these stories will bring back some nostalgic memories for longtime residents and provide some historical insight for younger people and newcomers to the area. The Keowee Courier founded in 1849 is upstate South Carolinas second oldest newspapersecond only to the Abbeville Press and Banner/Abbeville Medium which was founded in 1844.