Record #:

23499

Author(s):

Kammerer, Roger

Abstract:

In an interview in 1974, two Pactolus residents, sisters Miss Pattie and Miss Sydney Davenport, recalled the days of their youth in Pactolus at the turn of the century. They recalled the steamboats and river traffic; tar beds at Yankee Hall; and early education. Their father, James R. Davenport, was a leading merchant in Pactolus and had a blacksmiths shop. The ladies recalled early entertainment and picnics at Yankee Hall. In the early 1900s, there were five and six doctors in Pactolus. They also recalled coming to Greenville to shop and the mud coming over the axle of the buggy on Main Street.

Source:

Greenville Times / Pitt's Past (NC Microforms), Vol. Issue , Dec 12-25 2001, p12-13

Subject(s):

Pactolus--History