Hi. Im jessica, and it is a pleasure to be here today with the Honors College students and the university of South Carolinas 421 course with the south made exhibiting South Carolinas industrial past. I want to start with a quote. This quote comes from a very prominent american historian. A guy named ed ayres who wrote, while the coal mines and textile mills have become a visible and memorable part of southern history, the souths largest industry has remained virtually ignored. Lumbering is often written off as if little consequence and little dramatic interest. Yet, lumbering more often than any other industry captures the full scope of economic change in the new south. Its limitations as well as its impact. And we are about i dont know, a third of the way through the semester and i think you guys are already convinced of this. But, i thought it might be interesting to share with you a little bit more about how we got to this place. So, about five or six years ago the National Park Ser
And it is a pleasure to be here today with the Honors College students in the university of south. 421 course what the south made exhibiting South Carolinas industrial i want to start with a quote this quote comes from a very prominent american historian a guy named ed ayres who while the coal mines and textile mills have become a visible and memorable part of southern history, the souths largest industry remained virtually ignored. Lumbering is often written off as of little consequence, and little dramatic interest, yet lumbering more often than any other industry, captures the full scope of economic change in the new south, its limitations as well as its impact and about, i dont know, a third of the way through the semester. And i think you guys are already kind of convinced of this, but i thought it might be interesting to share with you a little bit more about how we got to this place. So. About five or six years ago, the National Park reached out to uscs department of history and
And it is a pleasure to be here today with the Honors College students in the university of south. 421 course what the south made exhibiting South Carolinas industrial i want to start with a quote this quote comes from a very prominent american historian a guy named ed ayres who while the coal mines and textile mills have become a visible and memorable part of southern history, the souths largest industry remained virtually ignored. Lumbering is often written off as of little consequence, and little dramatic interest, yet lumbering more often than any other industry, captures the full scope of economic change in the new south, its limitations as well as its impact and about, i dont know, a third of the way through the semester. And i think you guys are already kind of convinced of this, but i thought it might be interesting to share with you a little bit more about how we got to this place. So. About five or six years ago, the National Park reached out to uscs department of history and