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301.	Olin D. Johnston	People	Olin D. Johnston is on the right with daughter Sallie. Johnston's daughter Elizabeth (Liz) is on the left with her uncle David Jennings. Johnston served in the S.C. House of Representatives, as Governor, and as a U.S. Senator. Liz Patterson served in the S.C. House of Representatives and in the U.S. Congress.

302.	One of first schools in Spartanburg county	Education	This one room wooden building was typical of rural schools in the mid nineteenth century.

303.	Opera House Spartanburg	Downtown Spartanburg; Recreation	Copy, drawing of Opera House. The artist is unknown. The Opera House was built in 1881 and was located on the western end of Morgan Square. The theatre was on the second floor, above the Post Office. The building was demolished in 1907.

304.	Pacific Mills	Textiles	Pacific Mills of Boston purchased 750 acres from the Groce family in the 1920s and built a textile plant. There was a model village with a school and 375 homes. The plant and village were named Lyman in memory of Arthur T. Lyman, president of Pacific Mills from 1900 to 1915.

305.	Pacolet Mills	Textiles	First known as Trough Shoals, Pacolet Mills was chartered in 1882 for operations on the Pacolet River.

306.	Pacolet Mills Baptist Church	Religion	First organized in 1884 as the Trough Shoals Baptist Church. The church was named for the shoals in the Pacolet River above the dam at Pacolet Mills. In 1902 the church was renamed Pacolet Mills Baptist.

307.	Pacolet Mills school	Education

308.	Pacolet school building	Education	Postmarked June 6, 1911

309.	Pacolet, aerial view	Upstate and Beyond	This aerial view shows the Pacolet Mill and town. This land along the Pacolet River is one of the earliest areas settled in the county. A Pacolet station for the railroad opened in 1859. The mill began in 1882. The village that grew around the mill was known as Trough Shoals after the river rapids there. As the mill grew so did the Pacolets: Pacolet Mills, Central Pacolet, Pacolet Park and Pacolet.

310.	Passenger train	Transportation	This photo was taken at Milepost 143 on the Clinchfield Railroad. The train had just crossed the North Carolina state line at Devil's Creek Bridge. There are 2 steam locomotives pulling the train, and it is probably an excursion to Spartanburg.

311.	People with circus animals	People; Recreation	People, elephant, camel (names on photo-Todd, Snoddy, Fielder, Earle).

312.	Picking cotton	Textiles

313.	Piedmont House	Downtown Spartanburg; Business	The Piedmont House was an early hotel that stood on East Main Street in Spartanburg. It was built in the 1840s and was originally known as the Walker House. The hotel burned in 1882. Later the Hotel Franklin was located on the same site. The Denny's Building is now at this location. Horse-drawn carriages are in the foreground of this image.

314.	Piedmont Laundry	Downtown Spartanburg; Business	Piedmont Laundry was on the northwest corner of Kennedy and South Liberty. Service vehicles and automobiles are in front of the business.

315.	Pierce Motor Company	Downtown Spartanburg; Business	This company was located on the southeast corner of Church and Broad streets. Thomas B. Pierce operated this Ford dealership in the late 1930s. The Headquarters of the Spartanburg County Public Libraries is now on the site.

316.	Pierce Motor Company mechanics	Business; People	This company was located on the southeast corner of Church and Broad streets. The Headquarters of the Spartanburg County Public Libraries is now on the site.

317.	Pinckneyville	Upstate and Beyond	Ruins of a brick structure in Pinckneyville.

318.	Pinckneyville historical marker	Upstate and Beyond	Marker reads 'Site of Pinckneyville Court House 1791, Erected by Union County, 1936.'

319.	Politicians and wives at U.S.C.-Clemson football game	Upstate and Beyond; People	Identified are Governor Strom Thurmond, James F. Byrnes, Mrs. Maude Byrnes, Jean Crouch Thurmond, Robert F. Poole, Norman Smith, Mrs. Olin D. Johnston, Inez Breazeale Crouch, and Olin D. Johnston.

320.	Post Office	Downtown Spartanburg	The Post Office, built in 1906, was located on North Church Street. After 1930 offices of the Soil Conservation Service occupied the building. In 1967 the building was demolished.