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 newspaper - second only to the Abbeville Press and Banner/Abbeville Medium, which was founded in 1844.