Around Iva

Though many may measure a state's significance by its larger cities, it is the

small towns of South Carolina that create the Palmetto State's distinct and

special identity in the South and in the country. Located near the Savannah River

in Anderson County and along South Carolina's Heritage Corridor, Iva is one

such town, for it is a community forged by the determination and industriousness

of a people whose values are based on a respect for family, church, and hard work.

In Around Iva, South Carolina, a collection of over 200 postcards and

photographs, many published here for the first time, you will tour one of the

Upstate's most historic areas, from Iva and Starr to Antreville and smaller

communities, such as Moffetsville, Due West, Lowndesville, Gregg Shoals, and

Harper's Ferry. The entire spectrum of small-town life unfolds in these historic

images, allowing you to experience life in the early part of the twentieth century

on the area farms, in the one-room schoolhouses, in the area churches, from

Baptist to Presbyterian, and along the unpaved streets that were crowded with

early textile mills, general stores, banks, barbershops, and gin houses.

This volume also introduces you to many of the area's more famous citizens, such

as Iva Cook, the daughter of founder Dr. Augustus G. Cook; Sam Wakefield, a

three-star general and military hero; Winston Metz, a prisoner of war in World

War II; along with many images of early ministers, teachers, town leaders, and

everyday citizens at work and at play.