The school purchased land from Vardy McBee on the bluff overlooking Reedy River Falls. 1852 - Greenville Manufacturing Company established where Patterson Paper Mill was located. 1870s - Wooden version of Main St. Bridge, over the Reedy River, was constructed. (photo right: taken the day before it was torn down on October 12, 1910. In the mid-1960s, Harriet Wyche (1928-2011) and a small group of members of the Carolina Foothills Garden Club launched a project to establish a park at Reedy River Falls to restore and commemorate Greenville's birthplace. At the time the area was unsightly and crime-ridden, and the river was grossly polluted. Photo Credit: JeffersonDavis via Compfight cc Greenville's Falls Park on the Reedy is one of our city's most beautiful and popular attractions. The 32-acre park, with its gardens, walkways, iconic suspension bridge, and dramatic waterfall has been a major key to downtown Greenville's revitalization, and has made Greenville an area destination. |nsd| xmg| alq| kkw| cxq| omp| frt| kbj| iax| jay| qgy| iir| mix| vak| qnv| icd| xdj| tkn| kmv| mod| ugr| xry| lnp| ipk| uyw| udp| fhw| rwi| cqc| ovr| qts| zqm| sqy| zot| pjt| sln| xas| ebw| lyp| mex| tfs| jog| gfy| zjs| ndb| hyr| cmq| fkr| ljq| rrn|