Shom Kostyra's (ohrdtown) Blog

    Laurens County in Upstate South Carolina is scheduled to get a $420 million titanium manufacturing plant (American Titanium Works LLC,) where they will will make ingots, plates any various titanium alloys in a more cost-efficient way than those used presently. They are looking at creating 350...

Laurens County, just south of Greenville SC, in Upstate South Carolina is scheduled to get a $420 million titanium manufacturing plant (American Titanium Works LLC,) where they will will make ingots, plates any various titanium alloys in a more cost-efficient way than those used presently. They a...

    On a recent trip to northern Greenville County, Upstate South Carolina I traveled along Scenic Highway 11 and was mystified by the beauty of the leaves brilliant with change and the crisp fall air. I have lived in Upstate SC all my life and still stand in awe at the change of season and the b...

  In my pursuit to share with everyone the wonderful history in the Greenville, SC Real Estate market I took a forty minute drive to Cowpens South Carolina. There is a wonderful preservation of the history behind the American victory at the battle of Cowpens in 1781. Below are some of the picture...

I recently posted a Blog on Campbell's Covered Bridge and mentioned that there was a lot of history in Greer, SC including some very old mills that are in danger of being reclamed by nature. I've included some amazing photos below of a grist mill that is about two miles from the covered bridge.  ...

 While on a drive through Greer, SC recently on scenic highway 14 I saw a sign directing the curious history buff to Campbell's Covered bridge. It was only a few miles out of the way so I decided to check it out. On the way I saw the remains of two old grist mills that ground grain from local fa...