“This silent/live auction should prove to be fun and competitive with a great payoff in the end since so many wonderful items will be up for bid,” said Events Committee Chairman Paula Blake.

Included in the bidding will be a signed artist proof of the 10^th hole at Augusta National Golf Course painted by Wayland Moore, a La Z Boy recliner donated by Maynard’s, tickets to the Masters, weekend getaways to a Beech Mountain condo and the Evergreen Inn at Stone Mountain, dining packages, jewelry, Clemson and Carolina game day tickets with tailgating packages, antiques, and services such as salon/spa treatments, auto detailing, housecleaning, and sporting/music lessons. Items of interest will be included in both the silent and live auction bidding.  An updated list of auction items will be available at http://www.beltonsc.com.

Ticket outlets in Belton include the Historic Belton Train Depot, News Chronicle office, Clinkscales Drugs, Maynard’s Home Furnishings and Nancy’s Fancies.  Other locations to pick up tickets are The Cottage Garden in Honea Path and 313 Gallery in Anderson.  Tickets are $20 each and include two complimentary drink tickets, heavy hors d’oeuvres, bidding card, and lots of fun competition among bidders.

Proceeds benefit the Belton Area Museum Association and its programs.  With over 3000 visitors to the museum each year, BAMA offers historical, cultural, and educational programs free of charge to the public.  Participation in this fundraiser will help BAMA preserve, protect, and display our area’s historic treasures.

The event is being presented by Wells Fargo and supporting sponsors include the Anderson Independent-Mail, Maynard’s Home Furnishings, Superior Engineering, Palmetto Insurance-The Keys Agency, BBT/Blake Holliday Insurance Co., Belton Metal Corp., Budweiser of Greenville, Bill Thomson Law Firm, Argo and Associates, SLM Inc., Town Square Chiropractic, Belton Comprehensive Dentistry, Regional Finance Corp., Nancy’s Fancies, Representative Mike Gambrell, Senator Billy O’Dell, Clinkscales Drugs/Home Care Medical Aids, Nationwide-Renee Rowland Agency, Key Plumbing and Heating, The Commercial Bank, Pickens Railway, A and D Auto Sales, Industrial Maintenance Services, Greenville and Western Railway,  Tristan’s Floral, All About Travel, and Southern Burglar Alarm.

For more information, please contact Executive Director Shirah M. Smith at 864-338-7400 or beltonmuseum@bellsouth.net  or Click Here for More Info.

A weekend getaway at the Marriott Evergreen Resort and Spa along with complimentary breakfast and four Family Fun Adventure passes to Stone Mountain Park will be up for auction at the Night for the Museum, a fundraiser benefitting the Belton Area Museum Association on Thursday, May 30, 6:30 – 9:30 PM, at the historic Belton Train Depot.  Tickets to the event can be purchased for $20 each at various ticket outlets throughout Anderson County.

Saturday at The Seay House
May 18, 2013
10:00-4:00

Join us this Saturday at The Seay House, Spartanburg’s oldest standing home. Located at 106 Darby Road just off Crescent Avenue, this home showcases the dwelling of a local farmstead managed and maintained by three maiden Seay sisters in the late 1800s. Come relax for an hour or two on this historic property! Visit www.spartanburghistory.org, email seayhouse@spartanburghistory.org, or call 864-596-3501 for more information.

The Seay House is open by appointment year-round and on the 3rd Saturday of the summer months. We are open at no charge to the public, though visitor donations and sponsorships help us maintain the property. The Seay House is one of 3 historic homes maintained by the Spartanburg County Historical Association.

General Information:
The Seay House is the oldest house still standing in the city limits of Spartanburg. Although a definite construction date for the log portion has not been established, evidence indicates that it was built prior to 1850. Two of the frame additions made to the home in the late 19th century still remain. The oldest portion of the house is a typical Scots-Irish, one room, one-and-a-half story, log house. The logs are hand-hewn, and the foundation is fieldstone. The pipestem chimney, also made of fieldstone, is a style commonly found in Virginia but unusual for upstate South Carolina.

The Seay House is a modest home and reflects the kind of life that the majority of the settlers in Spartanburg County and the Carolina Backcountry lived. Interpretation at the Seay House focuses on the lives of women in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This was a farmstead, and the three daughters of Kinsman Seay – Ruthy, Patsy, and Sarah – who lived in this house up to the times of their deaths lived a simple farm life. While today this home is largely surrounded by a modern neighborhood, when you step onto the grounds you can begin to imagine what it must have been like to live without electricity or running water, to grow and raise your own food, and to make your own clothing.
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It’s time to reserve your seat for Anderson County Museum’s Adventures in History Camp. Just click on the link below for a brochure & registration form. Camps are for rising 2nd – 3rd grades, rising 4th – 5th grades and rising 6th, 7th, and 8th grades. Cost is $35 per child.

Click here for the Brochure & Registration Form

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Anderson County Museum
202 East Greenville Street, Anderson, SC
864.260.4737

WHAT:    Roger Sneed, PhD leads discussion of Malcolm X’s legacy
WHEN:    Tuesday May 14 @ 7pm
WHERE:  Hughes Main Library, 25 Heritage Green Pl, Greenville, SC
COST:    FREE

The life and legend of Malcolm X is revealed in a new light for a new generation in this discussion led by Dr. Roger Sneed, Furman University. Who was this ghetto hustler turned human rights activist? And why does the Malcolm X legend resound so deep within American culture? His life is the classic hero’s journey from ignorance and despair – to celebrity and power – to knowledge and spiritual awakening.  This story is an American story of the redemption of a man who hated, learned to love and then re-love.  Today Malcolm X is still seen as one of the most controversial figures in our history.

Check out our blog for more discussion blog.greenvilleCHAUTAUQUA.org

Mark your calendars and invite your out-of-town guests – the  Chautauqua Festival is coming. June 14 – 23.

Davy Crockett, Susan B. Anthony, Herman Melville, Malcolm X and one night only in Falls Park, re-live the Legends of Camelot with Harold, the last Anglo-Saxon King of England.  FREE SHOWS by nationally acclaimed historical interpreters.

More info:    CLICK HERE or call (864) 244-1499

WALKING MAP FEATURES HISTORIC SPARTANBURG SITES
Spartanburg, SC – History comes alive with a new downtown walking map of Spartanburg that provides visitors and residents alike with 14 historic points of interest. The walking tour takes less than an hour and spans five city blocks, beginning at Morgan Square.
The project was a joint effort between the Spartanburg County Historical Association, the City of Spartanburg, and the Spartanburg Convention & Visitors Bureau (SCVB). It also was one of the recommendations of the County’s Tourism Action Plan that the SCVB has been implementing.
“This is another great example of how partnerships can make things happen,” said Chris Jennings, SCVB director. “The Historical Association already had a downtown tour, the City had a great map, and the SCVB helped put it all together.” A mobile version of the tour with audio is available. Click Here!
From Morgan Square and the Masonic Temple, to the Montgomery Building and Denny’s Plaza, the historic walking trail highlights some of Spartanburg’s most memorable icons. Find out where Palmetto Corner is located, learn about the civil rights protests at Woolworth’s lunch counter, and see what stands on the site of the former Piedmont and Northern Railroad Depot. All this and more can be found in the Historic Downtown Walking Map.
Maps are available at the Spartanburg Regional History Museum in the Chapman Cultural Center at 200 E. St. John Street, at City Hall and at the SCVB Visitors Center at 105 N. Pine Street.

ABOUT SPARTANBURG CVB:
The Spartanburg Convention & Visitors Bureau (SCVB) is the official destination marketing organization for the County and City of Spartanburg, South Carolina. The SCVB was established in 1986 as a division of the Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce.
Located in the foothills of the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, Spartanburg is known for its Revolutionary War battles, as well as a rich textile and agricultural history. Home to a thriving arts and culture community, Spartanburg also offers visitors plentiful outdoor recreation opportunities and stunning scenic views.
Originally called the Hub City for its railroad crossroads, Spartanburg is conveniently located at the junction of Interstates 26 and 85, making it easily accessible from Columbia, SC, Atlanta, GA, Asheville and Charlotte, NC.
For more information, call (800) 374-8326, follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest, or bookmark our website: www.VisitSpartanburg.com

Historic Price House Opens Its Season with Make Your Own Brick Activity and Historic Tours

When arriving for a rest stop, stagecoach travelers of the early 1800s surely found the deep red and orange brick home of Thomas Price quite an imposing sight.  Evidence indicates enslaved African American laborers made the building’s bricks right on site, gathering clay from the nearby Tyger River.  On Saturday, May 4, Historic Price House opens its 2013 season with “Brickmaking at Price House,” a day-long program devoted to what was a crucial building material and important skill in the early days of the new American republic.  Expert Rick Owens will demonstrate brickmaking while visitors can make their own brick to take home.  Visitors can also learn how Thomas Price’s arrival and his farming practices began a century-long process of soil erosion that still impacts the Upstate’s natural environment today.  Tours of the main house, kitchen cabin, and slave quarters will be available as well.

“Brickmaking at Price House” takes place from 11am-4pm, Saturday, May 4.Admission is $6.00 for adults, $4.00 for ages 5-17, and free for ages 4 and under.  Price House is located at 1200 Oakview Farms Road near Woodruff.  For more information, email pricehouse@spartanburghistory.org or call 864-576-6546.

Thomas and Ann Price built Price House in 1795.  Located along the young nation’s burgeoning road network, Mr. Price ran a general store, post office, and tavern for the local community as well as an inn for travelers.  Two-dozen enslaved African Americans worked in these businesses, labored in cotton fields, and lived in quarters not unlike the slave cabin on-site today.  Price House tells how free and enslaved residents transformed the frontier Backcountry into the antebellum Upcountry through improved roads and communications, more non-farm businesses, and an explosion in cotton farming and slave labor as well as how, in doing so, they caused social, economic, and environmental changes that still impact the region today.

Operated by the Spartanburg County Historical Association, Price House is open for public tours from May through October from 11am-5pm on Saturdays and from 2pm-5pm on Sundays.  Additionally, groups of ten or more people from schools, churches, scout troops, senior citizen organizations, and other community groups can schedule, a minimum of 14 days in advance, group tours and natural history activities year-round.  Schools may schedule activities both on-site and in-school.

For more, visit the Spartanburg County Historical Association’s website at spartanburghistory.org, like us on Facebook at facebook.com/spartanburghistory, follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/sptbghistory, or see photos from our programs and events on Flickr at flickr.com/spartanburghistory.

May 02, 2013 – 07:00 PM until 08:00 PM

“Man on the Corner” is an original play starring the sculpture of Mr. Whitner as he visits the city’s other statues and public art installations. The play was written for the City of Anderson by Kathryn Smith and stars Vic Aviles as William Church Whitner. William Church Whitner, of Anderson, developed the concept and spearheaded financing for the first hydroelectric plant to transmit power over a long distance in the South. On May 1, 1895, electricity travelled six miles from a generator at High Shoals on the Rocky River to downtown Anderson, S.C. The sculpture of him by noted artist Zan Wells was erected in 2004 and graces the city’s square. In the play, Mr. Whitner comes to life to tell us about his life and educate us about other historic and artistic sights in the City. The South Carolina Arts Commission recently named the City of Anderson a winner of the 2013 Elizabeth O’Neill Verner Governor’s Award for the Arts, the highest honor recognizing outstanding achievement.

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Anderson County Museum
202 East Greenville St.
Anderson, SC 29621