A history of Pacolet,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Pacolet from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The area that would become Pacolet was seldom occupied for thousands of years, only occasionally passed through by American Indians. The local Catawba and Cherokee would almost exclusively use the land as hunting grounds, with the exception of soapstone quarries around the Pacolet River established approximately 3,000 to 5,000 years ago. The soapstone mined in the area would be used to make storage vessels and tools. It is believed that one of the quarries in the Pacolet area was the largest American Indian soapstone quarry in the United States.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Pacolet’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewPacolet - Dr. Kirkpatrick's Resid…, c. 1915: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Pacolet
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Pacolet, decade by decade
LOCMules on a farm near Pacolet, South Carolina1941
LOCMule on a farm near Pacolet, South Carolina1941
LOCWorking on a prefabricated house near Pacolet, South Caroli…1941
LOCNegro youngsters and their Model "T" near Pacolet, South Ca…1941
LOCNegro youngsters and their Model "T" near Pacolet, South Ca…19411990s
4 historic places in Pacolet
Pacolet has 4 listings on the National Register, and they protect 129 historic buildings, because Pacolet Mills Historic District alone counts 126.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Pacolet - Dr. Kirkpatrick's Residence (c. 1915) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1) and the Library of Congress (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.