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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. GVILPP_180209_001.JPG: Never cut what you can untie. -- Joseph Joubet
2. GVILPP_180209_008.JPG: Most of us have a pretty clear idea of the world we want. What we lack is the understanding of how to go about getting it. -- Hugh Gibson
3. GVILPP_180209_012.JPG: Most people would learn from their mistakes if they weren't so busy denying that they made them. -- Anonymous
4. GVILPP_180209_015.JPG: He who never leaves this country is full of prejudices. -- Carole Goldoni
5. GVILPP_180209_017.JPG: If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere. -- Frank A. Clark
6. GVILPP_180209_020.JPG: What makes greatness is starting something that lives after you. -- Ralph W. Sockman
7. GVILPP_180209_023.JPG: What makes greatness is starting something that lives after you. -- Ralph W. Sockman
8. GVILPP_180209_025.JPG: Plan ahead: It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark. -- Richard Cushing
9. GVILPP_180209_029.JPG: The three grand essentials of happiness are: Something to do, someone to lvoe, and something to hope for. -- Alexander Chalmer
10. GVILPP_180209_032.JPG: Actors are the only honest hypocrites. Their life is a voluntary dream and the height of their ambition is to be beside themselves. -- William Hazlitt
11. GVILPP_180209_035.JPG: Our bodies are where we stay, Our souls are what we are. -- Cecil Baxter
12. GVILPP_180209_038.JPG: If human progress had been merely a matter of leadership we should be in Utopia today. -- Thomas B. Reed
13. GVILPP_180209_041.JPG: Common sense is genius dressed in working clothes. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
14. GVILPP_180209_047.JPG: "Il Porcellino" The original bronze wild boar, "Il Porcellino," was placed in the Mercato Nuovo in Florence, Italy by Pietro Tacca in 1612. Legend has it that if you place a coin in the boar's mouth and it falls into the grate below, your wish will be granted. Also, rubbing his nose will bring good luck and guarantee a return trip to "Il Porcellino." Presented 25 October 2011
15. GVILPP_180209_053.JPG: I've learned that if you laugh and drink soda pop at the same time, it will come out your nose. -- 7-Year Old's Discovery
16. GVILPP_180209_055.JPG: Adversity introduces a man to himself. -- Anonymous
17. GVILPP_180209_057.JPG: Poinsett Plaza 104 South Main Street
18. GVILPP_180209_063.JPG: "Interval: Mountain Fall" by Philip Whitley, 2003
19. GVILPP_180209_069.JPG: Poinsett's Spring This granite basin stood over a spring on a toll road built in 1820 under the direction of Joel Poinsett, South Carolina's first Commissioner of Public Works. The road established the commercial links between South Carolina and the neighboring states of Tennessee and North Carolina. "Poinsett's Spring" was located in northern Greenville County to provide refreshment for weary travelers. In 1956, the road through Saluda Gap was abandoned, and the historic basin was donated to the Poinsett Hotel. Poinsett Bridge Build in 1820, the Poinsett Bridge is the oldest bridge in South Carolina. The 14-foot Gothic arch spans a creek that was part of the state road running from Charleston to North Carolina. From this spot, the Poinsett Bridge is 25 miles north of the city.
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21. GVILPP_180209_074.JPG: The best way to knock the chip off someone's shoulder is to pat him on the back. -- Anonymous
22. GVILPP_180209_079.JPG: The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be. -- Paul Vickery
23. GVILPP_180209_081.JPG: Since we had nothing to do with our Arrival and usually are not consulted about our Departure, what makes so many of us think we're entitled to so much while we're here. -- Malcolm Forbes
24. GVILPP_180209_085.JPG: SO live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip. -- Will Rogers
25. GVILPP_180209_088.JPG: Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible. -- George Horace Lorimer
26. GVILPP_180209_091.JPG: Whenever people talk to me about the weather, I always feel certain that they mean something else. -- Oscar Wilde
27. GVILPP_180209_094.JPG: I've been on a constant diet for the last two decades. I've lost a total of 789 pounds. By all accounts, I should be hanging from a charm bracelet. -- Erma Bombeck
28. GVILPP_180209_097.JPG: Second thoughts are ever wise. -- Euripides
29. GVILPP_180209_099.JPG: If you know whence you came, there is really no limit to where you can go. -- James Baldwin
Wikipedia Description: Greenville, South Carolina
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Greenville is the largest city in and the seat of Greenville County, South Carolina, United States. The city's mayor is Knox White, who has been in that position since December 1995. With an estimated population of 67,453 as of 2016, it is the sixth-largest city in the state. The population of the surrounding area was 400,492 as of 2010, making it the third-largest urban area in South Carolina as well as the fastest growing. Greenville is the largest city in the Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin Metropolitan Statistical Area. The MSA had a population of 884,975 in 2016, making it the largest in South Carolina and the third largest in The Carolinas.

Greenville is the largest city in the Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson Combined Statistical Area, a 10-county region of northwestern South Carolina, is known as "The Upstate". According to United States Census Bureau, the CSA had a population of 1,442,117 as of 2016, making it the largest CSA in the state. Greenville is located approximately halfway between Atlanta and Charlotte, North Carolina, along Interstate 85, and its metropolitan area also includes Interstates 185 and 385.

Greenville has gained recognition in various national publications such as CNN Money, which ranked Greenville as one of the "Top 10 Fastest Growing Cities in the U.S." Bloomberg named Greenville the 3rd Strongest Job Market, 2010; and Forbes named Greenville the 13th Best City for Young Professionals. Greenville also earned the No. 3 slot by Cond� Nast Traveler's "The Best Small Cities in the U.S." in 2017. Greenville was the 4th fastest growing city in the United States between 2015 and 2016, as ranked by the Census Bureau.

History

From Cherokee Land to Greenville County

The land of present-day Greenville was once the hunting ground of the Cherokee, which was forbidden to colonists. A wealthy settler from Virginia named Richard Pearis arrived in South Carolina around 1754 trading with Cherokee. Pearis had a child with a Cherokee woman and received about 100,000 acres (40,000 ha) from the Cherokee around 1770. Pearis established a plantation on the Reedy River called the Great Plains in present-day downtown Greenville. The American Revolution divided the South Carolina country between the Loyalists and Patriots. Pearis supported the Loyalists and together with their allies; the Cherokee attacked the Patriots. The Patriots retaliated by burning down Pearis' plantation and jailing him in Charleston. Pearis never returned to his plantation but Paris Mountain is named after him. The Treaty of Dewitt's Corner in 1777 ceded almost all Cherokee land, including present-day Greenville, to South Carolina.

Greenville County was created in 1786 and was named for its physical appearance. However, other sources say Greenville is named after General Nathanael Greene in honor of his service in the American Revolutionary War. Lemuel J. Alston came to Greenville County in 1788 and bought 400 acres (160 ha) and a portion of Pearis' former plantation. In 1797 Alston used his land holdings to establish a village called Pleasantburg where he also built a stately mansion. In 1816, Alston's land was purchased by Vardry McBee, who then leased the Alston mansion for a summer resort, before making mansion his home from 1835 until his death in 1864. Considered to be the father of Greenville, McBee donated land for many structures such as churches, academies, and a cotton mill. Furman University was funded by McBee who helped bring the university to Pleasantburg from Winnsboro, South Carolina in 1851. In 1853 McBee and other Greenville County leaders funded a new railroad called the Greenville and Columbia Railroad. Pleasantburg boomed to around 1,000 in the 1850s due to the growth of McBee's donations and the attraction of the town as a summer resort for visitors. In 1831 Pleasantburg was incorporated as Greenville.

Modern Greenville

In December 1860 Greenville supported a convention to debate the issue of secession for South Carolina. The Greenville District sent James Furman, William K. Easley, Perry E. Duncan, William H. Campbell, and James P. Harrison as delegates for the convention. On December 20, 1860 the South Carolina state convention, along with the Greenville delegation, voted to secede from the Union. Greenville County provided over 2,000 soldiers to the Confederate States Army. The town supplied food, clothing, and firearms to the Confederacy. Greenville saw no action from the war until 1865 when Union troops came through the town looking for President Jefferson Davis of the Confederacy who had fled south from Richmond, Virginia. In June 1865 Andrew Johnson appointed Greenville County native Benjamin Franklin Perry as Governor of South Carolina.

In February 1869, Greenville's town charter was amended by the S. C. General Assembly establishing Greenville, the town, as a city. Construction boomed in the 1870s such as the establishment of a bridge over the Reedy River, new mills on the river and new railroads. The Greenville News was established in 1874 as Greenville's first daily newspaper. Southern Bell installed the first telephone lines in the city. The most important infrastructure that came to the city were cotton mills. Prominent cotton mill businesses operated near Greenville making it a cotton mill town. By 1915 Greenville became known as the "Textile Center of the South."
Main Street around 1910

During World War I, Greenville served as a training camp center for Army recruits. After World War I commercial activity expanded with new movie theaters and department stores. The Mansion House was demolished and replaced with the Poinsett Hotel in 1925. The Great Depression hurt the economy of Greenville forcing mills to lay off workers. Furman University and the Greenville Women's College also struggled in the crippling economy forcing them to merge in 1933. The Textile Workers Strike of 1934 caused such an uproar in the city and surrounding mill towns that the National Guard had to subdue the chaos. The New Deal established Sirrine Stadium and a new Greenville High School. The Greenville Army Air Base was established in 1942 during World War II contributing to the further growth of Greenville.

The last lynching in the South Carolina occurred in Greenville on February 16, 1947, when Willie Earle, accused of stabbing a cab driver, was taken from his jail cell by a mob and murdered. Thirty-one men were tried and acquitted of the crime.

After World War II Greenville's economy surged with the establishment of new downtown stores and the expansion of the city limits. Furman University doubled its student population and moved to a new location. Higher education facilities such as Bob Jones University in 1947 and Greenville Technical College in 1962 were established in Greenville. The Greenville–Spartanburg International Airport was established in nearby Greer in 1962. The economy of Greenville finally waned in the 1970s leaving a void in downtown Greenville due to the flight of many retailers. Mayor Max Heller revitalized downtown Greenville by establishing the Greenville County Museum of Art and the Hughes Main Library. Main Street was then converted into a two-lane road lined with trees and sidewalks.
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