Calhoun County Museum
Come and enjoy the history of Calhoun County and South Carolina presented with a personal southern touch.
Calhoun County Chronology (cont.)
1925-1926: M. M. Mann is named judge, J. G. Stabler is selected to State Supreme Court (later serves as Chief Justice)
1926: Low cotton prices and “hard times”
1928: First paved road in the county
1928: Julia Peterkin is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her novel, Scarlet Sister Mary
1933: Many new government agencies are started to ease the Depression
1936: L. M. Gressette is elected to the State Senate
Late 1930’s: Southern Methodists organize in Sandy Run and Cameron
1940: Selective Service begins
1941: U. S. enters World War II
1940’s: State Guard unit and other wartime agencies are organized
1942: Soy beans are beginning as a new cash crop
1945: Sacony Garment Factory opens in St. Matthews
1945: World War II ends1947: National Guard unit is organized
1949: New bridge is opened from old Belleville Plantation lands across the Congaree River; African - American Church of God is organized
1950-1953: Korean Fighting
1950-1954: School districts are consolidated from 23 to 2
1951: Senator L. M. Gressette is named the head of a special school committee called the “Gressette Committee”
1954: School improvement program begins
1954: 250th anniversary of the first land grant in the area is noted by a marker
1956: Central Grain Co. erects a 350,000 bushel capacity grain elevator in Cameron
1958: Calhoun County Golden Jubilee Celebration unites the county
1962: Carolina Eastman purchases land
1964: Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce formed
1966: Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College built
1970: Tricentennial celebration
1973: First Purple Martin Festival
1973: L. Marion Gressette Center organized
1975: Teepak buys land
1976: Calhoun County Museum moves to new headquarters on Butler Street
1977: United Technologies relocates
1977: Council form of government is adopted
1979: Calhoun Players organized
1981: Calhoun Arts Commission begins
1981: New Calhoun County High School opens its doors
1982: National Welders Supply begins plant
1983: Calhoun County Diamond Jubilee Celebration
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