Boiling Springs, SC History.index

Boiling Springs, SC History

Created By: Gennie Truman, Amber Tollison, & Kelly Beach

Students of Boiling Springs Junior High School

Ø Boiling Springs was known for its bubbling springs.

Ø Boiling springs got its name because of the springs that were found.

Ø The Cherokee Indians used to live on the land until the European settlers ran them off.

Ø The Indians hunted in the region, and used the springs as a source of fresh water.

Ø Many Indians passed by the springs as they went through the countryside.

Ø Trappers flowed the same trails.

Ø Boiling Springs has been here since the Revolutionary War.

Ø A battle was never fought in Boiling Springs.

Ø The land of Boiling Springs was mostly used for farming.

Ø Cotton gin and general store used to be beside the springs.

Ø Over the years, the area of Boiling Springs has grown.

Ø Boiling Springs Schools

Ø The middle school used to be the high school and the elementary school.

Ø It was built around the 1940s.

Ø Most of them have been torn down.

Ø They had an one room schoolhouse.

Ø A lot of other schools were built farther back then the 1940s.

Ø Some of the schools were Shoally School, Boiling Springs, and Oakland Elementary School.

Ø Our Historic Graveyards

Ø A lot of famous people were buried in many of the old graveyards.

Ø Some of the graveyards were Tuck’s Mill, Rowland Cemetery, and Holden Graveyard.

Ø Year 2001

Ø We still use some of the old buildings that where built back in the 1940’s.

Ø It used to be a very small town.

Ø Every year the population grows

Ø There are approximately 35,000 people in Boiling Springs now.

Ø In the year 2005, it will probably be double the people in Boiling Springs.

Ø Credits

Ø Reflections of a Community Boiling Springs Remembered

Compiled by Boiling Springs Friends of the Library