by Jena Thompson Hough | Jul 29, 2026 | Uncategorized
Fifty years ago, a beautiful old house in downtown Sumter opened its doors with a simple goal: to preserve the history of the people and places that make this community special. Half a century later, that mission is still going strong, and it’s just grown a...
by Jena Thompson Hough | Jul 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
Long before the American flag became a familiar sight on front porches, in classrooms, or atop government buildings, it lived in the imaginations of people dreaming of a nation they had yet to create. During the American Revolution, the thirteen colonies fought for...
by Jena Thompson Hough | May 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
Mackenzie Sholtz, owner of Fig Leaf Patterns and a Sumter County Executive 250th Committee Member, has spent much of her life in and out of museums, documenting historic garments and measuring them for collections. When she moved to Sumter, South Carolina,...
by Jena Thompson Hough | Feb 27, 2026 | Uncategorized
February is celebrated as Black History Month in the United States, and Sumter County is proud to have been home to numerous remarkable African Americans over the years. Many African American Sumterites have had distinguished military, musical, political, athletic,...
by Jena Thompson Hough | Jan 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
First opened in 1957 as the Gamecock Raceway, the Sumter Speedway has played host to a variety of racing series and legendary drivers over the years. Though it may look like just a dirt oval off Wedgefield Road today, the track has seen NASCAR Hall of Famers like Ned...
by asouthwebmatt | Apr 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
In an era before outboard motors or trucks with trailers, hunting and fishing boats often became waterlogged and too heavy to move. Even if a sportsman could move his boat, bad roads to the river, and lack of space on a train or in a wagon made the transport of boats...
