Museum Musings
The Christmas greetings letter is a special way of touching the heart of friends and families, and the aim behind writing it is to reach out to them on this special occasion. The letter is a way to wish them all the best and good luck for rest of year. Christmas is a festival of […]
In 1826, John Walker, an English chemist and druggist from Stockton on Tees, discovered through lucky accident that a stick coated with chemicals burst into flame when scraped across his hearth at home. He went on to invent the first friction match. Until the first half of the nineteenth century, the process by which fire […]
This photograph, circa 1902, shows Hartsville’s first Black School at the corner of Sixth Street and Marion Avenue. The photo is courtesy of T.B. & Lovis Thomas. It was printed in the Hartsville Messenger on January 29, 1999 and was a part of a Black History Month Special. Darlington County Historical Marker Marker ID: SCHM […]
Early this morning, while working on a map file at the Commission, a Commission staffer and a volunteer came across 17 fragments of parer filed away in plastic sleeves. The cashe was immediately brought to my attention and the priorities of the day immediately changed. The fragments were removed from their plastic protectors and I […]
Posted on Tuesday, July 31, 2018 (The News & Press Website) By Samantha Lyles, Staff Writer, slyles@newsandpress.net A relic of Darlington’s racing past will soon be on display at the Darlington County Historical Commission, thanks to a donation by a local citizen. Hartsville native Tommy Jordan has raced cars and motorcycles from coast to coast, […]