Travelers Rest Historical Society to host book signing Sunday

TRAVELERS REST, S.C. — The Travelers Rest Historical Society will host a book signing event for "Highway 25 in the Carolinas" on Sunday, March 28 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. 

The book, by local authors Anne Peden and Jim Scott, documents the history of Highway 25 from its origins as a Cherokee trading route to the present.

According to the authors:

"Traveling US 25 through the Carolinas today is a much more pleasant experience than it was in the 1700s. Then, the road from the Tennessee Cherokee Towns to Augusta, Georgia, was a Cherokee trading path that followed a bison trace to the navigable port on the Savannah River. Drovers came from as far as Kentucky herding hogs, turkeys and mules. Lowcountry South Carolinians traveled by stagecoach and wagon to the foothills and mountains, staying for months. The Augusta Road, Saluda Gap and Buncombe Turnpike became the Dixie Highway Carolina Division and then US Route 25 by 1931."

The price of the book is $21.99, payable with check or cash.

The Travelers Rest Historical Society Museum is located at 3 Edwards St.

Rain date: April 11.

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