What is the history of Graniteville, South Carolina?

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Graniteville dates to 1845 when William Gregg (industrialist)William Gregg built U.S. Southern statesthe South's first large scale cotton mill in what became known as Graniteville. His paternalistic mill town included 90 homes, several boarding houses, six stores, two churches, and a school for the mill workers and their families. The community got its name because most of those original buildings were constructed of blue granite. Mr. Gregg required the children of mill workers to attend the public school he instituted and violators were fined. As such, Graniteville holds the distinction of having the first compulsory education system in the South. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graniteville%2C_South_Carolina

Graniteville dates to 1845 when William Gregg (industrialist)William Gregg built U.S. Southern statesthe South's first large scale cotton mill in what became known as Graniteville. His paternalistic mill town included 90 homes, several boarding houses, six stores, two churches, and a school for the mill workers and their families. The community got its name because most of those original buildings were constructed of blue granite. Mr. Gregg required the children of mill workers to attend the public school he instituted and violators were fined. As such, Graniteville holds the distinction of having the first compulsory education system in the South. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graniteville%2C_South_Carolina

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