Belton; South Carolina; is indeed a child of the railroad. By 1853; the fledgling town had begun developing at the junction of the Columbia and Greenville Railroad and its spur line to Anderson. Josephine Brown; daughter of Dr. George Reece Brown who owned most of the land around the railroad; named the community after Judge John Belton ONeall; president of the CG Railroad Company. By the turn of the century; Capt. Ellison A. Smyth began the Belton Cotton Mill; which quickly became the largest cotton mill in the Palmetto State.Images of America: Belton captures the citys growth from a railroad depot and mill town to todays wealthy suburb of Anderson and home to the South Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame and the Palmetto Championships; the states junior qualifying tennis tournament. The communitys vitality is depicted through historic images of the standpipe; a water tower built in 1909 that symbolizes Belton today; the depot and railroad scenes; church life; town progress; schools; community events and celebrations; and prominent residents.
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