By Thom Anderson
a pine woodland and a reputation, Florence, South Carolina, boasts a shockingly wealthy heritage. From the 10 foot bomb dropped on a Mars Bluff farm via apologetic Air strength pilots to a record-breaking seventeen-inch blizzard, this Pee Dee hub has noticeable lots of remarkable occasions and recognized characters. the following, William Howard Taft loved pine bark stew and Herbert Hoover visited Mikado Millie--a global champion cow
known for her prolific milk-making. Longtime journalist Thom Anderson lovingly recollects those native land stories gathered over thirty years of writing columns for the Morning News.
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