Pineville, a historic refuge
Part 27: A Planter Thrives
By Warner M.Montgomery Warner@TheColumbiaStar.com
      Henry William Ravenel thrived as gentleman planter in Pineville before the Civil War destroyed his society and his livelihood. As a scientist, he survived the Civil War and Reconstruction and made a major contribution to botany in America.
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The Amazing Eurasian Odyssey
as told by characters Matthew Garrick and Stephen Williams Part 11: The Russian Federation, Part 2
      The next day we caught a showing of the new Transformers movie. Though dubbed over in Russian, the film was pretty awesome. Walking around Irkutsk we saw our first statues of Lenin and Stalin. That night, we tried to get tickets for the next leg of the Trans- Siberian to Moscow.
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