Reverend William “Bill” Ed Andrews, who spent most of his adult life as a missionary in Brazil, lived in Saluda for a few years when he was a child. He was one of eight children of Robert Franklin Andrews and Susie Meaders Andrews, who lived on Andrews Street.

Bill Andrews witnessed the burning of Mountain House, and he tells the story in this recording made shortly before his death in 2002:

(This recording was graciously donated to the city of Saluda by the Andrews family.)

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HISTORIC INNS & HOMES

  The earliest boarding house in Saluda was the Ransom Pace House, which was established before Saluda was even a town, back in the days of the drovers. Located on the Howard Gap Road, it became a stagecoach stop and offered eloquent flouishes. (See the dining room table in the photo to the right.) The Pace House [...]

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