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unusual facts about the Upstate



Thomas Bothwell Jeter

He was admitted to the bar 1848 and practiced law in the Upstate while concurrently holding the position of president of the Spartanburg and Union Railroad.


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Charles Grandison Finney

The son of farmers who moved to the upstate frontier of Jefferson County, New York after the American Revolutionary War, Finney never attended college.

Elbridge Gerry

The upstate New York town of Elbridge is believed to have been named in his honor, as is the western New York town of Gerry, in Chautauqua County.

Jonathan Lerman

He was born in Queens, NY, and currently resides in the upstate New York suburb of Vestal.

Laurens, South Carolina

Located in the Upstate region of South Carolina, the city of Laurens is named after Henry Laurens of Revolutionary War fame.

Magda Rurac

Magda was married to Vinnie Rurac, who served as the tennis pro at the Concord Resort Hotel in Kiamesha Lake (in the upstate New York Catskill Mountains "Borscht Belt") during the 1970s.

Pure-N-Heart

Members of Pure-N-Heart originate from the Upstate and includes membership in Augusta, Georgia and Charlotte, North Carolina.

Pure-N-Heart is a ministry for children and teens originating in cities of the Upstate, South Carolina (Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson, Seneca, Greenwood) under the influence of Music2ChangeU Records.

United States presidential election in New York, 1972

This was also the last election in which a Republican presidential nominee has won the upstate counties of Erie County, where the city of Buffalo is located, and Albany County, where the state capital of Albany is located.

W253BG

The following day, at 11am, a local talk show came on the air, referring to "Talk 98.5." Shortly after noon, the station played a montage of It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) by R.E.M. and sound clips, the true station was launched, as X-98.5, "The Upstate's New Rock Alternative." The first song heard on X-98.5 was We Are Young by Fun. and Janelle Monae.