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Clemson Station
Clemson station is a train station in Clemson, South Carolina. It is served by the ''Crescent (Amtrak), Crescent'' passenger train of Amtrak, the national passenger rail service. The station sits on the corner of U.S. Route 123, Calhoun Memorial Highway and South Carolina Highway 133, College Avenue in the heart of downtown Clemson. Clemson is situated on one of the nation's emerging High-speed rail in the United States, high-speed rail corridors, known as the Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor or SEHSR. The station was originally erected by the Southern Railway (US), Southern Railway in 1916. In the early 1960s, R.C. Edwards, then Clemson University president, convinced D.W. Brosnan, president of the Southern at the time, to prefer Clemson over Seneca, South Carolina, Seneca as the main station for the area. On January 31, 1979, the Southern discontinued passenger service, turning operations of the ''Crescent'' over to Amtrak. In 2016 the station closed for construction on a nearby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clemson, South Carolina
Clemson () is a city in Pickens and Anderson counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina. Clemson is home to Clemson University; in 2015, ''the Princeton Review'' cited the town of Clemson as ranking #1 in the United States for " town-and-gown" relations with its resident university. The population of the city was 17,681 at the 2020 census. Clemson is part of the Greenville- Spartanburg- Anderson, South Carolina Combined Statistical Area. Most of the city is in Pickens County, which is part of the Greenville- Mauldin- Anderson Metropolitan Statistical Area. A small portion is in Anderson County. History and background European Americans settled here after the Cherokee were forced to cede their land in 1819. They had lived at Keowee, and six other towns along the Keowee River as part of their traditional homelands in the Southeast. They migrated and settled in Tennessee and deeper into Georgia and Alabama, before most were subjected to forced Indian Removal in 1839 to I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
