HISTORIC OCONEE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA
Subject: The Garden of the Gods (Walhalla, SC)

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DATAFILE INPUT . : Paul M. Kankula at kankula1@innova.net in Jun-2003

DATAFILE LAYOUT  : Paul M. Kankula at kankula1@innova.net in Jun-2003

HISTORY WRITE-UP : Willie Howard Ballenger (1895-1973)
                   
"The Garden of the Gods"

A century ago, a brave, bold people
True of heart and strong of race,
Traveled o'er vales and hills
Seeking a happy dwelling place;
A place of acres broad--to till, and sow,
And reap abundant harvests from the soil,
A place for friendly homes in which to live,
And take sweet rest from honest toil.

They gazed upon the high blue mountains
And looked across the fertile sods.
Then built their city amidst the hills,
"Walhalla, The Garden of the Gods."
Tall linden trees lined her long, wide streets.
At her center, her church, from whose steeple,
Rising in chaste beauty toward the sky,
Rang the call of worship to her people.

One hundred years, how gentle their passing!
How light their touch upon her brow!
She was fair and lovely at her founding,
And grace and beauty crown her now!
                     ....Willie Howard Ballenger


Willie Howard Ballenger (1895-1973) was the wife of Sidney H. Ballenger (1894-
1954).