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The heat of July couldn’t keep me from enjoying my visit with the Garrison Family of Denver Downs, where I chatted with Mrs. Juanita Garrison about the history of the Garrison family and

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Farming is, I believe, the most important job…the one career we can not live without. No farms>no food>no people. It isn’t glamorous, or as profitable, or as admired and envied as are many vocations/careers, but it is the most needed. When young people are considering their life’s work, few even think of farming. Thank you for selecting our acres and their history for your story.

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If you live anywhere in the Upstate, then you’re probably familiar with the name Garrison. A farming family with strong roots in the community, the Garrisons are

known for many things including the political contributions of T. Edmond Garrison (South Carolina State Representative, 1959-1966 and South Carolina State Senator, 1967-1987) and

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for Clemson University’s T. Ed Garrison Arena, dedicated to and named for the alumnus. Their farm, Denver Downs, located in Anderson and run by Tom Garrison, is also well known for its fresh produce in the summer and its corn maze, giant pumpkin patch, and numerous festivities organized by the whole family in the fall. The Garrisons are a close-knit

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family with a rich heritage and a real love for their legacy. The Denver Downs home was built in the mid to

late 1870’s by William Dunkling Garrison, the oldest of 12 children of Edmond Barksdale Garrison and Sarah Cureton Garrison, a farming family from Greenville. Born in1843, in 1861 at the age of 18, W.D. joined the Confederacy at the start of the late, great Unpleasantness. Two days before the end of the Civil War, the young captain was called to Gettysburg and discharged.

“In those days usually the oldest son or the youngest son would stay at home to run the farm and help with the family,” explains Juanita, wife of Ed Garrison, writer and family historian. “By the time W.D. got back from the war, he had siblings to carry on this tradition. Realizing that his fortunes were not there in Greenville, W.D. came to the Anderson area to work for a cotton mill called Autun, now known as La France Industries. At that time, many of the mills owned farms that they used to supply the cotton. W.D. came here to work as manager of one of these farms.”

Somewhere along the way, William Dunkling Garrison married Easter Annie Reid, or Essie, as she was known. She was from the neighborhood; her family a good farm family. In 1872, W.D. purchased 273 acres of land bordering his father-in-laws farm. Here the couple built their new house and raised their family of thirteen children, eleven of which survived to adulthood.

“Apparently, they were very successful,” says Juanita. “He had a wife, 12 children at the time and 273 acres to take care of. He didn’t have time to go out and straighten out the world, but he was well thought of. He was on the committee that built the Anderson County Courthouse and his name is on the cornerstone.”

The marriage seemed to be a good one, too. Decades later—in an old lard tin—Essie’s diary was found. In it, she speaks lovingly of her husband and her life on the farm. The family treasure was published by Martha Nelle Ligon and remains a source of interesting information from days gone by.

W.D. was also one of the founders of Welcome Baptist Church, which began in the front room, the parlor of the house in 1894. Later, a little wooden church was built across the street, where it remains today along with the newer brick church built next door in the 1950s. In the cemetery beside the old church, W.D. and some of his family are buried.

The youngest son of W.D. and Essie was Thomas Edmond Garrison and in 1914, when W.D. died, Tom was living in the family home with his mother and sister, Mamie. In 1917, he married a woman named Nettie Clifton McPhail. Eventually Mamie married, leaving Tom and Nettie and their four children, Sara, Lounelle, Thomas Edmond, Jr. and Nancy.

Thomas Edmond, Jr. (called Ed) was born in 1922. He went to local Anderson schools, then to college at Clemson. After graduating in 1942, he joined the US Army, now involved in WWII.

“They called it the war class,” says Juanita. “I’m sure every man who graduated in 1942 went home and said good-by to mama and went off to war. Ed wanted to join the Air Force, because he had had training at Anderson Airport, but his mother didn’t want him to be in the Air Force because she

was afraid his plane would fall down and he would get hurt. So, Ed joined the Infantry, but the minute he turned 21, he switched over to the Air Force.”

Ed flew B-29 bombers and served in the South Pacific in over 40 combat missions. “He had a good bit of things shot at him, and he did get hit,” Juanita says. “One time, as Ed tells it, he landed and the mechanic said, ‘Lieutenant, you know you’ve been hit, don’t you?’ They looked and his gas tank had been shot, but they had these re-sealable tanks, so he was able to get home safely.”

When Ed got out of the service, his father was still living on the farm, but he was not well. In 1945, he passed away, leaving the farm in equal parts to his widow and four children. Ed’s mother remained in the farmhouse until her death, but Ed eventually bought out his sisters’ and mother’s shares of the farm, and started a dairy with ten cows that he milked by hand. “Ed claims that one of the happiest days of his life,” Juanita says, “was when he bought an electric milker!”

In 1954, after graduating from the University of Georgia, a young Juanita Bartlett went to work as a journalist for a newspaper in Seneca:

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a drive-in movie and had chocolate milk and hamburgers. I guess everything went all right, because on Saturday night, Ed invited me to go to Greenville to a dance at the Elks club. Evidently, I passed that test, too, because the following week, he invited me to a dance in

Anderson. That was in October of 1954. At Christmas, we went down to see my parents in Cochran, GA, a small town southwest of Macon. That’s when he proposed. When it came to setting the date, Ed told me that the wedding had to be between corn planting

and wheat harvesting. I knew right then that my schedule in life was set.

Married in May of 1955, the couple built a house across the street from the old homestead. Ed and Juanita’s first baby, Carol Gaye (named after two of Juanita’s college roommates) arrived the following February. “The children like to pretend to count back and tease me about the baby being early,” laughs Juanita, “but this was 1955, I tell them.”

The couple soon settled into a routine of growing cotton and having babies, adding Thomas Edmond III, Bart ( named after Juanita’s father), Anita Lee (Anita from Juanita and Lee from Robert E. Lee because it was 1965 and they were celebrating the centennial of the confederacy). In 1959, Ed was also elected to the state legislature.

“Then,” Juanita says, “when Gaye was 17, Tom was 15, Bart was 13, and Lee was 11, I went to the doctor and found out I was pregnant again. I remember our son Tom telling someone that he was sorely embarrassed. I was 40 and Ed was 51, we were in our dotage, and here we were still have babies.”

“The day that I went into labor, Ed was working in the Senate and had left that day to drive to Columbia. I called him back to the hospital, and he was so tired, that he crawled into my bed in the delivery room and went to sleep. This was before fathers helped deliver babies, so they kicked him out and after I delivered, he stood at the foot of my bed, hands in

pockets, all casual-like. ‘Well,’ Ed said to the nurse. ‘What

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William Dunkling Garrison esther Reid Garrison, recent widow of W.D. Garrison, with sons and sons-in-law.

elizabeth Garrison, Ron Smith, Garrison Smith, and Tom Garrison point out the corncrib, the oldest structure on the Denver Downs Farm.

Lee Garrison admires the spinning wheel once used by her great grandmother, esther Reid Garrison.

Lee Garrison Smith and son Garrison admire the current crop in front of the old barn.

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have we got?’ ‘Guess,’ said the nurse. Ed replied, ‘Oh, we’ve got another

boy.’ ‘No,’ said the nurse. So then, Ed said, ‘Oh, we have

another girl.’ ‘No,” said the nurse. Well, Ed looks confused until the

nurse says, ‘You’ve got two little girls!’ I think Ed’s hands went all the way down through his pockets. But, he was proud of those girls.” They named the twin girls Elizabeth Reid and Catherine Anne.

Around the same time, in 1972, Ed’s mother Nettie died, and Juanita and Ed started renovating the farmhouse to move their family in. “We started working on the house and things were going along,” Juanita says. “Upstairs we had four bedrooms, the two boys would be on one side and we put in a bath, and the two girls on the other with a new bath. Everything was going nicely, and that’s when I went to the doctor in January. It sure did mess up my house plans!”

Today the old Denver Downs farmhouse remains much like it was when built in the 1870s. Filled with family heirlooms and memories, the home is comfortable; well lived in and well loved. It has seen its share of sorrow with the loss of Ed and Juanita’s son Bart in a farming accident, and more recently, the loss of grandson, Ben. However, there has been much to celebrate, too, including weddings and births and anniversaries, all documented in pictures covering the walls of the den. Ed and Juanita have

been married for 56 ½ years now, and have seen their family grow to include Gaye’s husband Joel and their son and daughter-in-law, Jay and Mollie. Tom’s wife Angie and their daughters, Abbie and Lillie, Lee’s husband Ron and their children, Emily and Garrison, and Catherine’s husband Mark and their children, Tillman and James

Daniel. Catherine and her family live in Charleston, but the rest of the family has settled close by, including Tom who carries on the farming tradition with the help of his siblings and family. Here on any given Sunday you’ll find the Garrisons, after attending Welcome Church, enjoying a glass of sweet tea and a little sweet reminiscing.

esther Reid Garrison, recent widow of W.D. Garrison, with sons and sons-in-law.edmond Barksdale

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Presidential candidate Jimmy Carter with

Senator T. ed Garrison and the Garrison twins,

elizabeth and Catherine at Denver Downs.

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FALL FUN

at Denver Downs

Written by Sheril Bennett TurnerPhotography by Ken Ruinard

Throughout the year, Denver Downs operates as a general farm, growing crops and raising various livestock. Currently Denver Downs Farm is operated by Tom Garrison, with the help of sister, Lee Garrison Smith, a member of the Greenville City Council, who runs the Denver Downs Farm Market each summer. Sister Gaye Garrison Sprague is an engineer in Greenville, but her husband Joel and son Jay operate a geotextile testing facility on the property that the family calls Denver Downs Research Facility.

Ten years ago, though, the family decided to create a corn maze—and idea suggested by Tom’s wife Angie—as well as a pumpkin patch, started with a few of varieties of the gourd-like squash. Today, the Denver Downs Corn Maze and Giant Pumpkin Patch (with over 25 varieties) has turned into a major event that starts the last week in September and finishes at the end of October with a Pumpkin Festival featuring a Pumpkin Princess, a pumpkin carving contest, and much, much more.

A family affair, the fall festivities start the last week in September and are planned and operated by Tom and his wife Angie, Lee and husband Ron, and sisters Elizabeth Garrison and Catherine Garrison Davis. “Every year we like to add something new,” says Elizabeth. “This year we added an irrigation system for the pumpkins and corn maze to make sure we would have a great crop of corn and pumpkins for our visitors. We expect the new irrigation system to help the corn grow tall so that people will stay lost in the maze!”

The main attraction is, of course, this corn maze. “We start planning the maze in January,” explains Elizabeth. “In June we plant

the pumpkins and in July we plant the corn. A company from out West takes our sketch idea and actually designs and implements the intricate maze pattern. It is AMazing!”

The design usually changes every year, but some crowd-pleasing patterns have been used more than once. The most popular maze, so far, as been the Clemson/Carolina helmets on a football field gridiron with a palmetto tree between the helmets. “We love it when people wear Clemson or Carolina colors to show their school pride,” says Elizabeth, a Clemson grad like all the Garrison children. Ideas for maze designs often come from brainstorming sessions around the kitchen table. This year, the theme is The War Between the States, a nod to the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. The Garrison’s are also excited about another new addition this year, one keeping with the maze theme, a civil war reenactment. “Our great grandfather was a veteran of the Civil War and our Father was a WWII veteran,” explains Elizabeth, “so we are very proud of our military heritage, as well as our farm heritage.”

All the effort the family puts into Denver Down to make it an enjoyable destination for the whole community is well worth it, Elizabeth says. “One year, Catherine was working at the gate and a six-year-old little boy was on his way out of the barnyard with his family. ‘This farm is better than Disneyland!’ he said. It’s so fun to see the families come year after year and see the children grow. Visiting our farm becomes part of their fall tradition.”

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Candy Apple Jelly Recipes courtesy TasteofHome.com

With a hint of apple and cinnamon, this jelly spreads cheer from breads to bagels to muffins. Decorate the jar lids with fabric for a special gift.

4 cups apple juice1/2 cup red-hot candies1 package (1-3/4 ounces) powdered fruit pectin4-1/2 cups sugar

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Remove from the heat; skim off any foam and discard any undissolved candies. Carefully ladle hot mixture into hot sterilized half-pint jars, leaving 1/4-in. headspace. Remove air bubbles, wipe rims and adjust lids. Process for 5 minutes in a boiling-water canner. Makes about 6 half-pints.

Sweet & Sour Pot Roast Recipes courtesy TasteofHome.com

Vinegar and brown sugar flavor this tangy slow-cooked pot roast. Shredded leftovers make delicious sandwiches later in the week, too!

12 small white potatoes, peeled1 boneless beef chuck roast (about 3 pounds)1 Tbsp canola oil1 cup chopped onion1 can (15 ounces) tomato sauce1/4 cup packed brown sugar2 to 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce2 tsps cider vinegar1 tsp salt

Place potatoes in a 5-qt. slow cooker. Trim fat from roast; cut in half. In a large skillet, brown roast in oil on all sides. Transfer to slow cooker.

Reserve 1 tablespoon drippings; saute onion in reserved drippings until tender. Stir in the tomato sauce, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, vinegar and salt. Pour over roast.

Cover and cook on high for 4-6 hours or until meat is tender. Before serving, pour sauce into a skillet. Cook and stir over medium-high heat until reduced and thickened. Serve with potatoes and beef. Makes 6-8 servings.

Doggone Good Fruity CoolerContributed by Sheila Boyd from Mollie & Me Gourmet Dog Bakery

Although this is for our canine friends, it’s not bad for us people, either!

1 cup water1/2 cantaloupe, cubed with seeds and rind removed1/2 can pineapple chunks in their juices, drained 1 banana, sliced 2 Tbsp. honey

Place all ingredients in a blender or food processor, cover and blend until smooth. Pour the mixture into a freezer-safe container, and freeze until firm. Remove the container from the freezer, and allow the cooler to soften before serving. You can also pour into ice cube trays until firm, pop out, and store in zip lock bags in freezer. Makes 3 cups.

Broccoli CasseroleContributed by Juanita Bartlett Garrison from her new Garden and Field Cookbook.

This is a pretty dish and a Garrison family favorite!

2-3 stalks fresh broccoli2 Tbsps onion, chopped1 cup cheddar cheese, grated1-10 ¾ ounce can Cream of Mushroom soup½ cup mayonnaise2 eggs, slightly beaten1 Tbsp butter 1 cup cracker crumbs

Preheat oven to 350°. Grease baking dish and set aside. Peel broccoli stems and chop stems and florets. Cook in small amount of water about 10 minutes. Drain. Combine broccoli, onions, mayonnaise, soup, eggs, and cheese. Pour into baking dish. Cover with cracker crumbs and dot with the butter. Bake at 350° oven for 45 minutes. Serves 6.

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Hospice of the Upstate Daylily ReceptionOn Thursday, June 9, a reception was held for donors and friends of Hospice of the Upstate as part

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