Cherokee in the Upcountry / Beginnings of Greenville Water

Cherokee in the Upcountry, also, Beginnings of Greenville Water. . , Cherokee in the Upcountry , The watersheds surrounding Greenville County were long ago home to Pisgah societies (AD 1000-AD 1450) and their descendants, the Cherokee. Archeological evidence of the Pisgah societies has been found in abundance near the Jocassee, Keowee and Saluda Watersheds. The Cherokee perpetuated burial practices and maintained a deep reverence for the rivers and streams., As a result of the Indian Removal Act of 1830, many of the Cherokee living in South Carolina were forced to give up their ancestral lands for land in present-day Oklahoma. Today, the Eastern Band of the Cherokee, based in Cherokee, N.C., represents the ancestors of the small group of roughly 800 Cherokee who remained in the eastern United States after 15,000 Cherokee were forced to move west., Beginnings of Greenville Water , In 1889, at the request of local Greenville leaders, the American Pipe Manufacturing Company of Philadelphia formed a water company to serve Greenville. The Paris Mountain Water Company, as it was later called, built a reservoir on Paris Mountain to provide water service for the 8,600 residents of Greenville. The next year, Paris Mountain Water Company began operation, delivering water by gravity through eight miles of twelve-inch wide water main. In 1918, the Greenville Commission of Public Works (now known as Greenville Water) was formed and purchased the system from American Pipe., Because of its pristine water resources, Greenville Water produces very high quality water. In a blind taste test conducted by the American Water Works Association in 2011, Greenville Water was named the best tasting tap water in the nation and continues to receive national recognition for its exceptional quality.