City Directories and History: The founders of Comporium Communications were originally also involved in a large farm operation south of Rock Hill. The house and barns were razed in the 1990’s as their long-term farm manager, Mr. Paul Strait retired. One of the unique items on the farm at that time was a farm wagon which still had the Good Wagon Company sign painted on the side panel. The wagon was later donated to Historic Rock Hill.
“John Steele – Born July 18, 1783. Died August 21, 1865, in York District, S.C. Married on Dec. 24, 1807, to Margaret Barry. * John Steele‘s descendants in Rock Hill were numerous, well-known, and prominent in civic affairs. John Steele owned between 300 and 500 acres southwest of Rock Hill, on the road to Bethesda community. At the end of the nineteenth century, this land fell into the lands of a Rock Hill banker, R. Lee Kerr. In the first quarter of the twentieth century the land was acquired by E. L. Barnes, whose family owns the acreage today. It was also John Steele who acquired many hundreds of acres on the eastern fringes of Rock Hill. This tract included the famous Steele‘s tavern, or inn, called – “Traveler‘s Rest.” It also included the renowned Steele‘s Spring, which still flows today. The writer remembers older Rock Hill residents talking about Steele‘s Spring and its lithia water, which was bottled and sold widely by various men in the Steele family. It is too bad that the sites of the tavern and spring have not been marked for future generations.” Along The Land’s Ford Road – Vol. II, p. 39, Wm. B. White, 2008
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