The arrival of the Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad at Pace's Gap in 1878 was the immediate stimulus for the creation of the town of Saluda. In 1881 the town was incorporated. The Saluda Grade is the steepest standard-gauge mainline railway grade in the United States. The grade consists of a three mile section of track that rises over 600 feet in elevation with a highest offical grade of 4.7% but reaching 5.1% at one point. The tracks have not been used since 2001.
This is a nice town with very friendly merchants. I met one of the merchants and as we spoke he told me that he was from Miami and owned a gas station right down the street from where I worked in Perrine, Fl. His wife was from Hendersonville, NC and they met in Miami and married. They sold the business about 20 years ago and moved up to this area. He does some very nice wood work.
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