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Woodside Country Club
1000 Woodside Plantation Drive
Aiken, SC 29803
July 14, 2026
David Tavernier — “Famous Aiken Winter Colony Visitors You’ve Never Heard Of.”
While many winter colony visitors were nationally and internationally known for their wealth and business associations, there were others who were famous in their fields of endeavor, philanthropy, leisure pursuits, and who also possessed great wealth. The lecture will profile a number of those individuals and their connection to Aiken during the Winter Colony years.
August 11, 2026
Linda Johnson — “Up in Flames: How Aiken Tries to Burn Itself Down”
Aiken has a fire problem. Hotels, churches, houses, the whole downtown—we seem determined to burn it down. Where? Why? What are the consequences? Hear stories, tragic and funny, about Aiken’s pyromania.
The lecture will review the many innovations and achievements of the South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company and later the South Carolina and Southern Railway. These rail innovations not only contributed to the founding of Aiken but also determined, in a significant way, how and why Aiken developed as it did, laying the groundwork for our equestrian industry.
Price: $45 per Session
Itinerary
4:45 PM – Set-Up
5:00 PM – Open Pub Cash Bar
5:30 PM – Guest Arrival
6:00 PM – Dinner
6:30 PM – Program Begins
7:30 PM – Conclusion