The area around Trion was first settled by pioneer William Penn. The town is named for the trio of businessmen who founded Trion Factory—Andrew P. Allgood, his father-in-law Spencer S. Marsh, and Colonel William K. Briers. The history of Trion Factory—later The Trion Company, Riegel Textile and Mount Vernon Mills—is inseparable from the history of the town. Almost without interruption the company has been in production since 1846. In addition to the Allgood family from 1845 to 1912, the mill has been owned by the Benjamin D. Riegel family from 1912 to1987 and the R.B. Pamplin family since 1987.
Trion Photo Archive
Riegel Textile ,circa 1965
Midway bowling alley was just south of Trion in the early 1960s
Ad in Summerville News promoting buying war bonds in World War One
Aerial view of the Trion depot, circa 1962
Bales of Cotton on the dock at Trion Mill. There were delivered by train.
Hanging around the soda fountain … circa 1957
