History Saluda's name came from the Cherokee word Tsaludiyi, meaning "green corn place". The first name of the area by European settlers was "Pace's Ridge", from the Pace family who inhabited the area. Many of the original families were Scots-Irish who left Pennsylvania around the time of the Whiskey Rebellion in the early 1790s.
History Saluda's name cam,e from the Cherokee word Tsaludiyi meaning "green corn place". The .first name of the area by European settlers was "Pace.'s Ridge", from the Pace family who inhabited the area Many of the original families were Scots-Irish who left Pennsylvania around the time of the Whiskey Rebellion in the early 1790s