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Union County,
SC: John D. Long Lake & Susan Smith
From my visit to John D. Long Lake in May of 2003. Nine
years later, people haven't forgotten what happened here.
Laurens County,
SC: "The Cows with Glowing Eyes"
Off SC 56, between Clinton and Joanna, I stopped to take pictures
of this herd of cows. They seemed very intrigued with the
flash on my camera, and before long, every cow in the field had
come to check me out.
Notice the glowing
eyes on the cow? Kinda spooky ...
Sumter County,
SC: An old Cotton Processing Plant
On SC 261, in northwestern Sumter County, at a crossroads,
is the dilapidated, collapsing remains of an old cotton processing
plant. Dating to the time when cotton was a major crop in
Sumter County, and agriculture was a major source of local income,
this place has been busier, and better, days.
Spartanburg County,
SC: Sugar ... What?!?
At the rural crossroads of SC Routes 101 and 296, the front
of Harrison's Grocery raises two questions ...
1) Where's the Moon
Pie machine, and
2) Sugar WHAT?!? What the heck is THAT?!?
These people have
been there too. This
link will take you to some background on where the name came
from.
Sumter County,
SC: Battle of Beech Creek
On April 19, 1865, the Battle of Beech Creek was the last
battle of the Civil War in South Carolina. This took place
ten days after General Lee surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox
Court House in Virginia, and a week before General Johnston
surrendered to General Sherman
near Greensboro, North Carolina.
The battle site
is located on SC 261, two miles north of US 76 & 378 in eastern
Sumter County.
Spartanburg County,
SC: Old Reidville Road Bridge
Just before the small town of Reidville, SC, on SC Route 296,
is an old overgrown bridge, bypassed by a newer and wider bridge.
I was unable to find the year stamps they usually put on the sides,
so I couldn't tell how old it was. But I thought it looked
kinda neat.
Kershaw County,
SC: Battle of Camden
Across South Carolina, many battlefields from both the War for
American Independence and Civil War are, for the most part, well
kept.
The Battle
of Camden, in Kershaw County, north of Camden, where American
forces blundered and suffered a massive defeat at the hands of
the British, is overgrown, barely marked, and poorly maintained.
The battlefield
is on Flat Rock Road, which locals use as a "bypass"
around US 521, from Heath Springs in Lancaster County to the north
of Camden, in Kershaw County.
I guess we don't
celebrate our defeats ...
