Fort Motte, South
Carolina
This little town near the Congaree River and US Route 601 in
Calhoun County, consisting of one loop street and a railroad
crossing, may have once been a thriving farm town, but now is
almost gone. The pictures of their Town Hall and jail
reinforce the notion that one is truly visiting the poorest Zip
Code in all of South Carolina.
It
is important to note that a famous incident in South Carolina
Revolutionary War history took place nearby, in which the town got
it's name, and Rebecca Motte became one of the most famous women
in South Carolina history.
Read more about her here.
Lone Star, South Carolina
Another one of the fading rural farm towns of Calhoun County,
Lone Star what you see - three closed buildings, two gas stations.
Nothing else.
This place nearby, between Lone Star and Santee, is a neat place
with some historical documentation on the town.
Click
here to check them out.
Ellenton, South Carolina
In 1950, the residents of this town near the Aiken & Barnwell
county line were among 6000 or so in both counties who were given
six weeks to move to make way for the construction of the Savannah
River Site, a production facility for nuclear weapons.
State Route 125, which was left open as a through-route for the
public, ran through the old town. One can still see
overgrown sidewalks along the road and nearly-overgrown streets
behind the fences that border the highway.
Park in downtown Augusta, Georgia
A slight violation of my South Carolina content policy - one
morning, I decided to cross the river and found this really neat
park with a metal sculpture.
As you can see, Bonnie, my little one, was on the phone and too
busy to be available for comment.
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