Beside's well known beaches such as Myrtle Beach, South Carolina offers many more activities.
In Abbeville, South Carolina, revisit a time when gracious hospitality was a way of life. When anticipation filled the days waiting for the entertainment of the evening.
In Beaufort, spanish explorers were the first to arrive over 100
years before the Pilgrims made their ocean voyage.
Lord Cornwallis spent his days and nights at the British garrison
which could be found in Camden and fought the battle of Hobkirk Hill
and Camden in the area.
Along the banks of the Pee Dee river is Cheraw, which was named
for the Cheraw Indians who lived in the area. Cheraw is know by
area residents as the prettiest town in dixie.
Darlington, in the heart of the agriculture region for the state,
is home to tobacco auctions and numerous cotton fields.
Georgetown, was settled in 1526 and was the first settlement
in North America, however Indian attacks and a hurricane
drove the Spaniards out of the area. Re-established in 1729
and gained it's name from Kind George II. Along the docks today,
now called Harborwalk, is an array of shops and restaurants.
The movie Deliverance, about a whitewater rafting trip, was shot
along the Chattooga River between Long Creek and Mountain Rest.
40 miles of river to explore that divides South Carolina from Georgia.
In Pendleton is a 6,000 square foot farm museum called Village Green.
Tales of a ghost that haunt Hunter's store, built in 1850 as a general store,
are passed through the generations.
Summerville, South Carolina was built for refuge during a time when Charleston
was hit with malaria. Because of it's old homes and gardens, it's known as
Flowertown in the pines.
So whether looking for warm ocean waters to swim, surf or just lay under
the warm sun, to searching for a piece of the past of the beginning of
the history of the United States, South Carolina is there to be explored. |
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