Forgotten or absorbed towns across South Carolina
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Hopefully the new whitewater center they are building below the dam will help flopeye survive
I played football and baseball in that stadium for several years before moving to Camden, as did my father. My grandfather walked from his house through the wooded area to get to the large hill in center field, and would sometimes sit on the hill and watch. Winnsboro and Lewisville were our biggest rivals. I always believed that field had unique qualities and potential because of it's "bowl" shape. Amazing times!
Haven't been through there in several years. All I ever knew about that town was that it was in mainly farm country, had very good high school football, and that a leading citizen was Alan Schafer, who I believe was a big beer distributor and owner of South of the Border. What the current condition of the town is compared to 10 years ago, I do not know.
I haven't read all the replies but Slighs right above Little Mtn had a town designation. I'm really enjoying reading about some of our SC towns and experiences.
I heard Clemson is a pretty depressing area, or at least it will be once they get their first taste of Beamer Ball!
That near where my lake cabin is. I never knew that Slighs used to be a town. BTW, they have good hotdogs.
Our own Steve Tanneyhill coached there for a couple of years, but his reputation of an excellent high school coach was made at Chesterfield.
McBee isnt growing but its not dying. Still has HS and Elementary. Nestle Waters, and AO Smilth are going strong and Dominion Energy just added a hub there.
Well, he started off OK at Union but things kind of went down hill from that point. Most high school communities can live with a coach saying the occasional damn, or ass, but Tanneyhill took language skills to a level rarely seen in high school. Can't do that at the HS level and get away with it.
Im about to win this thread. Tatum, SC. Town is currently a whopping 584 acres with 71 residents. Enter Tatum cross the RR tracks and leave Tatum in less than a 1/4 mile.
No you're not....how about tooter-town off Hwy 14 between Blue Ridge and Greer...I think at one time there were 4 residents...and it was the size of a large lot..not quite and acre...when entering tooter town it said welcome, and 1 second later you would see the sign leaving tooter town.
Anyone know the size of Sunset, SC off HWY 11 in Pickens County? My guess is, there maybe 50 people...Newry, SC has been mentioned earlier...not sure how many people lived in the village...
King, wished I'd bought some of that Indian Land property years ago!
All I've ever known about Salters - I've passed by it several times - relates to that country store down there that prepares and sells barbeque throughout the week. Is that still going on?
Both of us. It's a boomtown. The good news for Lancaster is that it's headed this way. Huge developments are coming to Hwy 521 north and the new Indian Land High School, opening this coming fall, lies five miles closer to Lancaster than the school being vacated.
Golden Tornados. Kids of the mill hill workers. Greenville high were the rich kids. Rivalry game played in Furman's stadium
back in the late 70's the town of Kelly, SC on highway 9 between Lockhart and Jonesville had the city limits on both sides of the sign.
“Fluffy”! LOL
YEAH man, good ole Barnwell- we went to HS there because Allendale was literally the worst school in the state at that time! Right before they closed the loophole, my parents bought a lit at Sweetwater Coutry club so they could list a Barnwell address to get us into school there…
Will go through Allendale occasionally when driving between Beaufort and Atlanta. Even Fairfax looks better.
I was likely near your area last Saturday. We had a birthday get together for my Mama’s birthday at Lake Robinson.
I guess that USC-Salkehatchie doesn't bring much to the table.
When travelling the Augusta route between Beaufort and Atlanta these days, I frequently travel through Miley instead of Varnville-Hampton-Brunson-Fairfax-Allendale.
There's a shed across from the Post Office (yes, Post Office), which has trees growing on it which must be 5m high. How does that happen on a roof?
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It’s funny that you mention Newry. I went up there many years ago to look at a bloodhound puppy. I went to tech with a few guys from Tamassee. One of the guys I work with graduated high school from Tamassee Salem.
You are correct re: Alan Schafer. He attended USC at the same time my father did.
On trips to Richmond, VA from Beaufort to visit my mother's family during my childhood, we would stop at SOB on the way up, and my father would make a point of looking up Mr. Schafer for a short chat.
I’ve driven through Buffalo several times. Never tried Midway BBQ. I think there’s some kind of bait/tackle/gun shop in Buffalo?
My Father taught there his whole career, and that job was literally the reason our family moved to the town. I went to Salk my freshman year before transferring to the Columbia campus… So for us, I guess- yes it brought something to the table. Beyond Salk and a lumber Mill or two I cannot think of a single viable large employer in the town.
Yes - the lumber mill is on US 278 on the way to Kline.
In order to avoid the slowdowns and speed traps on SC 68 & US 278 between Yemassee & Allendale, I've started taking the Salkehatchie Highway from Yemassee to US 601 to SC 641 to Ulmer Rd to SC 300 to a back road which runs through Kline (gotta stop for peaches in season) and onward to SC 125.
Ulmer doesn't look as bad as Allendale, but it's definitely a shell of what it once was.
Back in the day only room for couple tables & only open on weekends………then expansion, new generation….well worth the stop.
301and321 briefly come together just on the Bamberg County side of the county line and split up at Ulmer, which is just on the Allendale side
