Daniel Decatur Emmitt | Eye on the Past
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Daniel Decatur Emmitt, the New Yorker who penned the song "Dixie."Video
Short history of the old Riley Baseball Park in Sumter.S.C. History
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Lady on the Bridge | Eye on the Past
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Ghost story about the ghost of the lady who hitch-hikes rides with unsuspecting travelers on the bridge over the Wateree River in the swamps near Stateburg.
Sumter Court House | Eye on the Past
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Story of the current Sumter Court House, built in 1906, and the history of the first Sumter Court House, built in 1802 and completed in 1806. The second Sumter Court House, designed by Robert Mills...
About Eye on the Past
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This series was produced by WRJA-TV in Sumter to provide short segments on interesting, significant, historical people, places and events in our state's history. Segments include: History of the...
Salem Black River Church | Eye on the Past
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History of historic Salem Black River Church in old Salem community near Turbeville, S.C.
Hobkirk Hill | Eye on the Past
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Brief history of the Revolutionary War Battle of Hobkirk Hill in Camden S.C. that occurred in April 1781.
Melrose Plantation | Eye on the Past
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Melrose Plantation, home of Matthew Singleton in the High Hills of Sumter, or Santee, near Poinsett Park, in Sumter, S.C.
Clara Louise Kellogg | Eye on the Past
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Sumter native Clara Louise Kellogg is featured. Kellogg became a world-renowned opera soprano singer in the mid-late 1800s.