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The county courthouse and Confederate monument in Bennettsville, county seat of Marlboro County, in a 1915 postcard view. Marlboro County has been an important agricultural center (first for the...
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Belton, in Anderson County, is noted for its unusual standpipe or water tower. Here, the standpipe can be seen in the background of the Belton Square, around 1909. The town, like many other South...
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The Beaufort waterfront in as it appeared in 1906. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.
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Fire damage to Sherper's Wharf in Beaufort, 1907. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.
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Downtown Beaufort in the 1860s. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.
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Granite Street in Batesburg, around 1913. Batesburg and nearby Leesville, both in Lexington County, were named after the families on whose plantations they developed. After the 1890s, the railroads...
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Although Anderson itself is primarily an industrial city, it is the county seat of an important agricultural county. Cattle are shown being judged at the "Fat Cattle Show," March 25, 1941, at McGees...
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Anderson public square in the 1930s. From the files of the Works Progress Administration Writer's Program. Photo by Lewis D. Moorhead. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.
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The Anderson town square and county courthouse around 1908. Anderson County was carved out of the old Pendleton District, created in 1789 from Cherokee Native American lands deeded to the state in...
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A street scene of Allendale, looking south, around 1951. The present site of Allendale was determined by the construction of the Charleston and Western Carolina Railroad through the area around 1872...