To a giant, Table Rock could be exactly what its name suggests -- a 3,124'-high table made of granite. To eat at this table, the giant would need a seat -- Stool Mountain at 2,600' served this purpose.
This is how the Cherokee saw the . . . — — Map (db m30219) HM
In 1923, T.L. Bivens and his son, Hank Bivens bought the Heath, Bruce, Morrow Company,
a large general merchandise store. In 1933 the store moved into the present location and
was known as Bivens Hardware. The left side of the store was Parrott's . . . — — Map (db m238513) HM
Quilter: Gail Sexton
Sponsor: Pickens County Cultural Commission
Blackford's Beauty was originally made by Gail Sexton. Mrs. Sexton told us, “I made a quilt called ‘Red Birds on Parade’ in 2012, using the Blackford's Beauty Block. . . . — — Map (db m238522) HM
The original 1876 two-story wooden mercantile store of Benton S. Freeman was re-built in brick in 1908. In the early 1900's a silent movie theater upstairs entertained the people of Pickens while the ground floor remained a general merchandise store . . . — — Map (db m238512) HM
Quilter: Mrs. Una Welborn Sponsor: Hagood-Mauldin House The Carpenter's Wheel was a pattern used in the Underground Railroad to guide slaves to freedom. It also represents the fine carpentry that went into the building of the house in . . . — — Map (db m234335) HM
Served
Pickens Mayor 14 Years
S.C. House of Representatives
S.C. Highway Commissioner
13th Dist. 10 Years
Worked for Pickens County
Progress — — Map (db m11731) HM
The Churn Dash pattern, also known as Hole in the Barn Door, has been in continuous use in South Carolina for over 150 years. Quilt makers enjoy combining the triangles and rectangles into nine-patch blocks, and the association of the pattern with . . . — — Map (db m238495) HM
Erected in appreciation of the effort, skill and dedication of the men of the Civilian Conservation Corps.
This peacetime army healed the scars on our landscape, beautified and protected our mountains, seashores and forests, and created the . . . — — Map (db m30218) HM
The pattern, Fence Posts, also known as Interlocked Squares, was first named in 1932 by Edna Marie Dunn in the Kansas City Star. Other names are 4 Part Strip Block (ca. 1948), Roman Square (ca. 1974) and Spirit of St. Louis (ca.1934). The moniker, . . . — — Map (db m238494) HM
Quilter: Libby Carter
Sponsor: Pickens County ATAX Commission Grant
Fire and Ice is a multi-colored modern quilt that graces the building of Domino’s Pizza. The owner, Scott Carrick, fell in love with it and requested it for his . . . — — Map (db m238500) HM
Built in 1898. The building was the home of Keowee Bank until the bank closed during the great depression. The outline of the bank's vault is still visible today. In 1929 Leon McCall purchased the building and opened a café. In 1963 Bobby Garren . . . — — Map (db m185588) HM
The man most responsible for opening up the northwestern part of South Carolina by driving out the Cherokee and the British, during and immediately following the American Revolution War, was General Andrew Pickens. deeply religious but a fierce . . . — — Map (db m20030) HM
The granite ridge connecting Table Rock and Pinnacle Mountain drops away into two slopes. Because gravity pulls water downhill, all precipitation that falls onto the south-facing slope will eventually collect in the Oolenoy River system. Like any . . . — — Map (db m30014) HM
Hagood Mill This grist mill was rebuilt in 1845 by James Earle Hagood (1826-1904), son of Benjamin Hagood (1788-1865), who had bought it in 1825. James E. Hagood, a planter and merchant, served in the S.C. House and was longtime Pickens . . . — — Map (db m185430) HM
[Front]:
During most of its life, the Hagood Mill was a busy center of commerce. The Products of Industry Census records Hagood Mill as having produced 2,500 bushels of meal (140,000 pounds) and 200 bushels of flours (11,200 pounds) in the . . . — — Map (db m20117) HM
[Front] This house, built ca. 1856, originally sat 14 mi. W in the town of Pickens Court House, then the seat of Pickens District. It was the home of James Earle Hagood (1826-1904), Pickens District clerk of court, state representative . . . — — Map (db m43781) HM
Quilter: Unknown Sponsor: Judy Goosen and Upstate Heritage Quilt Trail Site: Judge Mauldin's office at the Hagood-Mauldin House Judy Goosen purchased this crazy quilt years ago from Sandy Henderson, a friend with an excellent “eye,” in . . . — — Map (db m234329) HM
Musician, Teacher, Civic leader. Her efforts on behalf of City Beautification have been an inspiration. Her leadership had made this memorial park possible. — — Map (db m11729) HM
Quilter: Cassie Abley
Sponsor: Pickens County ATAX Commission
In 1972 Al and Georgia Morris moved to Pickens, SC with Al's goal to become a pharmacist at a small-town pharmacy, the Corner Drug Store. With a 1-year-old daughter in . . . — — Map (db m238520) HM
This statue of Major General Pickens is built in memory of Ellison Smyth McKissick, Jr., 1925-1998, Korean War veteran and former chief executive officer of Alice Manufacturing Company, Inc. Ellison Smyth McKissick, Jr., enlisted in the United . . . — — Map (db m20085) HM
The Convict Cage, or "Jail on Wheels," was actually a prison pulled by a team of horses or mules. During the early 20th century, it was not possible to return prisoners doing work in the remote areas of Pickens County back (here) to the Pickens . . . — — Map (db m11790) HM
Designed by H.D. Breeding. B.E. Grandy built Pickens County gaol (jail) in 1902. For years it housed not only prisoners but also local sheriffs and their families. In the first year three members of Sheriff J.H.G. McDaniel's family died here of . . . — — Map (db m133576) HM
Ever wonder why so many park buildings share the same look? That style -- rendered in stone and wood to help the structures complement their natural surroundings -- is called "parkitecture" and it became the hallmark of the Civilian Conservation . . . — — Map (db m30168) HM
The town of Pickens was established as the center of government for the newly established Pickens District. The county was originally part of the Pickens District, today's Pickens and Oconee Counties. Its center of government, Pickens Court House, . . . — — Map (db m11774) HM
Private Major Terrell, United States Army
First Pickens County Casualty of World War One
A resident of Hurricane Township in Pickens, Major Terrell joined the U.S. Army in October 1917 and was assigned to the 305th Labor Company, . . . — — Map (db m20035) HM
Private Charles H. Barker, United States Army
April 12, 1935-June 4, 1953
of
Six Mile
Company K, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division
Killed in Action at Sokkogae, Korea, June 4 1953
Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor . . . — — Map (db m20056) HM
The present Hagood Mill was built in 1845 by James Hagood and donated to the County of Pickens in 1973 by the James Hagood Bruce family. Over sixty Pickens County gristmill sites have been located, documented and mapped by local historian and . . . — — Map (db m185429) HM
In Honor of All Men
Who Paid the Supreme Sacrifice
For Freedom in War
Greater love hath no man than this, that
a man lay down his life for his friends. — — Map (db m11770) HM
The Easley-Pickens line was chartered in 1890 by the S.C. General Assembly. Construction of the line, which ran from Pickens to Easley, was completed in 1898. At Easley the Pickens Railroad joined the Southern Railway. Ex-governor John Gary Evans . . . — — Map (db m185432) HM
Trailhead of the Pickens-Easley Doodle Trail
124 Railroad Street, Pickens
The origins of the Pickens railroad date back to December, 1890 when it was chartered by the state. The distance between the two towns was not very far, and at . . . — — Map (db m238524) HM
Quilter: Gail Sexton
Sponsor: Pickens County ATAX Commission Grant
This lovely rendition of a lake and mountain landscape is based on a wall hanging designed and quilted by master quilter Gail Sexton of Sunset in Pickens County. . . . — — Map (db m238503) HM
Seconee was the easternmost of the documented Cherokee Lower Towns in Upcountry S.C. Situated 1 mi. W in the broad floodplain at the confluence of Twelve Mile River and Town Creek, Seconee's location offered fertile ground and access to several . . . — — Map (db m185431) HM
On this ancient soapstone boulder are two partially carved soapstone bowls, made by Native Americans around 5,000 years ago. The bowls were rough-shaped with flint chisels and then broken off before doing the final shaping. This boulder was brought . . . — — Map (db m20375) HM
About Table Rock State Park
Table Rock Mountain is a towering landmark at the edge of the Blue Ridge Escarpment, most recognized for its spectacular natural beauty. Within the watershed of Table Rock lie more than 3,000 acres of . . . — — Map (db m30063) HM
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933 as part of the comprehensive relief effort during the grim depression years. Three million men were involved in the CCC during its ten-year existence. . . . — — Map (db m21051) HM
Originally built in the early 1800's by the family of Benjamin Hagood on family land about a half mile from here, this is the third place that this venerable old log cabin has stood.
It is thought because of the unusual interior log wall, . . . — — Map (db m20137) HM
The Hagoods and the Mauldins
James E. Hagood, son of local farmer and landowner Benjamin Hagood, built this house in 1856 in the town of Pickens Court House, about 14 miles west of here. The house was moved to this site in 1868. James . . . — — Map (db m11783) HM
Ongoing development at this mill site includes a variety of ventures. Significant among these is the recent relocation and restoration of this Cabin. In the late 1780's the Secona Baptist Church was organized in Pickens. Named after the Cherokee . . . — — Map (db m20142) HM
Pickens County Museum of Art and History
The Pickens County Museum collects, preserves, and exhibits local artifacts. It features exhibits on the Cherokee Indians, General Andrew Pickens, Vice President John C. Calhoun, pioneer life, . . . — — Map (db m11789) HM
To the Mountains
Quilter: Joy du Bois Sponsor: Pickens County ATAX Commission Grant
The original quilt, To the Mountains, a small landscape piece, was created by Joy duBois of Seneca. Joy met a quilter by the name of Gail Sexton, . . . — — Map (db m238499) HM
To the Valiant Citizen-Soldiers of Pickens County who Answered their Call to Duty and Made the Supreme Sacrifice
For our future generations, their youth, they gave away, never again to see the land between the Oolenoy River Valley and the . . . — — Map (db m20092) WM
Cornelius Keith
Born in Loch Lomond, Scotland
Of Royal Lineage
1715 Scottish Royal Seal 1808
Dating from 1010 A.D.
Original pioneer of Oolenoy settlement.
Started about 1743, married Juda Thompson.
Reared twelve . . . — — Map (db m47399) HM
In the cemetery of Oolenoy Baptist Church is the grave of Cornelius Keith, born in Loch Lomond, Scotland. Of royal lineage, the Keith family came to South Carolina from Virginia. Original pioneers of Oolenoy Valley, acquired land from the . . . — — Map (db m33611) HM
[Front]:
This church, named for the Cherokee chief, Woolenoy - the spelling was changed to Oolenoy in 1827 - was organized in 1795 by Rev. John Chastain, who became its first minister. By 1797, with 50 members, it was admitted to the . . . — — Map (db m11718) HM
This community, settled before 1800, was named "Pumpkin Town" by an anonymous early traveler awed by the sight of the Oolenoy Valley covered with huge yellow pumpkins. It and Pickens Court House (Old Pickens) were the only two towns in . . . — — Map (db m11725) HM
(side 1) The Cherokee Path was once part of an important trade network that connected the Upper, Middle, and Lower Cherokee towns in the west with English settlements at Charles Town and, later, inland outposts like Fort Congaree, in the . . . — — Map (db m133608) HM
(side 1)
Fort Prince George, covered by Lake Keowee since 1968, was built nearby in 1753, near the unofficial boundary between Cherokee lands and white settlements. Across the Keowee River from the Cherokee Lower Town of Keowee, it was . . . — — Map (db m78989) HM
In Honor Of
Six Mile Military Personnel of All Wars
and
In Special Tribute to Our
Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients
Charles H. Barker
Korea
James D. Howe
Vietnam
William A. McWhorter
World War II
. . . — — Map (db m55170) HM
Human settlement in this valley
dates to the Clovis people, present
as early as 13,000 years ago. By the
early 1700s, the valley was part of
a cluster of Cherokee Lower Towns.
Near here was the town of Eastatoee,
which had more than 200 . . . — — Map (db m185428) HM
Named in 1984 in Honor of Longtime S.C. Highway department employee whose career of service spanned over half a century, all in Pickens County including 44 years 1928 - 1972 as principal supervisor of maintenance work
The Department's First 50-Year . . . — — Map (db m21052) HM
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