Searching for Shoals Junction

It’s spring break for most of the Upstate school districts, and I wanted to search for a few ghost towns. Mark Elbrecht and I had bounced around some possible targets, and after looking through the South Carolina section of the Abandoned Rails website, we decided to try to find Shoals Junction, at the end of [...]

Posted by Tom on April 4th, 2012 | 2 Comments Posted in History and Genealogy, Local, Photography

A Trip to Madison

Saturday morning we wanted to get out of the house for a bit. So, we had a big breakfast, loaded everyone into the car, and headed west. Laura’s mother had never seen Clemson, so that was going to be one of our stops. I also had a potential ghost town I wanted to check out. [...]

Posted by Tom on February 26th, 2012 | 1 Comment Posted in Photography, Travel

Kingville, Kingsville

I came upon Kingville quite by accident. I was looking for information on another ghost town in Google Earth when I spotted this name near the confluence of the Congaree and Wateree Rivers. When I zoomed in a bit further I saw that the the place indicated by the name was all wooded – there [...]

Posted by Tom on February 12th, 2012 | 6 Comments Posted in Geocaching and Maps, History and Genealogy

More on New Bordeaux

While we were on our McCormick County Photo Trek we had trouble locating the old town of New Bordeaux. I had it on my list as a potential ghost town target, but finding the actual town was elusive. Since we’ve returned from the trip I’ve been able to find out a bit more information, but [...]

Posted by Tom on January 19th, 2012 | No Comments Posted in Geocaching and Maps, History and Genealogy

Old Pickens Court House

During our photo trek on Sunday, Ed and I visited Old Pickens Presbyterian Church, which was once in Old Pickens Courthouse. The “Old” designation is official, as a way of distinguishing it from the “New” town and church to the east. This location fits our working definition of a “ghost town”, so I thought I [...]

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