A collection of photography and exploration focusing on Upstate South Carolina and beyond.
Sitting by itself outside of a brick family plot in the Rocks Cemetery on Church Island is a military headstone. This is a cenotaph. There is no body there, but only a marker to memorialize the body. Lieutenant Colonel George St. Leger Grenfell’s marker has a Confederate iron cross and a US flag. Usually there … Read More “A Mystery Mercenary at Lake Marion” »
This past Saturday I joined a group of about 20 paddlers from the Carolina Splash Mob for a trip out to Church Island in Lake Marion. CSM organizer Dawn Marie asked if I could lead the group and record audio for an upcoming episode of Carolina Ghost Towns. The plan was to paddle out to … Read More “Church Island with the Carolina Splash Mob” »
This is a post that raises more questions than it answers. It was an interesting dive down a rabbit hole with lots of random connections, but those connections will probably of interest to only my family. I never knew my Papa Taylor. He died before I was born. However, I know quite a bit about … Read More “The Teaching Career of Mamie Leapard” »
This weekend is the Labor Day holiday. I had been doing research on Equality Colony near where our house is in Washington State for a future podcast. The episode isn’t supposed to come out until November sometime, but since I already had the script ready and the topic was more appropriate for Labor Day, I … Read More “The Soviet Republic of Washington” »