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Carolina Ghost Towns – Ellenton and the Atomic Towns

Posted on April 8, 2025April 25, 2025 By Tom No Comments on Carolina Ghost Towns – Ellenton and the Atomic Towns
Podcast

Carolina Ghost Towns – Manchester, SC

Posted on March 25, 2025April 25, 2025 By Tom 1 Comment on Carolina Ghost Towns – Manchester, SC
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Paddling the Combahee with ERCK

Posted on March 20, 2025April 25, 2025 By Tom No Comments on Paddling the Combahee with ERCK
Paddling

The Edisto River Canoe and Kayak Trail Commission (ERCK) conducts trips on the Edisto River (duh), but for their last scheduled trip for this season they departed from their home river to do a trip on the Combahee. The Combahee is the “C” in the ACE Basin, but I had never paddled it. This looked … Read More “Paddling the Combahee with ERCK” »

The Flu interrupts things here

Posted on March 16, 2025March 16, 2025 By Tom No Comments on The Flu interrupts things here
Uncategorized

OK, dear readers, I’ve been battling a bad case of the flu. I had a blog post about a kayaking trip in the works, but haven’t been able to concentrate long enough to finish writing it. Same goes for research and writing scripts for new podcast episodes. I hate for there to be any interruption … Read More “The Flu interrupts things here” »

Carolina Ghost Towns – Willtown, Black Mingo

Posted on March 12, 2025April 25, 2025 By Tom No Comments on Carolina Ghost Towns – Willtown, Black Mingo
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Carolina Ghost Towns – Willtown or New London

Posted on March 5, 2025March 5, 2025 By Tom No Comments on Carolina Ghost Towns – Willtown or New London
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I’m getting slack about this. I’ll try to do better. New podcast episode dropped a week ago.

We’ll Always Have Paris

Posted on March 2, 2025March 2, 2025 By Tom 3 Comments on We’ll Always Have Paris
History and Genealogy, Local

I was browsing through the University of South Carolina’s collection of Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps. These maps are highly detailed maps of towns and cities from the early 20th Century and are excellent for historical research. According to Wikipedia… Sanborn maps are detailed maps of U.S. cities and towns in the 19th and 20th centuries. Originally … Read More “We’ll Always Have Paris” »

Carolina Ghost Towns – Shelton, SC

Posted on February 11, 2025February 11, 2025 By Tom 1 Comment on Carolina Ghost Towns – Shelton, SC
Podcast

A new episode of Carolina Ghost Towns has dropped. This one is about the lost town of Shelton on the banks of the Broad River in Fairfield County, South Carolina.

Givhans to Good Hope – Edisto River with ERCK

Posted on February 10, 2025February 10, 2025 By Tom No Comments on Givhans to Good Hope – Edisto River with ERCK
Paddling

It had been far too long since I’ve had a kayak out on a river. Hurricane Helene brought a halt to most of my paddling activities. I did some trips down in Florida over the holidays, but I was in need of some Edisto time. When I saw that the Edisto River Canoe and Kayak … Read More “Givhans to Good Hope – Edisto River with ERCK” »

New Podcast Episode – Robertville

Posted on January 29, 2025April 25, 2025 By Tom No Comments on New Podcast Episode – Robertville
Podcast

A new podcast episode is out. I’ve embedded it below:

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