Click Here for everything you need to know to plan your visit to The Catawba Nation Reservation . Once the one of the largest and most powerful tribe tribes in the southeast, the story of the Catawba people is one of decline and reemergence. Known as the “People of the River”, the Catawba territory was… Continue reading Catawba Reservation
Category: Cultural Sites
Historic Johnson Farm
Click Here for everything you need to know to plan your visit to The Historic Johnson Farm in Hendersonville. In the early 19th century Western North Carolina was a completely different place. Where today you’ll find high end housing developments and resorts catering to out of state visitors, you once had subsistence farmers working tracts… Continue reading Historic Johnson Farm
Hagood Mill Historic Site
Click Here for everything you need to know to plan your visit to Hagood Mill Historic Site in Pickens South Carolina. Grist Mills and Rural Life Grist mills were once a vital part of rural life in America. Like the local mercantile, the grist mill was a place where distant neighbors would get together and… Continue reading Hagood Mill Historic Site
Issaqueena Falls
The Legend of Issaqueena Falls A legend has grown up around this elegant hundred foot waterfall near Walhalla in Oconee County South Carolina. Like all legends, it’s hard to tell what’s real and what’s fiction. As the first written accounts come over 100 years after the events depicted, you can imagine that many facts have… Continue reading Issaqueena Falls
Catawba Reservation Field Report
Catawba Reservation Field Report For more about the Catawba Reservation and People including history, photos and everything you need to know to plan your visit, check out our Catawba Reservation Page. The day’s second stop was the Catawba Reservation in Rock Hill, South Carolina. It took about a half hour to get there. As I… Continue reading Catawba Reservation Field Report
Hagood Mill Historic Site Field Report
Hagood Mill Historic Site Field Report For more about Hagood Mill including its history, photos and everything you need to know to plan your visit, check out our Hagood Mill Historic Site Page. Today’s visit was to Hagood Mill Historic Site in Pickens SC. After turning onto Hagood Mill Rd. from Hwy 178, I immediately… Continue reading Hagood Mill Historic Site Field Report