Harleyville

Coast

The National Audubon Society's Francis Beidler Forest in Four Holes Swamp contains within its 18,000+ acres, the largest remaining stand of virgin Bald Cypress/Tupelo Gum swamp forest left anywhere in the world. One thousand year-old trees and native... Read More

Orangeburg

Midlands

The US Fish & Wildlife Service operates the hatchery which produces a number of species, including striped bass, red breast sunfish and bluegill sunfish, for stocking lakes and stream throughout the Southeast. It also produces short nose sturgeon for... Read More

Orangeburg

Midlands

The Orangeburg Festival of Roses celebrates the beginning of the rose blooming season. The activities are centered in Orangeburg's Edisto Memorial Gardens, where thousands of roses bloom near the banks of the Edisto River, the longest black water river... Read More

Orangeburg

Midlands

Founded in January 1866 as Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, the present structure on Boulevard was begun in 1928 and completed in 1944. The church served as headquarters for the Orangeburg Movement during the 1960s, hosting civil rights meetings and... Read More

Summerton

Midlands

Relax in our new log cabins and listen to the raindrops on the metal roof. The village of cabins are rested among ancient live oak trees. The lake breeze and the sounds of gentle waves lapping on the white sand, can be enjoyed from your deck and... Read More

Summerton

Midlands

At a meeting in the Liberty Hill African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1950, parents signed a petition demanding integrated schools. Meetings were held at the church for the selection of petitioners in the complaint that would become Briggs vs. Elliott.... Read More