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South
Carolina National Heritage Corridor
The
South Carolina National Heritage Corridor is being developed
by private citizens, governmental agencies, conservation
groups, businesses, and communities to promote economic
development in rural areas of South Carolina through
heritage tourism.
The
South Carolina National Heritage Corridor extends 240
miles across South Carolina, stretching from the mountains
of Oconee County, along the Savannah River, to the port
city of Charleston. It is divided into four regions
and contains the following counties: Abbeville, Aiken,
Anderson, Bamberg, Barnwell, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester,
Edgefield, Greenwood, McCormick, Oconee, Orangeburg
and Pickens. The 14 counties of the Heritage Corridor
offer a cross-section of the state's historical, cultural,
and natural resources that tell the vibrant story of
South Carolina's centuries-long evolution and culture.
The area describes the progression of upcountry and
lowcountry life, from grand plantations and simple farms
to mill villages and urban centers, and how their history
affected South Carolina as a state and America as a
nation.
Established by the U.S. Congress in 1996 as one of a
select number of National Heritage Areas -- regions
in which entire communities live and work, and where
residents, businesses, and local governments have come
together to conserve special landscapes and their own
heritage. It encompasses a region of the state which
retains a large percentage of rural landscapes. The
Corridor contains an array of intact cultural resources
representative of three major components of the state's
development from some of the earliest permanent European
settlements in the American South, the invention and
development of the plantation system of agriculture,
and the interrelationship of historic trade routes,
the coastal ports, and the settlement of the state's
upland region. The area also contains specific sites
of importance to the Revolutionary and Civil wars and
numerous state recreational facilities.
For
more information check out the website http://www.sc-heritagecorridor.org
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