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The Black River is a 151-mile-long (243 km) [1] blackwater river in South Carolina in the United States. It courses through Lee, Sumter, Clarendon, and Williamsburg counties before merging with the Great Pee Dee River in Georgetown County. The river was called the Wee Nee by the Native Americans who once inhabited the area. [2]
Lynches River; May River; Morgan River (SC) New River; Oolenoy River; Okatee River; Old Dead River (Marlboro County) Old Dead River (Richland County, Congaree National Park) Pacolet River (incl. North, South, and Lawson's Fork Creek) Pocotaligo River (Black River tributary) Pocotaligo River (Broad River tributary) Reedy River; Rocky River ...
The Williamsburg County Hometown Chamber Quality of Place Committee was able to get the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources to include a 75-mile stretch of the Black River in the Scenic River Program in 2001. The Black River is one South Carolina's longest rivers and was the seventh addition to the Scenic Rivers. [14] The river is ...
The Little Pee Dee River is threatened by a proposed freeway from Interstate 95 to Myrtle Beach, a new report says Planned SC highway imperils scenic, black water river, national report says Skip ...
But then there’s the lesser knowns, such as Indiana’s Barn Quilt Trail in LaGrange County, home of the Amish, or Iowa’s Driftless Area Scenic Byway, 144 miles along high limestone bluffs ...
The lower region is a deep tidal river, navigable by colonial-era ships to the former community of Willtown (later called Black Mingo, near Rhems), about halfway up the length of the creek. This village once did a thriving business exporting agricultural products such as the indigo plant, which was grown in the area and exported to Britain for ...
In 1989, the river was designated as a "Natural and Scenic River" by the North Carolina General Assembly. In addition, it is the only blackwater river in North Carolina to be designated as a National Wild and Scenic River by the Department of the Interior. In 2010, the Lumber River was voted one of North Carolina’s Ten Natural Wonders, the ...
The citation on historical markers is given in the reference. The location listed is the nearest community to the site. More precise locations are given in the reference. These listings illustrate some of the history and contributions of African Americans in South Carolina.