The Federal Writers Project creates an image of South Carolina of years past
All of us, at one time or another, have had a strong desire to be able to get into a time machine and be transported magically to an earlier place and time. Science has not yet produced for us such a time machine, but the Federal Writers Project (FWP), a division of the Works Progress Administration, did produce for prosperity guides to all of the old 48 states. Using talented local researchers and writers the FWP created an image of America fifty plus years ago.
A reprint of the original, South Carolina: The WPA Guide to the Palmetto State is divided into three sections: 19 essays on a variety of topics ranging from history to cookery; detailed descriptions of the 11 towns in the state that had populations of more than 10,000; and 21 remarkably detailed guided tours to all sections of the state. In addition to the original chapters, there are two appendices—updated highway numbers for each tour and a guide to getting off the present Interstate Highway System and picking up the guided tours.
South Carolina's Guide is very much a product of its times. The essays and tours mince no words in describing the state's poverty or the reality of a world in which class and race played major roles. For those who have studied and taught South Carolina history, the old Guide has been an indispensable reference work. Parts of it may be dated to some jaded modern eyes; some phrases may be jarring to the post-1954 generation. However, the original South Carolina: The WPA Guide to the Palmetto State was what its cover claimed it to be. It accurately described the state as it was—not as romantics wanted it to be.
- Cover
- SOUTH CAROLINA The WPA Guide to the Palmetto State
- Title
- Copyright
- INTRODUCTION TO THE 1988 EDITION
- FOREWORD
- PREFACE
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Maps
- GENERAL INFORMATION
- CALENDAR OF EVENTS
- Part I. Past and Present
- WHO IS THE SOUTH CAROLINIAN?
- NATURAL SETTING
- INDIANS
- HISTORY
- THE NEGRO
- AGRICULTURE
- INDUSTRY AND LABOR
- TRANSPORTATION
- EDUCATION
- RELIGION
- FOLKLORE AND FOLKWAYS
- PAINTING AND SCULPTURE
- HANDICRAFTS
- MUSIC
- DRAMA
- LITERATURE
- ARCHITECTURE
- GARDENS
- COOKERY
- Part II. Cities and Towns
- AIKEN
- ANDERSON
- BEAUFORT
- CAMDEN
- CHARLESTON
- COLUMBIA
- FLORENCE
- GREENVILLE
- GREENWOOD
- ROCK HILL
- SPARTANBURG
- SUMTER
- Part III. Tours
- TOUR 1 (Wilmington, N. C.)—Georgetown—Charleston—Walterboro—(Savannah, Ga.) [US 17]
- Section a. North Carolina Line to Georgetown
- Section b. Georgetown to Charleston
- Section c. Charleston to Georgia Line
- TOUR 2 (Wadesboro, N. C.)—Cheraw—Florence—Kingstree—Moncks Corner—Charleston [US 52]
- Section a. North Carolina Line to Kingstree
- Section b. Kingstree to Charleston
- TOUR 2A Junction with US 52—St. Thomas Church [State 402, State 511]
- TOUR 3 (Fayetteville, N. C.)—Bennettsville—Hartsville—Sumter Walterboro [US 15]
- Section a. North Carolina Line to Sumter
- Section b. Sumter to Walterboro
- TOUR 4 (Charlotte, N. C.)—Lancaster—Sumter—Kingstree—Georgetown [US 521]
- TOUR 5 (Charlotte, N. C.)—Chester—Columbia—Orangeburg—Pocotaligo—Gardens Corner—Beaufort—Port Royal [US 21, State 281]
- Section a. North Carolina Line to Columbia
- Section b. Columbia to Pocotaligo
- Section c. Pocotaligo to Port Royal
- TOUR 5A West Columbia—Hardeeville—Bluffton [State 5, State 46]
- TOUR 5B Junction with US 21—St. Matthews—Junction with US 15—Eutaw Springs—Pinopolis—Moncks Corner [State 6]
- TOUR 5C Beaufort—Ladies Island—Frogmore—St. Helena Island—Frogmore Loop Tour [State 285 and County Road]
- TOUR 6 (Rockingham, N. C.)—Cheraw—Camden—Columbia—Aiken—(Augusta, Ga.) [US 1]
- Section a. North Carolina Line to Columbia
- Section b. Columbia to Georgia Line
- TOUR 7 (Gastonia, N. C.)—Blacksburg—Spartanburg—Greenville—Anderson—(Athens, Ga.) [US 29]
- TOUR 7A Blacksburg—York—Rock Hill—Great Falls—Winnsboro [State 5, State 22]
- TOUR 8 (Hendersonville, N. C.)—Greenville—Greenwood—Edgefield (Augusta, Ga.) [US 25]
- Section a. North Carolina Line to Greenwood
- Section b. Greenwood to Georgia Line
- TOUR 9 (Wilmington, N. C.)—Mullins—Marion—Florence—Sumter—Columbia—Clinton—Laurens—Princeton [US 76]
- Section a. North Carolina Line to Sumter
- Section b. Sumter to Columbia
- Section c. Columbia to Princeton
- TOUR 10 (Brevard, N. C.)—Caesars Head—Travelers Rest—Greenville—Fountain Inn—Laurens [US 276]
- TOUR 11 (Wilmington, N. C.)—Little River—Georgetown—Charleston—Beaufort—(Savannah, Ga.) [Intracoastal Waterway]
- Section a. North Carolina Line to Georgetown
- Section b. Georgetown to Charleston
- Section c. Charleston to Georgia Line
- TOUR 12 (Tryon, N. C.)—Landrum—Spartanburg—Union—Junction with US 76 [US 176]
- Section a. North Carolina Line to Junction with State 11
- Section b. Junction with State 11 to Junction with US 76
- TOUR 13 (Lumberton, N. C.)—Dillon—Marion—Conway—Myrtle Beach [US 501]
- TOUR 14 Greenville—Clemson College—Madison—(Gainesville, Ga.) [State 13]
- TOUR 15 (Brevard, N. C.)—Pickens—Liberty—Anderson—Greenwood—Saluda—Orangeburg—Junction with US 52 [US 178, US 78]
- Section a. North Carolina Line to Anderson
- Section b. Anderson to Junction with US 52
- TOUR 16 (Gastonia, N. C.)—York—Chester [US 321]
- TOUR 17 (Forest City, N. C.)—Spartanburg—Laurens—Greenwood [US 221, State 7]
- TOUR 18 Junction with US 221—Gaffney—Union—Monticello—Columbia [State 11, State 215]
- TOUR 19 (Highlands, N. C.)—Mountain Rest—Walhalla—Clemson College—Anderson—Abbeville—(Augusta, Ga.)—Allendale—Junction with US 17 [State 28]
- Section a. North Carolina Line to Anderson
- Section b. Anderson to Georgia Line
- Section c. Georgia Line to Junction with US 17
- TOUR 19A Junction with State 28—Starr—Calhoun Falls—Willington—Junction with State 28 [State 81, State 82]
- TOUR 20 (Elizabethtown, N. C.)—Green Sea—Conway—Georgetown [US 701]
- TOUR 21 Junction with US 17—Green Sea—Nichols—Dillon—Bennettsville—Chesterfield—Lancaster—Chester—Spartanburg—(Asheville, N. C.) [State 9]
- Section a. Junction with US 17 to Lancaster
- Section b. Lancaster to North Carolina Line
- Part IV. Appendices
- CHRONOLOGY
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- LIST OF CONSULTANTS
- 1940 CENSUS FIGURES
- INDEX
- APPENDIX I: UPDATE OF HIGHWAY NUMBERS
- APPENDIX II: INTERSTATE ACCESS TO THE TOURS
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