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Moonshine Still Sites Investigated in South Carolina's Lowcountry


Moonshine Still Sites Investigated in South Carolina’s Lowcountry
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA According to a report in
The Post and Courier, a team led by archaeologist Katherine Parker of the University of Tennessee has found evidence of Prohibition-era moonshining in South Carolina’s Francis Marion National Forest. Even though the activity occurred within the last 100 years, few records of illegal activity would have been kept, Parker said. Five still sites had already been identified in the forest, and Parker and her team members identified seven more. One of the well-known still sites belonged to the Villeponteaux family, who is thought to have produced liquor for distribution by gangster Al Capone. The researchers uncovered cinderblocks dating to the 1920s, a metal barrel, a green garden hose, and bits of metal trash at the site. The presence of sheet metal and charcoal could reflect the heating of mash in a still container, explained volunteer team member ....

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Charleston area lost more than 10,000 acres of tree cover since 1992, making floods worse


EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is part of the Pulitzer Center’s nationwide Connected Coastlines reporting initiative.
Turbocharged by a warming climate, rain bombs and rising seas swamped the South Carolina Lowcountry this year, sending murky floodwaters into streets, businesses and homes.
At the same time, developers continue to transform forests and wetlands into even more homes and shopping centers — destroying acres and acres of spongy land that could help sop up these rising waters.
A new analysis requested by The Post and Courier for the Rising Waters project shows how the Charleston area’s unprecedented building boom made us more vulnerable amid the accelerating forces of climate change. ....

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