I’m hoping that by putting out some "History Bits and Pieces" I will get more information about each mentioned. Seems much of early history (on some subjects) is getting increasingly
This woodcut of a barge leaving the Santee Canal tide-lock is on display at the Old Santee Canal State Park. In 1988, the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology (SCIAA) did a study of the Old Santee Canal Sanctuary under the auspices of the Santee Cooper Public Service Authority and the Department of Parks,
The Santee Canal began at White Oak Bluff on the Santee River. Henry Mouzon, the original surveyor, had determined the river was normally 270 feet wide and 18-20 feet deep at this point. Col. John Christian Senf, the engineer, designed the canal to be 35 feet wide at the surface, 32 feet wide at the
The South Carolina Department of Veterans' Affairs is close to getting land for a new veterans cemetery from a public utility. The State reports that Santee Cooper would donate 90 acres near its headquarters in Moncks Corner in Berkeley County under a plan approved by the state legislative panel that oversees capital improvement projects. Veterans' Affairs Secretary William Grimsley says that South Carolina has one of the nation's largest per capita veteran populations. It has three national veterans cemeteries and one state veterans cemetery. Grimsley says the department is looking to establish at least one more state veterans burial ground within the next decade.
South Carolina has three national veterans cemeteries and one state veterans cemetery, and is looking to establish at least one more state veterans burial ground within the next decade