Explore South Carolina – Page 105 – Exploring the towns and history of South Carolina

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Bethesda Presbyterian Church is a meeting house style church in McConnells that was built in 1820. A mission church is believed to have existed as early as 1760 and Bethesda was formally organized about 1770. It is one of the oldest churches in the South Carolina Upcountry and is also one of the four original Presbyterian churches in the state’s old York District

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Clover Opera House

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Aiken County Farmers Market

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Vernon Grant was born in Nebraska and grew up in South Dakota. He met his wife Lib Fewell, a Rock Hill native and moved there in 1936. Over seven decades, Grant created hundreds of illustrations for advertising (General Electric, Gillette, Hershey’s, Kellogg’s). He is best known as creator of Kellogg’s Rice Krispies cereal characters Snap! Crackle! and Pop

The Buffalo Mill Company Drug Store and Bank Building was built in 1902

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Chester ARP Church

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Newberry Fire Department

The Aiken Visitors Center and Train Museum is located within the rebuilt Aiken Railroad Depot. The original depot that sat on this site was built in 1899 and served rail travelers until 1954. The museum opened in 2010

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Colonel Samuel Watson 1731-1810. Wife-Elizabeth McDowell 1738-1817. Near this spot was the home and commissary of Col. Watson, 1st. Liuet. of Rangers, Captain and Delegate to S.C. Prov. Congress 1776. Colonel of Militia New Aquisition. Elder in Bethel Church. In consideration of his uprightousness he was made commissary by his Whig neighbors and his house was despository for supplies

This commercial building is in the small town of Peak. Peak was founded in 1853 as Peak’s Station on the Greenville & Columbia Railroad. Peak incorporated in 1880. The town had 3 major fires in the commercial district in 1909, 1953, & 1978