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Area of upcoming events, tours, and exhibitions. Heritage and History at Hagood Mill

Also, look forward to the Black Heritage Trail,
One of the most charming sites in the
Attractions 214 Butler St. of Pickens, SC. There is something for everyone
Clemson Area is Hagood Mill, three miles north
coming in 2026.
at this historic site. See the historic mill operate
Clemson, SC 29631
every third Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at the
(864) 654-2944 caaam.org
Woodburn Historic House Folklife Festivals. The site is also home to
historic cabins, a blacksmith shop, a moonshine
Built in 1830, Woodburn is a 19th century still, and a cotton gin. Visitors may also see
plantation home furnished with antebellum prehistoric petroglyphs and an amazing
antiques and family artifacts. Run by the collection of Native American art and artifacts
Pendleton Historic Foundation, the house in the Hagood Creek Petroglyph Site. Hagood
features a pair of stunning wraparound Mill hosts group tours, field trips, and live
porches on two stories and offers several music, and can be reserved for special events
outbuildings to explore beyond the home. and weddings. The site is open Wednesday-
Visitors will also find an educational walking Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and can be visited any
trail in the tree line. The home is open by day during daylight hours to take advantage of
its walking trails and disc golf course.
appointment only. Please call or email to book 138 Hagood Mill Rd.
a tour.
Central Railway Museum merchant’s house and stroll through the 130 History Ln., Pendleton, SC 29670 Pickens, SC 29671
As the largest model train museum in garden that features heritage roses, historic (864) 646-7249 (864) 898-2936
Upstate South Carolina, the Central Railway flowers and plants, sculptures, and benches. pendleton.hf@gmail.com hagoodmillhistoricsite.com
Museum educates and inspires people of all 416 Church St., Central, SC 29630 pendletonhistoricfoundation.org Bart Garrison Agricultural Museum
ages to share a love of trains and promotes the (864) 639-2156 of South Carolina
understanding and enjoyment of America’s facebook.com/pages/Central-History- Ashtabula Historic Home The Agricultural Museum’s exhibits, classes,
railroad heritage. The museum includes a Museum/294986763984727 Ashtabula is a charming two-story workshops, and demonstrations interpret
“heritage” layout in classic toy train scales as clapboard house, built in 1825 and situated on and preserve the heritage of agriculture and
well as a G scale layout and a large, dual-level Clemson Area African Highway 88 approximately three miles east its importance in our daily lives. Exhibits at
HO layout that recreates rail systems of American Museum of Pendleton. Run by the Pendleton Historic the museum focus not only on the history
western South Carolina and Georgia during The Clemson Area African American Foundation, the house is decorated with of agriculture, but how that legacy affects
the 1950s transition from steam to diesel. Museum (CAAAM) is one of the City of modern and future agricultural practices and
108 Werner St. Clemson’s leading cultural institutions and the antebellum furniture. On the grounds, visitors healthy living. The museum is open Thursday-
Central, SC 29630 only African American museum in Pickens will find a brick annex that dates back to the Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
(864) 508-7126 crmha.org County devoted to local African American 1790s and was once used as an inn and tavern 120 History Ln.
history in Upstate South Carolina. Housed in for weary travelers in the Upstate. The home is Pendleton, SC 29670
Central History Museum and Garden what was once the Calhoun Colored School, open by appointment only. Please call or email (864) 646-7271 bgamsc.org
The Jessie and Jennie Morgan house and CAAAM explores the rich and vibrant to book a tour.
its contents serve as headquarters for the history of African Americans through the 2725 Old Greenville Hwy. Train Spotting
Central Historical Society and as the Central presentation of exhibitions, tours, educational Pendleton, SC 29630 The Central Railway Museum (in the town of
History Museum. The home was built in 1893 programs, and workshops dealing with pendleton.hf@gmail.com Central) is heaven for model train enthusiasts. The
by Jeptha and Minnie Morgan, owners of a culture, education, politics, sports, military, (864) 646-7249 classic toy train display will get your steam up!
local mercantile store. Tour a small-town and more. Check out the website for a listing pendletonhistoricfoundation.org

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