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County and is listed on the National   to Knoxville and eventually to Cincinnati.   Hagood Mill Historic Site  music events, and can be reserved for
        Register of Historic Places – one of South   The Civil War – and lack of funds – brought   Hagood Mill Historic Site is the oldest    weddings and special events. Open
        Carolina’s oldest wooden residences.    construction to a halt and the tunnel was not   operating gristmill in South Carolina.    Wednesday-Saturday, 10 am to 4 pm.
        Originally the home of the St. Julien and   completed. It has been the curing location   The historic mill operates on 3rd    Free admission except for 3rd Saturdays.
        Ravenel families, it was threatened by    for Clemson U’s famous Blue Cheese. Down a   Saturdays at Folklife Festivals. The    Scenic walking trails and 18-hole disc golf
        flooding from Lake Moultrie in 1941.    sloping, graveled path is Issaqueena Falls, a   site holds: historic cabins, blacksmith    course are open daily. Ask about primitive
                                                                                  shop, moonshine still and woodworking    camping reservations.
        Hanover House was relocated to Clemson   shimmering waterfall with a wooden lookout
                                                                                  shop. See Native American petroglyphs,    138 Hagood Mill Rd.
        University and in 1994, it was moved again   platform and picnic shelter.
                                                                                  art and artifacts in the Hagood Creek   Pickens, SC 29671
        to the South Carolina Botanical Garden on   *   You can drive to the falls and park    Petroglyph Site. Hagood Mill hosts
        campus. Restored as a monument to early   as needed.                                                         864.898.2936
                                                                                  classes, group tours, field trips and    visithagoodmill.com
        French Huguenot colonial architecture, the   Stumphouse Tunnel Road
        museum-house interprets life on a Low    Mountain Rest, SC 29664
        country South Carolina rice plantation.    $5 parking fee at Stumphouse Park
        Open for weekday tours. Closed on Tiger
        home football games and the weekend    Woodburn Historic House
        after Thanksgiving.                Woodburn Historic House is a plantation home
        113 Hanover Cir.                   built in 1830 and furnished with antebellum
                                                                                                                               Hagood Mill Historic Site
                                           antiques and family artifacts. Run by the
        Clemson, SC 29634
        864.656.2241                       Pendleton Historic Foundation, the house
        clemson.edu/about/history/         features wraparound porches on two stories,
        properties/hanover                 has several outbuildings to explore and has an
                                           interpretive walking trail through the woods.
        Stumphouse Park                    Open by appointment only.
        In the 440-acre Stumphouse Park, a ¼-mile-  130 History Ln., Pendleton, SC 29670
        long Stumphouse Tunnel was started in 1852 by   864.646.7249
        the Blue Ridge Railroad to connect Charleston   pendletonhistoricfoundation.org



                                       Central Railway Museum
                                       Central Railway Museum  is a must-see for
                                       train fans. The museum promotes a deeper
                                       understanding and enjoyment of America’s
                                       railroad heritage through themed areas of classic
                                       model trains moving along tracks and through
                                       mini towns representative of the 1940s and ‘50s
                                       – plus train and railroading artifacts. Learn about
                                       the state’s prominent railroading history and
                                       where trains are traveling today with people and
                                       products crisscrossing the nation.
                                       Open Saturdays 9 am-2 pm. Free admission.
                                       108 Werner St., Central, SC 29630
                                       864.508.7126 • crmha.org



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