Oconee
Beaverdam Baptist Church
Fair Play, SC
(Front) Beaverdam Baptist Church was first organized in 1803 as an offshoot of Hepsibah Baptist Church.
Capt. Samuel Earle
Fair Play, SC
(Front) Capt. Samuel Earle (1760-1833), an officer during the American Revolution, state representative, and U.S. representative, lived...
Chattooga Town
Mountain Rest, SC
(Front) Chattooga was one of the Cherokee “Lower Towns” in what is now S.C. during the 17th and early 18th centuries and was a short...
Chauga Town
Chauga, one of the Cherokee “Lower Towns” in what is now S.C., was near the headwaters of the Chauga River.
Cheowee Town
Tamassee, SC
(Front) Cheowee Town, sometimes spelled “Chehohee,” and meaning “otter place,” was one of several Cherokee “Lower Towns” in what is now...
Cherokee Boundary (1777)
Nw Of Salem, SC
(Front) The Cherokees sided with the British during the American Revolution, and in 1776 Maj. Andrew Williamson’s S.C. militia destroyed...
Cross Roads Baptist Church/Cross Roads School
Westminster, SC
CROSS ROADS BAPTIST CHURCH (Front) This church was founded between 1860 and 1880 by Forch Allen (1823-1911) and members of the Allen and...
First Soil Conservation District Plan
Seneca, SC
On February 4, 1938, Mrs. Ploma M. Adams, owner of this farm, assisted by the Upper Savannah Soil Conservation District, initiated the...
Jocassee Town
Seneca, SC
Jocassee was one of several Cherokee “Lower Towns” in what is now S.C. It was located about 2 mi. E on the Jocassee River and in the Vale...
Keowee Town
Salem, SC
(Front) Keowee Town, which means “mulberry grove place,” was the largest and most important of the Cherokee “Lower Towns” in what is now...
Newberry College 1868-1877
Walhalla, SC
(Front) Newberry College, founded in 1856, moved here from Newberry in 1868 and remained in Walhalla until 1877, returning to Newberry...
Oconee County Training School
Seneca, SC
(Front) Oconee County Training School, which educated the African American children of this county from 1925 to 1955, was the successor...
Oconee Town
Walhalla, SC
Oconee, also spelled “Aconnee,” was one of the Cherokee “Lower Towns” in what is now S.C. At the base of Oconee Mountain and on the main...
Retreat Rosenwald School
Westminster, SC
(Front) This school, often called Retreat Colored School, was built in 1923 for the AfricanAmerican students in and near Westminster.
Seneca
Seneca, SC
Founded August 14, 1873, as "Seneca City," and chartered on March 14, 1874, the town of Seneca was named for an Indian village on the...
Seneca Institute/Seneca Junior College
Seneca, SC
SENECA INSTITUTE (Front) The Seneca Institute (later Seneca Junior College) educated African American children of this region from 1899...
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Walhalla, SC
(Front) On November 20, 1853, St. John's was organized by members of the German Colonization Society of Charleston, S.C. who founded the...
Stumphouse Tunnel
(Front) The unfinished railroad tunnel cut into the SE face of Stumphouse Mtn.
Tamassee Dar School
Tamassee, SC
(Front) Tamassee DAR School, founded by the S.C. Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) in 1919, was established in an...
The Cherokee Path
Salem, SC
(Front) The main trading path to the Cherokee Nation paralleled the route of Highway 11 for several miles at this point.
The English School
Walhalla, SC
(Front) Walhalla, in what was Pickens District until Oconee County was created in 1868, was founded by the German Colonization Society of...
West Union Grammar School/West Union Elementary School
West Union, SC
WEST UNION GRAMMAR SCHOOL (Front) West Union Graded School, also known as West Union Grammar School or West Union Elementary School, was...