Legends and Lore of South Carolina

by Carmichael, Sherman; Hambrick, Karleigh

• ISBN13: 9781609497484
• ISBN10: 1609497481
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-07-31
• Publisher: History Pr

Summary

A collection of more than a hundred tales from the Palmetto State, including folk stories, urban lore, monsters, mermaids, ghost sightings, mysterious lights, UFO sightings, dinosaurs, and haunted locations.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 9
Acknowledgements	p. 11
South Carolina Facts	p. 13
The Upstate	p. 15
Campbell Covered Bridge, Gowensville
Union's Crybaby Bridge, Union
Greer's Haunted Bridge, Greer
Enoree River Railroad Trestle, Spartanburg
Oakwood Cemetery, aka Hell's Gate, Spartanburg
The Jesus Monument, Spartanburg
The Devil's Bridge, Spartanburg
Hangman's Trestle, Spartanburg
Hagood Gristmill, Pickens
Anderson County Crybaby Bridge, Anderson
The Hound of Goshen, Union County
Lonely Bridge, Westminster
Rock House Road, Blacksburg
White Wolf Hollow, Blacksburg
White Wolf Road, Blacksburg
Cherokee Falls Bridge, Blacksburg
The Supermoon	p. 27
The Midlands	p. 29
The Bride of West End, Newberry
Old Whitmire Highway, Newberry
Madeline, Newberry
The Third Eye Man Columbia
Colonel Isaac Hayne Columbia
Agnes of Glasgow Camden
Badwell Cemetery, McCormick
Forty-Acre Rock, Lancaster
The Jack-O'-Lantern Ghost	p. 41
The Pee Dee	p. 43
The Georgetown Lighthouse, Georgetown
Annie of die Lighthouse, Georgetown
The Disappearance of Theodosia, Georgetown
Wedgefleld Plantation, Georgetown
The Daisy Bank Ghosts, Georgetown
Little River Bigfoot, Little River
Sampit Bigfoot, Sampit
Hemingway
The Humpback Man, Pleasant Hill
Brown's Ferry Midget Man, Brown's Ferry
Brown's Ferry Boat, Brown's Ferry
Salem Black River Church, Mayesville
The Southern Belle Ghost, Mayesville
Colonel Kolb's Tomb, Society Hill
The Church of the Holy Cross, Statesburg
Manchester, Sumter County-Clarendon County
The Ghost of Alice, Murrells Inlet-Pawleys Island
The Gray Man, Pawleys Island
The Gray Man of 1822, Pawleys Island
Carolina Country Store, North Santee
Halloween	p. 69
The Lowcountry
House No. 90, Charleston
Haints, Hags and Plat Eyes, Charleston
The Ghost Car, Charleston
Simmons Alley, Charleston
The Malcolm, Charleston
The Headless Horseman of Fenwick Hall, Charleston
Strawberry Ferry Landing, Charleston
Strawberry Shipwreck, Charleston
The Pimlico Shipwreck, Charleston
The Mepkin Abby Shipwreck, Charleston
Blackbeard's Ghost, Charleston
Old City Jail, Charleston
The Ghost of Sue Howard Hardy Charleston
Sonic Boom over the Lowcountry, Charleston-James Island-Daniel Island-Wadmalaw-West Ashley
Cape Romain Lighthouses, McClellanville
The Ghost of Gauche, Beaufort
The Strange Tale of Dr. Buzzard's Coffin, Beaufort
Ridgeville Bigfoot, Ridgeville
Jacksonboro
Pon Pon Chapel of Ease, Jacksonboro
The Jacksonboro Light, Jacksonboro
Biggin Hill Church, Berkeley County
The Ghost of Edingsville Beach, Edisto Island
Edisto Island Presbyterian Church, Edisto Island
Hilton Head Range Light, Hilton Head
Haig Point Range Light, Daufuskie Island
Childsbury, Summerville
Hagood's Mill Cemetery, Barnwell
Medway Plantation, Goose Creek
Purrysburg
Bottle Trees	p. 111
About the Author	p. 112
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