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0 Columbia
* 131,600. £ @ n 1101 Lincoln
St, (803) 545-0002.
∑ columbiacvb.com
Situated at the fall line of the
Congaree River – the area that
marked the limit of inland
navigation – this city was
declared the state capital over
Charleston in 1786. Although
General William T. Sherman The Grand Strand at Myrtle Beach, a popular tourist attraction
destroyed most of Columbia
during the Civil War, the State cypress swamp ecosystem. The for a week-long party. “The Shag,”
House managed to survive swamp is at its best from late fall South Carolina’s official state
intact. Today, six bronze stars to early spring. dance, was invented here and
mark the spots where Union started a craze all over the coun-
cannonballs hit the 1855 copper- E South Carolina State Museum try. The richer crowd vacations
domed building, located in the 301 Gervais St. Tel (803) 898-4921. at exclusive resort communities,
center of the quiet downtown Open 10am–5pm Mon–Sat, noon– but everyone ventures to
on Gervais Street. 5pm Sun. Closed Mon, Easter, the nearby fishing village of
On the banks of the river, Thanksgiving, Dec 25. & 7 Murrell’s Inlet for seafood.
the South Carolina State ∑ scmuseum.org South of Myrtle Beach two
Museum is housed in an artfully E South Carolina Confeder ate attractions make a worthwhile
recycled textile mill built in Relic Room and Museum detour. On the inland side of
1894. Informative exhibits on 301 Gervais St. Tel (803) 737-8095. the coastal Hwy 17, 16 miles
the state’s natural, cultural, and Open 10am–5pm Tue–Sat; 1–5pm (26 km) south of the beach,
industrial history are displayed first Sun of month. Closed public hols. is Brookgreen Gardens, land-
here. The adjacent South & 7 ∑ crr.sc.gov scaped around 550 works of
Carolina Confederate Relic O Congaree National Park statuary by 250 artists. Oceanside,
Room and Museum maintains 100 N Park Rd, Hopkins. Tel (803) 776- Huntington Beach State Park
a huge collection of artifacts 4396. Open daily. ∑ nps.gov/cong offers access to an undeveloped
that trace the military history beach and salt-marsh boardwalk,
of South Carolina’s participation as well as an art studio that once
in US wars from the Civil War q Myrtle Beach belonged to Anna Huntington,
onward, as well as an exhibit * 23,000. £ @ n 1200 N Oak St, the sculptor who created
on the history and sometimes (800) 356-3016. ∑ visitmyrtle Brookgreen Gardens in the 1930s.
controversial meanings of the beach.com
Confederate flag. While Southern } Brookgreen Gardens
traditionalists proclaim the flag This popular beach is the center 1931 Brookgreen Dr. Tel (843) 235-
a symbol of regional pride, of the “Grand Strand,” a long 6000. Open 9:30am–5pm daily.
many others see it as a symbol sweep of the Atlantic coastline Closed Dec 25. & 7
of white supremacy that should dominated by hotels, golf ∑ brookgreen.org
be abolished. A 20-minute courses, amusement parks, and
drive south of town, the arcades. Its heyday was in the
Congaree National Park offers 1950s, when as a Spring Break w Georgetown
visitors a close-up look at the destination, college students * 10,000. @ n 531 Front St, (843)
biodiversity found within a descended on this beach town 546-8436. ∑ visitgeorge.com
Set along the banks of the
Sampit River, Georgetown
was the center of the state’s
lucrative rice trade, producing
almost half the rice grown in the
US in the 1840s. Downtown’s
Rice Museum, housed in the
1842 Old Market building,
explains how the rice industry
influenced almost every facet
of life here. The museum’s
maritime gallery features
examples of historic local water-
craft. The museum leads out to
Civil War arms on display at the South Carolina State Museum, Columbia a waterfront park where a
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp276–8 and pp279–81

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