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Happy Fourth of July! I'm taking some time off from the podcast to travel and be with family. I'll be back with more episodes later in August. Until then, have a great summer!
Hosted by Tom Taylor · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 53 episodes
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Carolina Ghost Towns is an exploration of the lost towns and communities in South Carolina, North Carolina, and occasionally Georgia
Tom Taylor hosts Carolina Ghost Towns, a history show with 53 episodes published.
Happy Fourth of July! I'm taking some time off from the podcast to travel and be with family. I'll be back with more episodes later in August. Until then, have a great summer!
In the 1730s, a group of Swiss and French Huguenots let by Jean Pierre Purry came to South Carolina and settled on the Savannah River. Their new town became known as Purrysburg. These are some of the resources used in th
Skagit City Since I'm in the Pacific Northwest, I thought it would be good to do another ghost town from this area. Today's ghost town is Skagit City in Washington. This is another town with connections to the Southeast.
This week I'm traveling and I've got a bad head cold, so I'm reposting an episode from Season 1. I hope to be back in a couple of weeks with new episodes.
The town of Totness was a resort for the wealthy in Calhoun County. It had no central business district or town layout, but it was chartered as a town in 1855. When Sherman's troops came through in 1864 the village was n
The town of Jalapa was named for Xalapa, Mexico after members of the Palmetto Regiment fought near there in the Battle of Cerro Gordo. Now just a crossroads in Newberry County, it was once an active community with stores
Lando is a largely abandoned mill town in eastern Chester County. It was once the largest producer of blankets in the US. The only remnants left from the town are the old school and the old mill store, which is now the L
Instead of linking all of the resources mentioned in this episode, I decided to do a podcast with a transcript of the show and with the links mentioned, plus a couple of others I forgot to include. This can be found on t
Childsbury was a settlement on the Cooper River, inland from Charleston. It was one of the oldest planned towns in South Carolina, and Strawberry Chapel is one of the oldest extant buildings in the state. Here are some o
Located in the High Hills of the Santee, Stateburg missed out on being the state capital of South Carolina by one vote. It was the home of General Thomas Sumter. Here are some of the resources: Wikipedia Article Claremon
The town of Proctor was a logging town located on the north shore of Lake Fontana. When the lake was flooded, access was cut off to the town site, and specifically to the 34+ cemeteries located on the northern shore of t
When the Fontana Dam was completed in 1944, the newly created lake inundated several communities in Western North Carolina, including the towns of Judson and Almond. This week we take a look at Judson, on the southern si
Fort Madison, Old Madison, and New Madison were located on the Tugaloo River in the western part of Oconee County. Here are some of the links I used in this episode: Incorporation of Madison Tugaloo Corridor Tugaloo Town
This week we visit the ghost town of Fort Motte, in Calhoun County, South Carolina. The town takes its name from a British garrison, which was named after the plantation owner, Rebecca Brewton Motte. Resources: On the Ro
The next season of Carolina Ghost Towns is about to drop! This season begins on January 6, with new episodes coming out every other Tuesday. Be sure to subscribe and recommend the show to your friends!
I had really hoped to be back on track with ghost towns, but things just haven't worked out. We're still in temporary housing after Hurricane Helene over a year ago. It's been frustrating. I put the podcast on hold becau
Jewish workers in the Socialist Commune of Happyville, Aiken, SC Happyville was a short-lived agricultural commune near Montmorceni in Aiken County, South Carolina. The community was based on socialist concepts, and was
Kingdom of the Happy Land by Gary Carden. Acrylic on canvas, 36”x24”. Source The Kingdom of Happy Land was a settlement of freed slaves on the North Carolina/South Carolina border near Tuxedo, North Carolina. The Kingdom
Mitchelville on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, was the first town in the United States governed by freed slaves. It was part of the Port Royal Experiment . Partial list of links: Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park A
Instead of towns that disappeared, today we look at towns that never existed. Through my research I’ve found four categories of these so-called Paper Towns A town planned out on paper that never really took off. A town t
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