Carolina Ghost Towns

The Henry River Mill Village in Burke County, North Carolina, is an abandoned village used as the setting for District 12 in the movie The Hunger Games .  Here are the links to resources linked in the episode: Blog Post Henry River Mill Village In with the Old  

In this episode I talk to Scott Withrow, who co-taught a course on Lost Communities with me at Furman University.  Scott lends his expertise on the ghost town of Willington. Leegstadt Scale for Ghost Towns, developed by Dave Baker Type A: A completely barren site with no remnants remaining to suggest a town, community, or village of any type ever existed here. Type B: A site of rubble and roofless...

The towns of Petersburg, Lisbon, and Vienna were located on the Savannah River at its confluence with the Broad River.  Petersburg and Vienna were on the Georgia side, and Vienna was across the Savannah in South Carolina. Resources: Blog Post Plan of Petersburg Old Petersburg report Moses Waddel Augusta Canal

Tunnel Hill was the shanty boomtown for workers working on the Stumphouse Tunnel, part of the Blue Ridge Railroad.  It was abandoned around the time of the Civil War when the railroad ran out of money to complete the project. Blog post Additional voices by Elevenlabs.io .  

Renno was a railroad farming town in the Jacks Township of Laurens County, South Carolina. Renno Blog Posts Exploring Laurens County 2008 Renno and Stomp Springs 2011 Exploring Jacks Township 2013 Renno Revisited 2018 Township definitions: A town is a populated area with commerce and administrative functions concentrated in a specific area A township is an administrative area, similar to a county,...

The Temple of Health was a stage coach stop in upper Abbeville County. It got its name from a set of springs that were purported to have healing properties. Here are the links to information within the podcast… Blog posts: The Temple of Health Ground Truthing Trembly Bald Script for this episode The theme music for Carolina Ghost Towns is “ Summertime ” by  LesFM . Other incidental music is from ...

Ferguson was a lumber town founded an the banks of the Santee River by the Santee River Cypress Lumber Company. All that's left of the town is on Ferguson Island in Lake Marion. Here are the links to information within the podcast… Multiple blog posts: The Ghost Towns of Lake Marion - Part One , Part Two , Part Three Return to Ferguson Script for this episode The theme music for Carolina Ghost Tow...

Kingville, or Kingsville, was a major railroad junction in lower Richland County, South Carolina. It served as a support center and hospital for Confederate troops in the Civil War. The town was destroyed by Sherman's army, but rebuilt by freed slaves. Here are the links to information within the podcast… Original blog post Script for this episode Kingville Historical Foundation The theme music fo...

This week's episode is about the town of Andersonville. Not to be confused with the infamous Confederate prison camp in Georgia, this Andersonville was at the confluence of the Tugaloo and Seneca Rivers, where the Savannah River begins. Here are the links to information within the podcast… Original blog post for this episode . Script for this episode . The theme music for Carolina Ghost Towns is “...

This is the inaugural episode of Carolina Ghost Towns. Lone Star is a ghost town in Calhoun County, long abandoned by the railroad. There are just a few buildings left in the old town. Here are the links to information within the podcast… Original  RandomConnections  Post  – includes photos of Lone Star Script for this episode The theme music for Carolina Ghost Towns is “ Summertime ” by  LesFM ....