Author: Lon Outen

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Published: 2020-12-31

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ISBN-13: 9780985473334

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This book is a history of transportation on the Wateree River in South Carolina, as well as the Camden Port. A brief history starting with the Native American at a place later called Pine Tree Hill, (Camden). It relates what role the river and Camden's role during the Revolutionary War and later as a port town between the 1790's until the 1880's. This era includes the river boats and steamboats that transported to Charleston, SC, as well as about the boat builders at and near Camden. A history of the Wateree Canal is included in one chapter. The book includes ferries, fords, and boat landings along the Wateree and Catawba Rivers. The book relates the trade system of Camden and the river with connections to the Moravians, at the Salem (Winston-Salem) area of North Carolina. Other connections would later include Salisbury, the Mecklenburg (Charlotte) area, and Union, Lincoln and Rowan Counties. Charleston factors and merchants wanted to keep the backcountry trade from going to ports in North Carolina and assisted Camden with this trade.Camden's trade also included Charleston, Georgetown and Cheraw in South Carolina. A book about trade on both the Wateree, Catawba, and Pee Dee rivers of South Carolina with Camden being the center for this trade.

Download or read book Gateway to the Carolinas Backcountry: Camden's Wateree River Inland Port written by Lon Outen and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a history of transportation on the Wateree River in South Carolina, as well as the Camden Port. A brief history starting with the Native American at a place later called Pine Tree Hill, (Camden). It relates what role the river and Camden's role during the Revolutionary War and later as a port town between the 1790's until the 1880's. This era includes the river boats and steamboats that transported to Charleston, SC, as well as about the boat builders at and near Camden. A history of the Wateree Canal is included in one chapter. The book includes ferries, fords, and boat landings along the Wateree and Catawba Rivers. The book relates the trade system of Camden and the river with connections to the Moravians, at the Salem (Winston-Salem) area of North Carolina. Other connections would later include Salisbury, the Mecklenburg (Charlotte) area, and Union, Lincoln and Rowan Counties. Charleston factors and merchants wanted to keep the backcountry trade from going to ports in North Carolina and assisted Camden with this trade.Camden's trade also included Charleston, Georgetown and Cheraw in South Carolina. A book about trade on both the Wateree, Catawba, and Pee Dee rivers of South Carolina with Camden being the center for this trade.