HAGOOD MILL/PREHISTORIC ROCK CARVINGS 39 16
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NCDaywalker
N 34° 55.580 W 082° 43.307
17S E 342735 N 3866226
This National Historic Site is one fantastic visit. The petroglyph museum grist mill, old timey exhibits on everyday life make this site a must do site visit.
Waymark Code: WMQA8Q
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 01/21/2016
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Text of plaque:
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HAGOOD MILL
This grist mill was rebuilt in 1845
by Jmaes Earle Hagood (1826-1904),
son of Benjamin Hagood (1788-1865),
who bought it in 1825. James E.
Hagood. a planter and merchant,
served in the S. C. House and was
longtime Pickens District and U.S.
district clerk of court. Hagood Mill,
commercially operated until
1966, features a 20 - ft waterwheel,
one of the largest in S.C.
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Sponsored by the Pickens County Cultural Commission, 2013
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PREHISTORIC ROCK CARVINGS
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Hagood Mill was listed in the
National Register of Historic Places
in 1972. In 2003 prehistoric Native
Amercian rock carvings, called
petroglyphs and long buried under a
19th century road, were discovered
here and preserved in place. They
feature 17 human figures and other
carvings, and are among the most
significant of their kind in S.C.
Sponsored by the Pickens County Cultural Commission, 2013
Marker Name: HAGOOD MILL/PREHISTORIC ROCK CARVINGS
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Historic Site
Marker number: 39 16
County: Pickens
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