Take a stroll through the streets of Cheraw and experience why it's been called "The Prettiest Town in Dixie." Walk the town laid out in 1768. Visit Old St. David's Church, which was occupied by four different armies. Go back in time as you hear stories about steamboats, and meet Norman Powe, Dizzy Gillespie's lifelong friend.
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In 1865, the community of Cheraw unwillingly played host to General William T. Sherman’s Union troops. Miraculously, the town was unharmed. Today, the Cheraw State Park is South Carolina’s oldest...
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Old Saint David’s church is South Carolina’s oldest wooden church; surviving use by four armies during two wars. It was built in 1770, under authority of King George III. During the American...
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Born in 1917, John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie was a famous jazz and “be-bop” musician from Cheraw County, South Carolina. Mr. Norman Poe, a life-long friend to Dizzy Gillespie, reminisces.
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Sandlapper Magazine called Cheraw an “ideal, idyllic, picket-fence place.” Several notable homes in Cheraw include the Lafayette home, and the Teacherage, the oldest dwelling in Cheraw, dating back...