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State and National Parks

Learn about the state and national parks in South Carolina. Many of the parks were built as a result of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) which was a New Deal Federal program. 

PHOTO CREDIT: CCC workers constructing a road, 1933. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.

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PHOTO CREDIT: CCC workers constructing a road, 1933. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.

Fort Moultrie | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Fort Moultrie | History Of SC Slide Collection
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This aerial view of Fort Moultrie was taken in 1980 after the fort had become a National Park and was restored to show the evolution of Atlantic coast defense fortifications from the Revolutionary War...
Lee State Park (S.C.) Stop 5 | NatureScene
   - Episode 5 Lee State Park (S.C.) Stop 3 | NatureScene 3

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Lee State Park (S.C.) Stop 3 | NatureScene
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The hosts come across some very large mosquitoes. Mosquitoes love standing water. It's the female mosquito that takes blood from us. There are flowers that grow along this stop like sweetgum, red...
Lee State Park (S.C.) Stop 3 | NatureScene
   - Episode 3 Lee State Park (S.C.) Stop 4  | NatureScene 4

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Lee State Park (S.C.) Stop 4 | NatureScene
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This stop is considered floodplain. The hosts makes note of how the river flowed into this area carrying sand and also the height of the water. Native Americans used places like the Lynches river to...
Lee State Park (S.C.) Stop 2 | NatureScene
   - Episode 2 Lee State Park (S.C.) Stop 5 | NatureScene 5

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Lee State Park (S.C.) Stop 5 | NatureScene
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The host visit an artesian well at this stop. There are many primitive plants that thrive near this source of water. Learn about muscadines and how they're formed. On this last stop the host see a...
Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site | Destination: SC Parks Andrew Jackson State Park | Destination: SC Parks

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Andrew Jackson State Park | Destination: SC Parks
Andrew Jackson State Park is located in Lancaster County. Andrew Jackson claimed he was born on a South Carolina plantation that is now the area for Andrew Jackson State Park. He was known as the...
Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site | Destination: SC Parks Oconee State Park | Destination: SC Parks

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Oconee State Park | Destination: SC Parks
Oconee State Park is located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Currently at the park is a replication of the waterwheel originally built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). The...