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Roots in the River, Part 6 | Carolina Stories - Episode 6

When a group of kids came on a school bus to tour the Swamp, Frank Beidler was touched, and the Beidlers expressed a willingness to sell the property. But the Senators couldn't agree. The Legislative Session was set to end on October 2. Finally, on September 28, the Congaree Bill made it to the floor of the Senate. At about five minutes until 7:00, the Bill came up, the gavel went down, and no other legislation went through. On October 18, 1976, President Ford signed the bill, creating the 15,200-acre Congaree Swamp  National Monument. Harry Hampton was 79. He had fought to preserve the Congaree for more than 20 years. 

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Carolina Stories / Roots in the River: The Story of Congaree National Park

Roots in the River, Part 1 | Carolina Stories 1

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Roots in the River, Part 1 | Carolina Stories
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Carolina Stories - Roots in the River: The Story of Congaree National Park, Part 1 This segment sets the context for the story, which resulted in the Congaree Swamp's preservation as a National Park...
Roots in the River, Part 2 | Carolina Stories 2

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Roots in the River, Part 2 | Carolina Stories
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Bottomland hardwood forests once spread out along the banks of all Southern floodplain rivers, covering 15 million acres. Today, all the great Southern river-bottom forests have been cleared or...
Roots in the River, Part 3 | Carolina Stories 3

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Roots in the River, Part 3 | Carolina Stories
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The Congaree land was leased to a well-known nature writer, Harry Hampton, and his brothers for a hunt club. But Harry, who served as associate editor of The State Newspaper for many years, was more...
Roots in the River, Part 4 | Carolina Stories 4

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Roots in the River, Part 4 | Carolina Stories
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In 1970, the environmental movement was just beginning, and the country's youth were taking up the cause. In Columbia, a group of young people began listening to Harry Hampton, building up the the...
Roots in the River, Part 5 | Carolina Stories 5

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Roots in the River, Part 5 | Carolina Stories
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By 1975, public sentiment in favor of protecting the forest was growing, and the issue was gaining media attention. In June 1975, Gov. James B. Edwards took a stand against the land being condemned...
Roots in the River, Part 7 | Carolina Stories 7

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Roots in the River, Part 7 | Carolina Stories
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In 2003, the Congaree became the nation's 57th national park, the only one in South Carolina. The visitor's center is named for Harry Hampton, who died in 1980. It has been declared an international...
Roots in the River, Part 8 | Carolina Stories 8

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Roots in the River, Part 8 | Carolina Stories
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The Congaree Land Trust helps to preserve the land surrounding the park and its neighboring rivers, the Congaree, the Wateree and the Santee Within this huge river system known as the Cowasee Basin...