Mark's Photo Travels

I had taken my inflatable kayak down to Lake Hartwell for a paddle over to Andersonville Island one day last week, but when I unpacked my car at the Double Springs Access Area I found I had left behind one very important item. An item one simply must bring when you have an inflatable kayak: an air pump! No air pump, no kayak trip! I had loaded my car the night before and apparently I forgot to add in the pump. Rather than head back home with nothing to share after all those the miles traveled, I consulted my list of historical POIs and quickly improvised a new plan. Double Springs Community Park Double Springs Community Park is a short distance away from the Double Springs Access Area at the intersection of Double Springs Road and Hattons Ford Road . Double Springs School operated here from 1894 until 1955. Aerial photos suggest the building, large wooden multi-teacher building, stood here until the mid 1990s, when the building was torn down and a park built on the old scho...

Pinckneyville is an extinct town located about 18 miles northeast of Union, South Carolina in northeastern Union County near where Pacolet River empties into Broad River. The town was established by a law passed in 1791 that created the Pinckney District which consisted of Union, Spartanburg, Chester, and York counties. The intent of the town's designers was to create an upcounty version of Charleston. When Pinckney District was abolished nine years later in 1800, the population of Pinckneyville stagnated then declined as the county seat of Union took over in importance. In 1835, the legislature passed a law authorizing the sale of Pinckneyville's public land and buildings. While the area remained somewhat populated into the 20th century, Pinckneyville was finished as a town. The area is so remote these days that the nearest home is two miles away. The last major event to take place in Pinckneyville was the dedication of a stone monument on July 6, 1936 where the old courth...