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Keowee: The Story of the Keowee River Valley in Upstate South Carolina
History of the Keowee River Valley. The power generation project that flooded the river basin and created Lakes Keowee and Jocassee.
106 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1995
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February 23, 2019
Keowee is a history of the Keowee and Jocassee valleys in the northwest of South Carolina. Water inundated and impounded 40 years ago by two large earthen dams, due to energy and recreational needs, these valleys held unique natural and human stories.
This regional press book, by two locals of the area, is a collection of written and oral histories and photographs of land that is receding from living memory. While over the last hundred years, many areas have disappeared under reservoirs to meet modern industry's power generation needs, particularly in US South, the Jocassee and Keowee valleys held unique southern Appalachian flora and a wide array of fauna. For over a thousand years, native tribes such as the Cherokee used these valleys for lower settlements. After the War of Independence, the region became the home of settlers, mainly Scotch-Irish in ethnicity, who lived, thrived, and passed on deep memories. Along the way, this spectacular valley system was lived in, enjoyed, abused greatly at times, until the mid-1960s.
The literal last minute archaeology, and leaving of a place before nuclear power, hydropower and multi-million dollar homes and communities and weekend boaters took their place is told in haunting detail. The writing in this history of a washed away place is told in poetic detail. This book is worth your time if you enjoy the world of the southern Appalachians that is now gone.
This regional press book, by two locals of the area, is a collection of written and oral histories and photographs of land that is receding from living memory. While over the last hundred years, many areas have disappeared under reservoirs to meet modern industry's power generation needs, particularly in US South, the Jocassee and Keowee valleys held unique southern Appalachian flora and a wide array of fauna. For over a thousand years, native tribes such as the Cherokee used these valleys for lower settlements. After the War of Independence, the region became the home of settlers, mainly Scotch-Irish in ethnicity, who lived, thrived, and passed on deep memories. Along the way, this spectacular valley system was lived in, enjoyed, abused greatly at times, until the mid-1960s.
The literal last minute archaeology, and leaving of a place before nuclear power, hydropower and multi-million dollar homes and communities and weekend boaters took their place is told in haunting detail. The writing in this history of a washed away place is told in poetic detail. This book is worth your time if you enjoy the world of the southern Appalachians that is now gone.
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