Gateway to the Backcountry, the River Port of Camden, South Carolina
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USC-Lancaster Native American Studies Center 119 South Main Street, Lancaster, South Carolina 29720
This lecture covers commerce transported along the Wateree and Catawba Rivers, including astate, national, and international trade system.
Lon D. Outen, author and research assistant at the Camden Archives and Museum, will discuss Camden’s port operations, the boat-building business and the movement of goods from Kershaw County, Lancaster County (Waxhaw area), the Catawba River trade, and trade locations in North Carolina like the Moravian (Winston-Salem) community and Salisbury. Outen also will touch on the Wateree Canals from 1787 to the 1830s, ferries along the rivers and activities related to the Underground Railroad.
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