Bennettsville and Cheraw Railroad Locomotive--This picture is dated April 10, 1938 with a note that the line was abandoned in September 1950. | |
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Confederate Monument at Old St. David's--The Confederate Monument at Old St. David's cemetery has the distinction of being the first to have been erected in memory of the war dead, having been unveiled July 27, 1867. The first Memorial Day celebration was held there May 10, 1867. For many years, school children conducted a traditional march through the streets of town to the monument for Memorial Day services. In 1961, the march was discontinued. |
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Third St. The street once had three rows of trees with unpaved streets on either side of the center row (HSCC, 1997). | |
Third Street (Photo from Bobby Polson.) | |
Cash Railroad Depot Cheraw (S.C.) photograph album, 1899-1904: Digital Image Access Project Photographs, Special Collections Library, Duke University. |
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Eastley's Sawmill Cheraw (S.C.) photograph album, 1899-1904: Digital Image Access Project Photographs, Special Collections Library, Duke University. |
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Turpentine Still Cheraw (S.C.) photograph album, 1899-1904: Digital Image Access Project Photographs, Special Collections Library, Duke University. |
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Powelson's Cheraw (S.C.) photograph album, 1899-1904: Digital Image Access Project Photographs, Special Collections Library, Duke University. |
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Wilson Springs Swimming Pool in Cheraw was built in 1920 by the McManus family. During the 1930's it was owned and operated by the American Legion. The photo show Rufus Thruman (L) and Thornton Malloy. (From "Historic Chesterfield County, SC" and the collection of Ms. Margie Wannamaker.) |
A.C.L. Cotton Platform in Cheraw, 1913. Bales of cotton were loaded at the Atlantic Coast Line (ACL) RR. (From "Historic Chesterfield County, SC" and the collection of Dr. William L. Perry.) | |
S.A.L. Railroad station in Cheraw. (Cheraw (S.C.) photograph album, 1899-1904: Digital Image Access Project Photographs, Special Collections Library, Duke University.) |
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