We visited each and every consignment/thrift store we happened upon, ended up eating at The River's Edge Restaurant & Bakery both days, enjoyed touring the little Lyceum Museum, and did a brief driving tour of the Antebellum and Victorian areas of town.
Come take a tour with me! When Europeans settlers began to explore this region, the Cheraw and Pee Dee Indians were the inhabitants. A few settlers began moving here in the 1730's. Most of Cheraw's earliest residents were English, Scots, French, and Irish. By 1740, a trading center and water mill were established and by 1750 there was a village with a growing river trade.
Cheraw was the head of the navigable waters on the Great Pee Dee and thus the shipping center for a wide area. During the Revolution, Cheraw was the center of much unrest by both the Americans and the British. St. David's Church was used by both armies as a hospital. Citizens of Cheraw played a leading role in SC's secession and the town became a haven for refugees and a storage place for valuables and military stores during the Civil War. |
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