Carolina Ghost Towns

Tunnel Hill

Tunnel Hill was the shanty boomtown for workers working on the Stumphouse Tunnel, part of the Blue Ridge Railroad.  It was abandoned around the time of the Civil War when the railroad ran out of money to complete the project.
Blog post
Additional voices by Elevenlabs.io.  

Renno

Renno was a railroad farming town in the Jacks Township of Laurens County, South Carolina.
Renno Blog Posts
Exploring Laurens County 2008
Renno and Stomp Springs 2011
Exploring Jacks Township 2013
Renno Revisited 2018
Township definitions:
A town is a populated area with commerce and administrative functions concentrated in a specific area
A township is an administrative area, similar to a county, but smaller.  It can contain several towns or cities.
Laurens County Townships:
Images of Bell's Store:
Images of Renno School:
Sardis Church Cemetery:

Temple of Health

The Temple of Health was a stage coach stop in upper Abbeville County. It got its name from a set of springs that were purported to have healing properties.
Here are the links to information within the podcast…
Blog posts:
The Temple of Health
Ground Truthing
Trembly Bald
Script for this episode
The theme music for Carolina Ghost Towns is “Summertime” by LesFM. Other incidental music is from Pixabay.
You can reach us at CarolinaGhostTownsPod@gmail.com. 
www.randomconnections.com

Ferguson

Ferguson was a lumber town founded an the banks of the Santee River by the Santee River Cypress Lumber Company. All that's left of the town is on Ferguson Island in Lake Marion.
Here are the links to information within the podcast…
Multiple blog posts:
The Ghost Towns of Lake Marion - Part One, Part Two, Part Three
Return to Ferguson
Script for this episode
The theme music for Carolina Ghost Towns is “Summertime” by LesFM. Other incidental music is from Pixabay.
You can reach us at CarolinaGhostTownsPod@gmail.com. 
www.randomconnections.com

Kingville

Kingville, or Kingsville, was a major railroad junction in lower Richland County, South Carolina. It served as a support center and hospital for Confederate troops in the Civil War. The town was destroyed by Sherman's army, but rebuilt by freed slaves.

Here are the links to information within the podcast…
Original blog post
Script for this episode
Kingville Historical Foundation
The theme music for Carolina Ghost Towns is “Summertime” by LesFM. Other incidental music is from Pixabay.  Additional voices by Elevenlabs.io.  
You can reach us at CarolinaGhostTownsPod@gmail.com. 
www.randomconnections.com

Andersonville

This week's episode is about the town of Andersonville. Not to be confused with the infamous Confederate prison camp in Georgia, this Andersonville was at the confluence of the Tugaloo and Seneca Rivers, where the Savannah River begins.

Here are the links to information within the podcast…
Original blog post for this episode.
Script for this episode.
The theme music for Carolina Ghost Towns is “Summertime” by LesFM. Other incidental music is from Pixabay.
You can reach us at CarolinaGhostTownsPod@gmail.com. 
www.randomconnections.com

Lone Star

This is the inaugural episode of Carolina Ghost Towns. Lone Star is a ghost town in Calhoun County, long abandoned by the railroad. There are just a few buildings left in the old town.
Here are the links to information within the podcast…
Original RandomConnections Post – includes photos of Lone Star
Script for this episode
The theme music for Carolina Ghost Towns is “Summertime” by LesFM. Other incidental music is from Pixabay.
You can reach us at CarolinaGhostTownsPod@gmail.com. 
www.randomconnections.com