The sesquicentennial site brief biography
The sesquicentennial site brief biography
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History found under the soil at state park in Columbia
Sesquicentennial State Park in Columbia gets about 800,000 visitors every year, but park archaeologist Stacey Young said only a few are aware of the history beneath their feet.
Sesqui, as many vistors call it, was established as a "whites-only" park by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s as a part of President Franklin D.
Roosevelt's New Deal legislation.
But it wasn't always a park. Sesqui has a rich history of being home to different peoples dating back centuries.
"A lot of that history is erased," Young said.
The University of South Carolina's Department of Anthropology is helping to uncover this hidden history.
The 1,400 acres of towering pine trees and winding trails among South Carolina's Sandhills region were first home to Indigenous tribes such as the Congaree, Wateree, Catawba and Cherokee, who are often associated with Richland County.
During the antebellum period, the park was the plantation of James