Rocky Bottom, South Carolina

Rocky Bottom is located in northern Pickens County, South Carolina convert|16|mi|km north of Pickens, South Carolina, convert|7|mi|km south of Rosman, North Carolina and convert|27|mi|km northwest of Greenville, South Carolina. Near the North Carolina state line, on U.S. Highway 178 in the Blue Ridge Mountains, at an elevation of convert|1750|ft|m|abbr=on

Attractions

Nearby attractions include:

* Sassafras Mountain, Follow Van Clayton Highway off U.S. Highway 178, to the Summit.
* "Bob’s Place" Approximately convert|5|mi|km down Highway 178 toward Pickens; the oldest continuously operating beer joint in South Carolina. Mrs. Johnson is the proprietor.

* The Foothills Trail is less than two miles (3 km) away.

* After the expulsion of the Cherokees in 1838 Harris Powell, a Scotchman, secured title to convert|800|acre|km2 of land in the wild mountainous area of Pickens District on waters of Big Eastatoee River. He cleared a rich mountain valley on both sides of a clear trout creek.In past geological ages the shaking of the adjacent mountains had dumped multitudes of great boulderspromiscuously over the valley, but the Scotchman and his family worked around the great stones, producing an abundance of corn, rye, pumpkins, and other crops adapted to the soil and altitude.And, when anyone asked Mr. Powell about the location of his residence, he would always reply: "I live in the Rocky Bottom." The name became fixed, and everybody has called the valley by that namefor more than a century and a quarter. Then in 1925 our popular County Farm Agent,Thomas A. Bowen, established the first permanent 4-H Club Camp for Boys and Girls in the nation;and numbers of summer encampments are held there each season. Also, scattered throughout the valleyare numbers of summer homes, and many tourists visit here and Sassafras Mountain nearby, the highestpoint in South Carolina.

External links

* [http://www.nfbsc.net/rockybottom.html Rocky Bottom Retreat And Conference Center of The Blind]