Hell Hole Swamp

Hell Hole Swamp

Infobox_protected_area | name = Hell Hole Bay Wilderness
iucn_category = Ib


caption =
locator_x = 232
locator_y = 116
location = South Carolina, USA
nearest_city = Jamestown, South Carolina
lat_degrees = 33
lat_minutes = 13
lat_seconds = 40
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 79
long_minutes = 42
long_seconds = 12
long_direction = W
area = convert|2125|acre|km2|0|sing=off
established =
visitation_num =
visitation_year =
governing_body = U.S. Forest Service

Hell Hole Swamp is a swamp in northeastern Berkeley County, South Carolina famous for its unique name. It is located entirely within the Francis Marion National Forest and contains convert|2125|acre|km2|0, all of which is designated as a wilderness area.

Origin

The origin of the name Hell Hole Swamp is unknown, although there are a couple of theories. One account says that the swamp got its name during the American Revolutionary War from Colonel Banastre Tarleton because the British had great difficulty finding the elusive General Francis Marion. Another explanation is that it was named for being a repository for bootleggers during the Prohibition. Both theories are proved false because they are predated by the 1773 James Cook Map of South Carolina which locates the Hell Hole Swamp.

Hell Hole Swamp Festival

The Hell Hole Swamp Festival takes place during the first weekend in May at Jamestown, on the northern edge of the swamp. It is a typical Southern festival complete with a tobacco spitting contest, arm wrestling, beauty contests and much more. One unique event of the festival is the Hell Hole Gator Trot 10k, colloquially called the Redneck Run. It began in 1976 and is the oldest road race in South Carolina.

Hell Hole Swamp Gang

A group of native sons of Berkeley County boasted of their membership in the illustrious Hell Hole Swamp Gang. They were 1st congressional district Representative L. Mendel Rivers, Governor of South Carolina Robert Evander McNair, state Senator Rembert Dennis, and Columbia mayor Lester Bates. [Ravenel, p.126] Rivers was especially proud of the uniqueness of being born in this remote area and would tell reporters that he was "from Gumville. It's near Hell Hole Swamp. If you don't know where it is, look it up." [Rivers, p. 15]

Notes

References

*cite book | last = Ravenel | first = Marion Rivers | title = Rivers Delivers | publisher= Wyrick & Company | year=1995 | isbn=0-941711-24-2
*cite book | last = Rivers | first = Margaret Middleton | coauthors=Margaret M.R. Eastman, L. Mendel Rivers, Jr. | title = Mendel & Me: Life With Congressman L. Mendel Rivers | publisher= The History Press | year=2007 | isbn=978.1.59629.288.8

External links

* [http://src1.cas.sc.edu/dept2/iss/SCNames/index.php?action=showPage&book=3&volume=22&page=10 USC Origin of Hell Hole Swamp]
* [http://runningtimes.com/rt/articles/?id=5077&c=159 Hell Hole Gator Trot]
* [http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/fms/forest/recreation/fmwilderness.shtml Francis Marion Wilderness Areas]
* [http://www.davidrumsey.com/maps4112.html 1773 James Cook Map of South Carolina]


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