A reader sent in this photo about three weeks ago. Where is it? We bet if you go there today, you’d see some early flowers and tree buds starting to pop. Send us your guess – as well as your name and hometown – to feedback@statehousereport.com.
Last week’s photo, “Looks like paradise,” was “Bloody Point Beach” on Daufuskie Island, which Elizabeth Jones of Columbia reminds us is “between Hilton Head Island and Savannah, Georgia. It’s rich in Gullah history. After Pat Conroy served a teacher there, he wrote about his experience in The Water Is Wide. This book was made into a movie starring Jon Voight.”
Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas, shared: “At approximately five miles long and 2.5-miles wide, it is the southernmost inhabited sea island in South Carolina. It is only accessible by boat, and is home to fewer than 400 permanent residents. Walking, biking and cruising in golf carts are the most popular modes of transportation along Daufuskie’s mostly dirt and sand roads — cars aren’t even allowed on the small public ferry.>
Others who correctly identified the photo were Jay Altman of Columbia; Jacie Godfrey of Florence; George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; Pat Keadle of Wagener; and Don Clark of Hartsville.
>> Send us a mystery picture. If you have a photo that you believe will stump readers, send it along (but make sure to tell us what it is because it may stump us too!) Send to: feedback@statehousereport.com and mark it as a photo submission. Thanks.
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Poinsett bridge.
On the list of things that make the Poinsett Bridge significant, one has to wonder where to even begin. It is the oldest bridge in South Carolina and, quite possibly, the Southeast as a whole. Built in 1820 as part of a road connecting Charleston to Tennessee, it was named after Joel Poinsett, a prominent Greenville resident and eventual US ambassador to Mexico. Perhaps most notable is the fact that its architect was Robert Mills who went on to be the architect for a little thing known as the Washington Monument. There is so much history here that it should be a legal requirement for Upstate residents to walk across this bridge at least once in their lives.