Crossing a Great Divide

Chapter 1 | Down to the river

Is the way it was the way it should be? The story of a bridge reveals much about the people, history and future of South Carolina.

In rural South Carolina, memory is long, many generations long. And often unforgiving.

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Story by Claudia Smith Brinson, cbrinson@thestate.com, (803) 771-8683

Story editor: Mark Layman

Photographs by Gerry Melendez, gmelendez@thestate.com, (803) 771-8420

Designer: Bill Campling

Photo Editor: Al Anderson

Art Director: Thomas Peyton

Copy Editors: Bobby Bryant and Eleanor Sibal

Multimedia and Online Production: Andrew Haworth

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