Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-04-07

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sub-dividcd, and Anderson and Pick.
ons Districts wero created. Col. J:
G.: Fitzpatrick, Major LOWS and
Thomas Garvin were appointed as
commissioners to lay out and mark
the dividing line between the two
districts. al the same time Andrew
Hamilton, r. IL. Briggs, j. @. Kill
patrick, VIM. Beavert and Jabez
Jones were appointed a commission
to purchase q tract of land of not less
than one hundred acres and not more
than four hundred acres, upon which
to lay out q village and determine
the site of public buildings for tho
now District of Pickens.
Tho village was laid out ON Keo-
wee River at what is now known as
Old Pickens, and tho new District
Act went into effect on the I'd Mon
cay in October, 1928. Piokens Dis
trict remained as thus established
until tho Goth day of January, 1868.
Then by an ordinance of tho Consti-
%tntional Convention, Pickens Dis
trict was divided into Oconeo and
Pickens counties.
Wesley Pitchford, w. e. Hol-
combe, Bry Fsetwell, M. T.. Mitchell
and DIR. O. M. Doyle were appointed
n commission to select a proper site
and locate and erect q court house
and Jail for the new county of Geo.
noe. The committee selected Wal
halla as the site, and the Town Of
Walhalla by subscription built the
Court House and Jail. Thus the
present boundaries of Oconee county
were established. They are as fol-
lows, to-wit: On tho North, the
North Carolina line on the East,
Pickons com y, from which it is
divided by a line covering tho
Southern boundary of the State of
North Carolina, where Toxaway
river enters this State, and thence
down the center of said river, by
whatever namo known to Ravenelr's
Bridge, on Seneca river, and thence
along the center of the road leading
to Pendleton Village, until it inter-
scots the line of the County of An
d%erson; on the South, Anderson
county, from which it is divided by
a line commencing at the mouth of
Cane Creek on Tugaloo River, and
running thence along tho line which
originally separated Anderson from
Pickens District to its point of inter-
section with tho public road leading
from Ravcnell's Bridge to Pendleton
Village; on the West end North
west, the State Of Georgia, from
which it is separated by the Tugaloo
and Chattooga Rivers, the middle
thread Of tho rivers being the lines,
except that all islands in the river,
by treaty agreement, shall belong to
the State of Georgia. Thus we have
" birds eye view of the area of our
county and a brief sketch of its his
toy.
1t is situated in the Piedmont bolt
Of South Carolina, and is the ex-
trome Northwestern county of the
State. 1t is bolted on the South and
West by tho Tugaloo and Chattuga
rivers, and on the East tho Keowee
and Seneca flow through its territory.
Many small streams also, of moro or
less Importance, make their way
through its territory, having III their
boundary much valuable and pro-
ductivo low lands. 1t contains six
hundred and fifty odd square miles.
About one-fourth is mountainous,
but this part is by no means without
advantages. In warm weather re-
freshing and invigorating breezes are
waited w hill and dale, rendering
tho nights, the summed :','"nGh,
pleasant and r%estful. In winter these
same hills form a wall of protection
against Western billiards.. Thus
situated, tho county enjoys all tho nd
vantagcs Of q Southern climate.
There arc no nights spent here that
one cannot enjoy rcstful sleep. The
worn and tired system is thus re-
frcshcd and invigorated. A more
delightful climate than this section
affords cannot DO desired or found.
Sunstrokes in summer and severe
freezes in winter arc unknown. The
weather is delightful. from March to
November, and not severe from No.
ycmbor to March. There is no un-
natural moisture in tho atmosphere.
Climatic diseases, incidental to ma
iarial sections, + never known.
Tho county is travorsed by two
railroads, the Southern and tho Blue