A longtime reader sent in this photo of a bridge somewhere in South Carolina. Can you identify it? Who is it named for? Send your guess to feedback@statehousereport.com — and remember to include your name, home city and contact information.
Last week’s mystery, “Balancing act,” is, sadly, a thing of the past. It showed an older photo of Peachtree Rock in Lexington County before it fell, apparently around 2013.
Congratulations to the many readers who identified it: Jay Altman, Christopher Frear, Karen Owens, Elizabeth Jones, Susan James and Rick Faile, all of Columbia; Robert Ariail of Camden; George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; David M. Taylor of Darlington; Randy Herald of Lexington; Frank Bouknight of Summerville; Penny Forrester of Tallahassee, Fla.; Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas; Barry Wingard of Florence; Elaine Huff-Lowe of Inman; Kevin Mertens of Greenville; Bill Segars of Hartsville; and Henry Eldridge of Tega Cay.
Graf gave us a little detail: “The Nature Conservancy and the Department of Natural Resources jointly manage the Lexington County-area 460-acre preserve on which Peachtree Rock stood. … The ‘big rock’ for which Peachtree Rock Heritage Preserve was named took the shape of an inverted pyramid, balanced on its tip. This unusual silhouette was created when the waters of the Atlantic Ocean receded long ago. The lower layers of the rock eroded more quickly, creating a wide top and narrow base.”
Send us a mystery. 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.
ORDER NOW: Copies are in Lowcountry-area bookstores now, but if you can’t swing by, you can order a copy online today.
We Can Do Better, South Carolina!
I’d like to know if the SC Legislators have a bill pending to protect HOAs and their Directors from lawsuits alleging Covid illnesses were contracted on their property. I believe NC already has passed such a bill. We need this bill in SC in order to open up the amenities on HOA property before the busy season arrives.