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  HARRIET TUBMAN
The Combahee strategy was formulated by Harriet Tubman as an outcome of her penetrations of the enemy lines and her belief that the Combahee River countryside was ripe for a successful invasion.
The Combahee River, a narrow, jagged stream that ran about fifty miles into the interior of the State, began at the Sound: and on its banks were rice fields and marshes.
The Negroes fled to the gunboats and the slavemasters skedaddled inland.
www.harriettubman.com /tubman2.html   (959 words)

  
 South Carolina Rivers - SCPPA provides canoe kayak raft sales, rental, instruction, information, on recreation paddling ...
Located in the 340,000 acre ACE Basin, this Lowcountry tidewater river is gentle and predictably beautiful with a rich wildlife and plantation heritage.
The Ashley, a designated S.C. Scenic River, was once the main highway of plantations during the 18th and 19th centuries, and is an estuary of great natural beauty with a delicate ecosystem flourishing where rice culture once thrived.
Designated a National Wild and Scenic River in 1974, the river begins in Nantahala Nationl Forest, passes through Ellicott Rock Wilderness Area, and is bordered by Sumter and Chattahoochee National Forests.
www.paddlesc.com /rivers.htm   (1191 words)

  
 South Carolina Aquarium Online Curriculum, 6th - 8th grade
The Santee River Watershed is the largest area in South Carolina and extends from the Blue Ridge Mountains of South and North Carolina to the ocean in South Carolina.
Smaller watersheds of rivers and streams, such as the Combahee, Edisto and Ashley River drainage basins, are situated entirely within the Coastal Plain of the state.
Because a river's watershed may extend across an entire state, or even more than one state, if there is a contamination problem in that watershed, it is necessary to look at the entire watershed to determine where the contamination might be coming from.
www.scaquarium.org /curriculum/iexplore/sixth_eighth/units/watersheds/water_back_print.htm   (1476 words)

  
 Union - 17th Corps
It was composed of the divisions of Logan, McArthur and Quinby,-- formerly the Third, Sixth and Seventh Divisions of Grant's Army, --and Major-General J. McPherson was assigned to its command.
It was engaged in the operations on the Mississippi River prior to the campaign in the rear of Vicksburg, and then took a prominent part in the series of battles which resulted in the investment of that place.
The place of the First Division was filled at Atlanta by the transfer from the Sixteenth Corps; the place of the Second Division remained vacant, for that division continued to serve in the Department of the Mississippi as a part of the Seventeenth Corps.
www.civilwararchive.com /CORPS/17thcorp.htm   (1032 words)

  
 Gillia rediscovered
The Lynches River was very low, and the morning so warm and bright, I pulled off the road primarily to stretch my legs and enjoy the fresh air.
There's a spot on the Combahee River at Yemassee about 50 miles south of Charleston, for example, I've sampled at least annually for eight years.
Lynches River arises in the lower piedmont of South Carolina, and on its roughly 150 mile journey to join the Pee Dee River passes through a watershed characterized by intensive row crop farming.
www.cofc.edu /~fwgna/archive/24Jan05.html   (883 words)

  
 Carolina Morning News on the Web | Local News - Crash, chemicals hamper traffic on U.S. 17 11/11/00   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
At the bridge over the Combahee River on Thursday, Strickland allegedly swerved across the white line and hit a northbound car driven by Tracy Dingle, 45, of Green Pond and a dump truck driven by Richard Seigler, 29, of Round O, said Lance Cpl. Shawna Gadsden of the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
The county also decided to close the boat landing on the Combahee River until the cleanup is finished.
The area is part of the ACE basin, which consists of the area encompassing the Ashepoo, Combahee and Edisto rivers.
www.lowcountrynow.com /stories/111100/LOCwreck.shtml   (609 words)

  
 Names in Colleton County
The county began at the Stono River and extended south to the Combahee.
Ashepoo River, Chee-ha (Chehaw) Combahee (pronounced COM-BEE) and the Salkehatchie.
All of the tide water rivers and creeks were lined with plantations, each having a name but many have lost their identity and the reason for their names we cannot explain.
www.oldplaces.org /colleton/placenames.htm   (1767 words)

  
 CS 6.4" HARDING HOLLOW-SHOT FLAT NOSE BOLT
This projectile was fired by the Confederate artillery on Tar Bluff on the Combahee River at the grounded US Dai Ching ship.
She returned to Dai Ching patrolling on the South Carolina coast and in January 1865 patrolled in the Combahee River.
She was built at the foot of North Second Street, Williamsburgh, for the Emperor of China, by James C. Jewell and Co. Her dimensions are as follows: Length 175 feet, width 29 feet, depth of hold 14 feet, draft of water 11 feet, measurement 728 tons.
www.civilwarartillery.com /hap/64HardingHollowShot.htm   (557 words)

  
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Valleytown, at Valleytown on Valley River, Cherokee County, N.C. Wahyahi, on upper Soco Creek on the Eastern Cherokee Reservation, Jackson County, N.C. Wasasa's Village, on Brown's Creek, a southern affluent of Tennessee River in northern Alabama.
By a treaty concluded October 18, 1865, a reservation was set apart for the Comanche and Kiowa consisting of the Panhandle of Texas and all of Oklahoma west of Cimarron River and the 98th meridian of west longitude.
They were remarkable (1) for their numbers, horsemanship, and warlike character; (2) for the frequent clashes between them and the White expeditions or bodies of emigrants; (3) as largely instrumental in introducing horses to the Indians of the northern Plains.
americanindian.net /StatesST.html   (15306 words)

  
 New Page 2
The Combahee River Collective statement has been printed in numerous publications since it was written in 1977, but a history of the organization or information about its members has yet to be documented.
The Combahee River is where the abolitionist Harriet Tubman planned and led the only military campaign in U.S. history organized by a woman.
When they first organized in the Combahee River Collective, there were no battered women’s shelters in Boston or in the Boston area; but soon after they began, Transition House opened, and women were organizing the night marches.
www.uga.edu /~womanist/harris3.1.htm   (8968 words)

  
 marlhist.htm
The county was bounded on the north by the Stono River, on the south by the Combahee River, and on the east by the Atlantic Ocean.
Paul's Stono Parish was the upper portion of Colleton County, between the Stono and Edisto Rivers.
Bartholomew Parish was the lower portion of Colleton County, between the Edisto and Combahee Rivers.
www.scgen.org /colletondevelop.htm   (347 words)

  
 Sherpa Guides | Southeast | Aquatic Fauna In Peril | Decline of a Diverse Fish Fauna: Patterns of Imperilment and ...
For major river drainages of the Southeast, we pose three questions: is fish imperilment associated with drainage area, native fish taxa richness, endemism, or stream-type diversity; which of these variables are the best predictors of imperilment; and what are the implications of the identified predictors?
For example, the highlands of the Tennessee-Cumberland, Southeastern Ohio River, and the Mobile Bay Basin regions were subjected to a series of complex, major geological vicariance events initiated in the pre-Pleistocene and as a result, were relatively isolated from much of the remaining diverse and widespread Central Highlands ichthyofauna (Mayden, 1988).
The linear, unidirectional nature of rivers and streams is a singular attribute that dictates emphasis on whole-system approaches to management.
sherpaguides.com /southeast/aquatic_fauna/chapter_5   (9419 words)

  
 River Levels   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Tyger River nr Delta, SC Enoree River at Taylors, SC Enoree River at Pelham, SC Durbin Ck ab Fountain Inn
Edisto River nr Givhans, SC Combahee River Basin
Beaufort River at Parris Is Savannah River Basin
southsportonline.com /riverlevels.asp   (246 words)

  
 Beaufort Freshwater Fishing
The Combahee River is famous for its red water panfish known as red breast.
The further up the river you go, the more narrow and shallow it becomes, plus there are a lot of submerged logs and stumps in that region.
No matter what you fish for, or even if you catch any, the beauty and serenity of the Combahee River is quite refreshing, particularly in the early mornings when the mist is coming off the water.
beaufortusa.com /fishfrs.htm   (631 words)

  
 Scarolina
All the streams and rivers which drain a region are collectively called a drainage basin.
River swamps, elliptical depressions called Carolina Bays, marshes, and barrier islands are main landscape features.
Winding rivers loop across this flat region of sand, clay and soft limestone.
www2.richland2.org /rce/scarolin.htm   (1891 words)

  
 Combahee Ferry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Mills Colleton District 1820: Markers at Combahee Ferry, Stocks Plantation and Tar Bluff.
1918 topo from Univ. of Alabama, Combahee Ferry:
Combahee River (Combahee Ferry, Tar Bluff, Chehaw Neck).
jrshelby.com /sc-links/gaz/combaheefy.htm   (108 words)

  
 SOUTH CAROLINA
To flood an impoundment, the gate on the river or tidal creek side is raised while the inner gate remains down; as the tide rises, water flows through the culvert beneath the dike [that contains the impoundment] pushing open the inner gate.
To drain an impoundment, the inner gate is raised while the outer gate remains down; as the tide falls, water from the impoundment flows toward the river or tidal creek, pushing open the outer gate.
The several tracts of the refuge’s Combahee Unit are reached from U.S. Route 17 (just west of the Combahee River), by turning northwest onto State Route 33, from which trails offer hiking opportunities from a number of parking areas.
www.defenders.org /habitat/refuges/map/sc.html   (1387 words)

  
 Division of Bird Habitat Conservation Birdscapes-Project Profiles - United States: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Several islands in the river have been altered, eroded, or used to dispose of contaminated river sediment and industrial waste.
The Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge was born of a vision shared by a group of local governments, corporations, and conservation organizations from the United States and Canada.
The lower half of the river sits at the intersection of the Atlantic and Mississippi Flyways and connects Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie.
library.fws.gov /Birdscapes/win04/Ppus.html   (2881 words)

  
 Neda Dispatch
One of the times that Harriet was investigating the area, she realized that the rice plantations all around the nearby Combahee River were not well protected and could be invaded.
She directed a raid up the Combahee River, taking the Confederates by surprise and destroying millions of dollars of property.
Harriet herself was a bit offended, saying "Don't you think we colored people are entitled to some of the credit for that exploit…?" The part she was proudest about though was not the raid itself but the fact that nearly every able male she helped to free that day enlisted in the Union Army.
www.ustrek.org /odyssey/semester1/121600/121600nedatubman.html   (1171 words)

  
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The Salkehatchie River Basin, located completely within the State of South Carolina, incorporates 25 watersheds and some 2 million acres.
Within the Department's Salkehatchie River Basin are the Salkehatchie River Basin and the Combahee River/Ashepoo River/Broad River Basin.
The Salkehatchie River Basin extends from the Upper and Lower Coastal Plain regions to the Coastal Zone region.
www.scdhec.net /environment/water/shed/salk_main.htm   (128 words)

  
 ACE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
We will follow a meandering fl water creek deep into the rice culture of the the past which defines the character of the landscape.
The 2 hour trip starts and ends at the same landing, covers approximately 2 miles of river, and will give you a taste this environment.
The 4 hour trip covers approximately 9 river miles and thoroughly immerses you in this fl water haven.
www.beaufortkayaktours.com /ace.htm   (192 words)

  
 Maps Tracing the Formation of Counties in South Carolina
Berkeley County, centering around Charleston, extended from the Stono River on the south to Seewee Creek (present-day Awendaw Creek) where it emptied into Bulls Bay on the north.
Later, a fourth county, Granville, was laid out between the Combahee and the Savannah rivers.
Charleston lay between the Santee and the Combahee.
www.state.sc.us /scdah/guide/countymap2.htm   (672 words)

  
 The Nature Conservancy in South Carolina - The Nature Conservancy Protects 2,200 Acres With Seven Conservation Easements
While nearly half of the protected property consists of brackish marsh, the remaining land is a mixture of loblolly pine and mixed hardwoods, providing habitat for white-tailed deer, wild turkeys, migratory and resident songbirds, and wading birds.
To the northwest of Combahee River in Colleton County, a conservation easement was donated on the 588 acre Copper Station Plantation comprised principally of bottomland hardwoods and pine plantations.
The property, which drains into the Combahee River, provides prime habitat for white-tailed deer, wild turkeys, resident and migratory songbirds and waterfowl.
www.nature.org /wherewework/northamerica/states/southcarolina/press/press1339.html   (1145 words)

  
 Steward of the lowcountry Southern Living - Find Articles
Even the live oaks are sprouting new brighter green leaves to signal a genesis for a tree that never loses all its canopy.
This is the Lowcountry, a special comer of the world where Jane and Harry Gregorie have built a wonderful home and established a legacy that promises to last for generations.
Their property is located in the heart of an area known as the ACE Basin-- a 300,000-acre wedge of land defined by the Ashepoo, Combahee, and Edisto Rivers.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3676/is_200003/ai_n8888119   (928 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/riversofhoney
combahee river collective, our mothers, audre lorde, hanifah walidah, michelle cliff, urban bush women, pat parker, carmelita tropicana, bell hooks, carrie mae weems, assata shakur, gloria anzaldúa, sweet honey and the rock, octavia bulter, nina simone, beah, toshi reagon, kali, staceyann chin, charvela vargas, ms.
rivers of honey is a monthly cabaret featuring women and trans artists of color the first friday of every month @ wow café theatre (59 east 4th street between 2nd avenue and bowery).
Yes rivers was Fiyah Fiyah Fiyah, big up to the producers, performers and audience for all the good vibes and energy.........it was an amazing night!
myspace.com /riversofhoney   (633 words)

  
 The Nature Conservancy in South Carolina - The Nature Conservancy Protects 2,698 Acres in ACE Basin
The Combahee River, one of three principal rivers comprising the ACE Basin Watershed, runs approximately 1.2 miles north of Brewton Plantation.
The addition of Brewton's 892-acre easement to the protected lands in the ACE Basin safeguards a significant portion of the Combahee River watershed.
Oak Lawn is located seven miles north of the South Edisto River and 30 miles south of Charleston near Parkers Ferry.
www.nature.org /wherewework/northamerica/states/southcarolina/press/press597.html   (985 words)

  
 Edisto River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Edisto River is the longest completely undammed / unleveed flwater river in North America, flowing 206 meandering miles from its source in Saluda County, to its Atlantic Ocean mouth at Edisto Beach, SC.
It rises in two main tributaries (North Fork and South Fork) from springs under the Sandhills region of West Central South Carolina, just to the south of the Piedmont fall line, and is the longest and largest river system completely contained by the borders of South Carolina.
The lower Edisto basin forms a crucial part of the 11,815 acre (48 km²) ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge, a coastal learning center that encompasses its bottomlands confluence with the Ashepoo and Combahee river basins.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edisto_River   (276 words)

  
 Association to Commemorate the Chinese Serving in the American Civil War, Part 28   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
In accordance with those orders the Dai-Ching got under way at an early hour on the 26th, and, after having proceeded up the Combahee for a few miles, was fired upon by a rebel battery situated on the right bank of the river.
The Dai-Ching established the fight with the rebel battery for seven consecutive hours, and had not the unfortuate circumstance of her getting aground occurred, the result in all probability, would have been the capture of the fort, together with all its guns.
On January 26, 1865, Dai Ching ran aground in the Combahee river, South Carolina, while engaging in a fire fight with the Confederate.
members.aol.com /gordonkwok/cacwpart28.html   (3701 words)

  
 Combahee River   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The COMBAHEE RIVER begins as the Salkahatchie, and Little Salkahatchie merge together above I-95.
The first access to the headwaters of the Combahee is found near I-95, at Hwy.
Cuckolds Creek empties into the Combahee, and is bordered primarily as a National Wildlife Estuary.
www.southsportonline.com /combaheeriver.htm   (172 words)

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