Discovering Chapin

It's Wednesday, January 23, 2013, and we are headed out to have a look around Chapin. I originally wanted to show Steph a neat little place owned by Martin Marietta with two train cars, some old pumps, and old signs. But when we arrived, there were several cars in the lot and people in the building that I though was not in use. Because of the 'No Trespassing' signs, we decided to come back another time for photos. We had passed a cemetery on our way to this spot and decided to go have a look around. Sometimes we find really interesting epithets on old tombstones that tell a story of the people buried there.

It turned out to be Mount Vernon Lutheran Church cemetery for 1893. But there was no church here. All that remains is the sign and the graves.

Hmm...is this sign really necessary? I'm not sure people are rushing to open burial sites.

This cemetery is small and there didn't seem to be any unusual here, so we decided to head out again. With no clear plan of where to go, we drove around the back roads in Chapin hoping to stumble upon a hidden treasure or two.

As Steph drove down Peacehaven, we spotted what appeared to be headstones in the woods. We decided to investigate.

And sure enough, there in the woods were random scattered grave stones, probably a family that once lived here.

He died in 1892.

This is another son from the same family. He died in 1898.

The graves were everywhere inside the woods.

We had to go in for a closer look.

 We saw enough here and decided to drive around again.

We found this giant stack in someones yard so we had to trespass to get a photo, but we were quick. We are not sure what these stacks are but have seen them in the woods and yards throughout South Carolina. I imagine them to be ovens from a time past, but I can't say for sure. If you know what this is, please post a comment telling us.

We found this really cool looking old house driving the back roads in Chapin.

 Just playing with photography now.

This person loves color and even had a set of rainbow stairs in their backyard. We thought this was interesting.

We found another cemetery and decided to have a look.

This is interesting. I guess no one knew much information about Mr. Dewald.

This is a Lowman who died in 1875. They seemed to have quite an influence in the area and have several streets and even an elderly care hospital named after them.

We love reading the names on these old headstones.

Notice how they put the years lived on the stone? Some even have it down to the day.

It was cold and overcast and although we enjoyed our time driving the back roads in Chapin, we decided to go shopping to get warm. And we wanted to find something suitable for a photo shoot we were doing with our children on th upcoming weekend. We will eventually make it back to Chapin to have another look around. If you know of any unusual, historic, or beauty spots, please leave us a post so that we can find it next time we are discovering Chapin.