1919 Map of Olar

About this map

The Salkehatchie River and its sister, the Little Salkehatchie River, define the landscape of this 1918 survey of the Lowcountry. A complex web of local transit is visible, from the crossings at Buford Bridge and Rivers Bridge to the rail infrastructure of the Seaboard Line and the Bamberg Ehrhardt and Walterboro RR. The map serves as a detailed record of rural social structures in South Carolina at the end of the Great War, documenting numerous country schools like Oak Ridge School and Sweet Gum School alongside neighborhood landmarks like Bushes Old Mill. Settlements such as Olar, Ehrhardt, and Ulmers appear as established hubs, while family names are preserved through dozens of local churches and chapels, including Kearse Chapel and Rizera Chapel, which anchored these farming communities.