Hemingway, South
Carolina
Barbecue Capital of the World
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Hemingway is a relaxed southern town with a heritage of cotton and tobacco
farming. It's known for winning teams. Tupperware is a leader in industry in South Carolina and
is known world-wide for its products. Global distribution headquarters are located here.
Some agricultural-based industries in the area are House of Raeford (poultry products), W.
B. Roddenberry (pickle cucumbers), Hemingway Locker Plant (meat processing), various
tobacco warehouses, and cotton gins. |
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Parts Company
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Kudzu Known as "the vine
that ate the South," kudzu is very much present in Hemingway. The vine is not all
bad, however. It is very pretty, it feeds our pollinators in late summer when there
is not much feed available for them, and it has quite a few uses. It can be used as a
food, for medicinal purposes, or for basket weaving.
The Amazing Story of Kudzu
Blythewood, SC, Kudzu
Festival (Oh, you can't find it? - Seems to be a hoax, hmmmm...fun anyway) |
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Copyright 2002 David L. Green Use without
permission prohibited November 8,2002
Shark's Teeth
Found at Indiantown approximately 10 feet below ground,
in dug material from a pond, position thought to be at the surface
of the Black Mingo formation, or possibly the Pee Dee formation.
| The "Good Ole Days" weren't...
Gone are the days of blisters and sore backs from
picking cotton. The cotton harvest in South Carolina is the "New
Fashioned" way...with a cotton picker that doesn't have aches and pains. |
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| Hemingway's annual BBQ-Shag Festival:
Held in April each year, it features the barbecue cookoff, shagging (the
state dance), local foods, crafts, carnival rides and much more.
Thousands come from the eastern United States for some mighty good eating, music,
dance, and games. If you haven't been to a southern "pig pickin'," y'all don't
know barbeque. For more information call the Hemingway Town
Hall, 843-558-2824
2000
BBQ Shag Festival Photos
2002 BBQ-Shag
Festival Photos
The next annual BBQ-Shag Festival date is
April 17-19, 2008
For more information see
The New South Carolina BBQ Home Page |
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County Line Rodeo is held twice a year at the
County Line Arena, just 8 miles south of town. For info call Gerald Pope: 558-7320
Things are popping at Caring and Sharing,
a local group that helps Seniors on fixed incomes, and other folks in emergency
situations. See what's
happening lately. It's a great place to volunteer!
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It is little known that the
Hemingway area is also the honeybee capital of South Carolina. From Hemingway and the Pee
Dee area, a number of beekeepers supply honeybees for pollination of millions
of dollars worth of watermelons, cucumbers, cantaloupes, squash, kiwifruit, apples,
peaches and other crops that need bees. South Carolina and Florida provide the two main
wintering grounds for east coast migratory beekeepers, which are vital to America's food
supply. |
Too Poor to Travel? You
can make a virtual visit anywhere in the world, hear local music, see nice photos, and get
all kinds of info at Jan Kirsten's world tour
page in Holland. And, yes, Hemingway is on the tour!
Webmasters Dave and Janice
Green
"We weren't born in Hemingway,
but we got here as fast as we could." |
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