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Walhalla

 

Walhalla

Walhalla is a mountain city in Oconee County, South Carolina, United States. It is located 16 miles (26 km) from Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina and is also located in the Appalachian Mountains of South Carolina. The population was 3,801 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Oconee County. The current mayor of Walhalla is Randy Chastain.

 

 General John A. Wagener

Walhalla began as a settlement of German immigrants who left from Hamburg, Germany and Bavaria with some English, Scots and Irish who came over in the same ship. In particular, General John A. Wagener, Claus Bullwinkel, John C. Henckel, Jacob Schroder, and Christopher F. Seeba (trustees of the German Colonization Society of Charleston) bought 17,859 acres (72.27 km2) of land for $27,000 from Reverend Joseph Grisham of West Union on December 24, 1849.

 

 


According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.8 square miles (9.8 km2), of which, 3.7 square miles (9.6 km2) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) of it (1.33%) is water.

 

 


The town is built mostly on types of granite rock. It is also near some minor faults and therefore subject to small and infrequent earthquakes. The last nearby earthquake had its epicenter in Newry, South Carolina, and occurred at 7:42 am EDT on May 19, 1971. The earthquake had an intensity of VI in Newry as measured by the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale. The cause of the Newry quake was likely a slippage of the Brevard Fault and other faults in the area aided by the immense weight of the man-made Lake Keowee, created by the Keowee Dam.

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Magistrate Court

 

 

Oconee County Courthouse

 

 

 

Art Deco

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

former filling station

 

 


Saint John's Evangelical Lutheran Church

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

cotton culture

 

lead to weaving

 

 

X-ray checking if foot looks good in new shoes

 

 

animated show

 

 

Carterbaggers

 

a carpetbag

 

older times

 

 

Jail on Wheels

 

 


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