Info on the Saluda River

The Saluda River runs from the cold bottom of Lake Murray dam to just west of Columbia, S.C., where it flows into the Congaree River. The rapids were enhanced by General Sherman, when his troops blew up the dam for a cotton mill used to make cloth for Confederate uniforms.

These days, they call this part of the Saluda Mill Race Rapids. Columbia built its small, but excellent, zoo on the banks of the rapids.

Painting of Saluda River Rapids by Erica Hoyt http://www.jubiar.com/ericahoyt/originals/eh-0120.phtml?row=5&here=originals&here_sub=#IMAGE