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Program:
"Carolina Stories: Roots in the River: The Story of Congaree National Park"
Episode(s):
Carolina Stories:Roots in the River: The Story of Congaree National Park
Production Date(s):
2000
Format:
DVD
Price:
$24.95
Synopsis:
The story of South Carolina’s only national park, from the initial attempts to harvest the forest’s massive virgin cypresses in the 1890s, through the grass-roots struggles of the 1970s to preserve it, to its classification as a National Park in 2003. The program also looks at the cultural history of Congaree and its uses by the historic African American communities neighboring the park.
