4:51 am on Monday June 1, 2009
| Posted by Ken Hawkins
Believe it or not, there were once Carolina cattle drives
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Back before the West was won and rail was commonplace, livestock from the Carolinas, Kentucky, Tennessee and others was often driven through the upstate down to the port of Charleston.
Charleston Currents has more information on the practice, which comes from The South Carolina Encyclopedia.