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Below are pictures of the abandoned rice fields in northern Georgetown County near Plantersville. All homes have been restored and are pictured from the water.

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The brick steps on this home lead directly down to the Pee Dee River.

Dirleton Plantation, located on the Pee Dee. It is now headquarters for the wildlife refuge that includes most of the former rice fields in the area...

The river as seen from the grounds of Dirleton Plantation...

A hawk flies down the Pee Dee River...

Looking down the Pee Dee, the paper mill in the city of Georgetown is the small object in the background in the center of the picture...

Another large plantation house in the rice fields...

Various other pictures from the same area

All pictures taken by myself.

Source of information is Rogers, pg. 490-491

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Front Gates / Table of Contents / Introduction of Rice / Rise of the Rice Plantations / Planters / Slaves / Georgetown County / Geography of Georgetown County / Examples of Plantation Homes / Demise of the Rice Plantations / Gallery of the Abandoned Rice Fields / Explanation of Certain Terms / Links to other sites / Bibliography