Oconee County, SC (Images of America)

Oconee County, nestled in the foothills of the Upstate, possesses a rich history intertwined with its geography, which extends from the fertile Cherokee lands along the waters of the Tugaloo tothe mountain forests of the churning Chattooga River. Equal to the challenges of the region’s harshyet beautiful terrain, the people of Oconee Countyentered the 20th century with an agrarian economyestablished by Revolutionary War veterans, cultivatedby German settlers, brutalized by the events from theCivil War, and advanced in part by educators from the county’s military institute, Clemson College.