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Wateree River Ferries

Richland County · dedicated 1938 · Garner’s Ferry Rd. (U.S. Hwy. 378/76) at Richland County-Sumter County line, Eastover vicinity, Eastover vicinity

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River took its name from Wateree Indians, a Siouan tribe which occupied the valley until about 1715. Near this site was Simmons' Upper Ferry, used during the Revolution; later called Brisbanes, then Garner's Ferry. Used until bridge completed 1922.

The program's records report this marker missing.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History

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