This old filling station, located near this dilapidated store in Coosawatchie, S.C., recalls days gone by in which cars headed between the North and Florida tumbled through the Palmetto State. The one-bay garage along what is now S.C. Highway 462 may have been part of U.S. Highway 17 in years before Interstate 95.
Coosawatchie is in Jasper County, population 25,833, which is just over the river from Savannah, Ga. Its location near the metro area likely is why poverty in Jasper County (21.4 percent) is half that of Allendale County to the north. However, parts of the county around Ridgeland and Coosawatchie, which are further away from the Savannah area, feature a lot of the same strife as in Allendale County.
Photo by Andy Brack, taken on Feb. 28, 2014. All rights reserved.