Camden, South Carolina - Research Stop

We stopped in Camden, S.C. on March 9 for one night. (450 miles or so). We stayed at a Comfort Inn just outside of town. After we left Rt 95, we took real back roads into Camden.
 We got to Camden in time to spend an hour at the Camden Museum & Archives where we did a little computer work to see what they might have in the way of photos from the time that Anna Gardner was there. (1873) Pretty much there are no photos from the time period, but we found a few from a little bit afterwards.

Mather Boarding School, Cooking Class

Mather School - building where Anna and 3 other teachers lived and taught

  We went to eat at an excellent Mexican Restaurant in town called Saluda. What was nice was that it was a healthy approach to Mexican food, not all loaded with cheeses. Barbara had a tuna ceviche dish. We split a chicken chile relleno that was excellent and with no cheese. Mark had crab tacos. All was good.

Saluda Restaurant

   The next day we went back to the Museum for about 2 hours and downloaded some photos and got a little more information about the Mather School where Anna lived before it was called that. (She worked at the Jackson School. There is now a Jackson Elementary School right across from where the Mather School was. (A CVS there now.)
   After that, we drove to Asheville where we picked Sage, age 8, up from school.