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York and Lancaster, Chesterfield and Chester. What's in a name? A spirit, "forever England," that lingers over South Carolina's central uplands. Ties were strong with the English Colonial powers; Tories were not exactly rare. When the Revolution impolitely broke the peace, Lord Cornwallis and his troops pulled into Camden for a protracted stay.

"Englishness" persists in a love of land and family and tradition; the joy of the race and steeplechase; courtly manners that have evolved into "Southern"; a reverence for antiquity. The War of Independence was a breaking of tethers, not of roots. The three large river systems that brought in settlers - Pee Dee, Catawba-Wateree and Broad - now offer visitors all sorts of water recreation. Native American Catawbas, noted for their pottery, still live along their river in eastern York County. Famous potters, they are the only tribe maintaining a homeland in the state.