Drayton Hall, Charleston vicinity, South Carolina. Begun in 1738
for John Drayton, a prominent official and businessman in
colonial South Carolina, Drayton Hall is one of the finest and
best-preserved Georgian Palladian houses in the nation. Known
for its symmetrical design, two-story portico (porch), and
exquisite interior decorative wood and plasterwork, the house
was the only plantation house on the west bank of the Ashley
River not to be burned during the Civil War. Still without
running water, central heat, or electricity, Drayton Hall is now
a National Trust historic site. Old Blacksmith Shop, Fort
Bennett, Pierre vicinity, South Dakota. The old wagon wheel rims
and wire resting against the wall of this run-down blacksmith
shop were but a few of the items made or repaired for the United
States Army garrison at Fort Bennett. The U.S. government
established the fort on the outskirts of the Great Sioux Nation
[Indian] Reservation in 1870 in order to provide protection to
the personnel overseeing and implem