Editor's Note: This news item was retrieved and first published through Only In Your State's website.
In 1936, the first South Carolina state parks opened, starting with Myrtle Beach State Park, followed by Aiken State Park, Cheraw State Park, Kings Mountain State Park, and Poinsett State Park (not necessarily in that order). The most recent state park to open was in 2006, the H. Cooper Black Jr. Memorial Field Trial and Recreation Area. But that “title” is soon to be taken by the Black River State Park, the new state park in South Carolina that is currently in the developmental stages, to be situated along one of our historic rivers.