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Hagood Mill Historic Site Featuring an 1845 gristmill, restored log cabins, blacksmith shop, cotton gin, moonshine still, natur
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A historic site featuring an 1845 grist mill, prehistoric petroglyphs, and monthly folklife festivals with living history demonstrators.

🔥 New blacksmithing classes are on the schedule at Hagood Mill! 🔨🕯️ NEW: Courting Candle — Wed, Nov 11 or Sat, Nov 14 | ...
10/15/2026

🔥 New blacksmithing classes are on the schedule at Hagood Mill! 🔨

🕯️ NEW: Courting Candle — Wed, Nov 11 or Sat, Nov 14 | $170
Forge a rustic candle holder from an early Pennsylvania Dutch design, with an adjustable candle mechanism and a finial you design yourself. Ages 18+, only 4 spots per class.

🔪 Blacksmithing 104: Intro to Knife-Making — Wed, Nov 4 | $170
Forge a Viking-style knife from 1075 high-carbon steel. Limited to 5 students.

⚒️ Blacksmithing 101 — Wed, Nov 18 or Sat, Nov 28 | $150
Learn the five essential blacksmithing techniques and make your own hooks. Up to 8 students.

🎄 Christmas Ornaments — Sat, Dec 5 | $150
Forge Christmas trees, candy canes, icicles, and more. Beginners welcome!

All classes run 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM with a lunch break.

🎟️ See all classes and reserve your spot: https://visithagoodmill.com/events/category/blacksmith/

10/15/2026

🎻 Two days of mountain music, makers and fun are coming to Hagood Mill! 🍂

The 4th Annual Pickens Appalachian Folk Festival is just over a week away. Here's what's in store:

🌙 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23 | 6:00–8:30 PM
Live music from Spare Creek, Panther Ridge and Alexa Rose & Josh Oliver

☀️ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24 | 11:00 AM–7:00 PM
A full day of music with Johnny Thomas Fowler, Buffalo Barfield & Unherd of Entertainment, Swamp Rabbit Bluegrass, Clifton Hicks, Wanda Johnson Band, Appalachian Son and Reedy River String Band

Both days: artisan vendors, food trucks, games for kids and period demonstrators.

🎟️ FREE admission
📍 Hagood Mill Historic Site, 138 Hagood Mill Rd., Pickens, SC

👉 Lineup, map & Festival Guide: https://pickensappalachianfolkfestival.org/festival-guide/

Tag who you're bringing! 👇

📖✨ TOMORROW NIGHT: Stories, Spooks & Tall Tales at Hagood Mill! ✨📖The 25th Annual Storytelling Festival & Liar’s Competi...
10/15/2026

📖✨ TOMORROW NIGHT: Stories, Spooks & Tall Tales at Hagood Mill! ✨📖

The 25th Annual Storytelling Festival & Liar’s Competition at Hagood Mill Historic Site kicks off tomorrow night and runs through Saturday, October 17!

👻 Friday Night Frights & Ghost Stories kicks off the weekend on Friday, October 16 at 6:30 PM with spine-tingling tales and an unforgettable lineup:

Lona Bartlett, MC
Tim Lowry
Walt Belcher
Robin Kitson

Admission: $10 for ages 10+.

🎤 The festival continues Saturday, October 17, with a full day of stories, laughter, folklore, and tall tales! Saturday’s lineup includes:

Johnny Thomas Fowler, MC
Tim Lowry
Andy Offutt Irwin
Walt Belcher
Jean Laney Harris

🏆 Think you can tell a whopper? The Liar’s Competition has spots for eight competitors to share their best “lies” or tall tales for the chance to be crowned Best Liar!

The winner will receive a $75 grand prize and a guaranteed spot on the storytelling stage at the 2027 event.

Liar’s Competition rules:

Each storyteller has up to 8 minutes, with a one-minute grace period. Points are deducted after 8 minutes, and stories exceeding 9 minutes are disqualified.
Contestants are judged on structure and flow, character, language, delivery and poise, emotional impact, and pacing and timing.
Each category is scored from 1 to 5, with 1 being poor and 5 being excellent.

📧 Want to compete? Email [email protected] to sign up for the Liar’s Competition.

🪕 Enjoy historic demonstrations, crafts, vendors, food, and fun for the whole family.

🌾 Fresh from the 1845 Grist Mill

Take home a taste of the mill! On Saturday we'll have stone-ground goods for sale:
• Wheat Flour
• Scottish Oatmeal
• Oat Flour
• Rye Flour (if available)
• Buckwheat Flour
• Rainbow Popcorn Grits & Cornmeal
• White Popcorn Grits & Cornmeal
• Hominy Grits

🤟 This event will have ASL interpreters, so deaf and hard-of-hearing guests can enjoy every story.

Saturday admission: $7 for ages 10+
Friday & Saturday festival admission: $17 for ages 10+
Children 9 and under are free.

🎟️ Get your tickets:
https://visithagoodmill.com/stories

Come make memories, hear a few whoppers, and celebrate 25 years of storytelling at Hagood Mill!

10/14/2026

🛍️ Food & Vendors at the Storytelling Festival! 🛍️

The 25th Annual Storytelling Festival & Liar's Convention is this weekend at Hagood Mill Historic Site! Here's what to eat and shop while you enjoy the stories. 🔥📖

🌭 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 | 6:30–9:00 p
Hot dogs available for purchase at the Heritage Pavilion! Grab supper and settle in for an evening of stories.

🎨 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17 | 10:00 a–4:00 p

Artisans
Ana's Jewels
Ash & Bloom Co.
Family Homestead Crafters
Gifted Artist Foundation
Gourd Crazy
Kissy's Kwilts
Ms. Lillian's Louisiana Pies & Spices
Myo Moksha Medicine & Ministree
Putney Farm
Unique Wood & Mosaics
Vdovichenko Bee Farm
Whisperwood Holdings, LLC
Woods & Water Wild

Businesses
Joyce Windows, Sunrooms, & Baths
Leaf Filter
LeafGuard
Pickens County Library System

Food, Drinks & Snacks
Brady Q
Bubbles N Cream
Down & Dirty Sips
The Fermentary
Melody's Marvelous Munchies
Sasquatch Chili Co.
Savory Sunflower

📍 Hagood Mill Historic Site, Pickens, SC
🔗 visithagoodmill.com

Come hungry, bring a friend, and support local! 💛

⚔️ The Vikings are coming back to Hagood Mill! 🛡️Midgard at the Mill: A Viking Invasion, the Upstate Renaissance Faire's...
10/14/2026

⚔️ The Vikings are coming back to Hagood Mill! 🛡️

Midgard at the Mill: A Viking Invasion, the Upstate Renaissance Faire's annual Viking Fest, returns Saturday, November 7!

⚔️ Live combat & dueling
🪓 Axe & spear throwing contests
🎭 Beowulf, performed as live theatre with puppets
🛍️ Viking market with handcrafted goods, jewelry & treasures
⛺ Living history encampments
🍖 Feasts & mead halls
🎶 Music, dancing & celebration around the fire
🔥 And the burning of the Viking ship!

📅 Saturday, November 7, 2026
🕙 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM
📍 Hagood Mill Historic Site, Pickens
🎟️ $10 (13+) | $5 (ages 4–12) | Free (3 & under)

Costumes encouraged, so break out your finest furs and chainmail! 🪖

🎟️ Tickets: https://www.eventeny.com/events/midgardatthemillavikinginvasion-29508

🪨 South Carolina has exactly one petroglyph site open to the public, and it's right here in Pickens.Inside the Hagood Cr...
10/14/2026

🪨 South Carolina has exactly one petroglyph site open to the public, and it's right here in Pickens.

Inside the Hagood Creek Petroglyph Center, you can stand face to face with Native American rock carvings that are among the most significant in the state, protected in a climate-controlled gallery with exhibits that help you read the stone.

📅 Wednesday to Saturday, 10 AM to 4 PM
🎟️ Free admission
📍 138 Hagood Mill Rd., Pickens

Plan your visit: https://visithagoodmill.com/petroglyphs/

The Festival Guide for the 4th Annual Pickens Appalachian Folk Festival is now available! 🎶Get the full music lineup for...
10/14/2026

The Festival Guide for the 4th Annual Pickens Appalachian Folk Festival is now available! 🎶

Get the full music lineup for Friday, October 23 and Saturday, October 24, hours for artisan vendors, food trucks and Appalachian demonstrations, the festival map and more. You can also download a printable copy to bring with you.

👉 https://pickensappalachianfolkfestival.org/festival-guide/

📍 Hagood Mill Historic Site, 138 Hagood Mill Rd., Pickens, SC
🎟️ Free admission

🍄 NEW DATES: Mushrooms 101 on November 21 & December 5! 🍄Curious about the fungi popping up in the woods? Join us at Hag...
10/13/2026

🍄 NEW DATES: Mushrooms 101 on November 21 & December 5! 🍄

Curious about the fungi popping up in the woods? Join us at Hagood Mill Historic Site for a beginner-friendly, hands-on class on identifying, growing, and understanding mushrooms safely.

🔍 What you'll learn:
🍄 Mushroom anatomy and classification
🔎 Beginner-friendly identification by genus and family
⚠️ A few deadly poisonous species to know for safety
🪵 Growing mushrooms on logs and in garden beds
🕯️ Hands-on log inoculation: you'll inoculate your own log for the Hagood Mill mushroom garden and can come back to watch it grow!
🌲 A walk around the property looking for wild mushrooms

📅 Saturday, November 21 or Saturday, December 5
🕐 1:00–4:00 PM
💲 $50 per person
👥 Limited to 10 students per class

🎒 Bring a notebook and old shoes (hot wax may drip during inoculation).

🎟️ Pick your date: https://visithagoodmill.com/events/category/mushrooms/

🔥 SOLD OUT: Blacksmithing 101 🔥Thank you! Our October 28 Blacksmithing 101 class with Kevin Thompson of Electric City Fo...
10/13/2026

🔥 SOLD OUT: Blacksmithing 101 🔥

Thank you! Our October 28 Blacksmithing 101 class with Kevin Thompson of Electric City Forge is officially full. We can't wait to see what our students forge!

Missed this one? Hagood Mill offers hands-on heritage classes throughout the year, from blacksmithing and knife-making to mushrooms and more. Keep an eye on our classes page for upcoming dates:
👉 https://visithagoodmill.com/classes/

📬 Want to be the first to know when new classes open? Sign up for our newsletter:
https://visithagoodmill.com/newsletter-signup/

👻 NEW: HAGOOD AFTER DARK: GHOST HUNTING TOURS 👻When the sun goes down, the stories of Hagood Mill Historic Site come ali...
10/13/2026

👻 NEW: HAGOOD AFTER DARK: GHOST HUNTING TOURS 👻

When the sun goes down, the stories of Hagood Mill Historic Site come alive…

Join lead paranormal investigator Brandon Cooper and other Upcountry paranormal investigators for an unforgettable after-hours ghost hunt through the haunted history, legends, and unexplained activity of Hagood Mill.

🔦 What to expect:
👻 Native American ghost stories and local legends
🕯️ Early settlers' ghost stories and haunting tales
📡 Hands-on ghost hunting with EMF meters, spirit boxes and more
🌙 After-dark, special-access tour of the historic site
🕵️ Bring your own paranormal gear and investigate alongside us!

📅 October 22, 23, 24 & 29, 30, 31
🕖 7:00–10:00 PM (meet at the Visitor Center by 6:45 PM)
🎟️ $50 per person. Spots are limited for each tour!

🎒 Bring walking shoes, warm clothing, a flashlight, water, snacks… and an open mind. 😉

Ages 15+. Guests under 17 must be accompanied by an adult.

🎟️ Reserve your night: https://visithagoodmill.com/events/category/ghost-hunting/

Dare to discover what happens at Hagood Mill after dark?

Address

138 Hagood Mill Road, Hagood Mill Foundation
Pickens, SC
29671

Opening Hours

Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm

Telephone

+18648982936

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