CONWAY, S.C.- South Carolina's history of growing tobacco is being celebrated this weekend.
The 8th annual Tobacco Heritage Festival is being held at the Paul Living History Farm in Conway on Saturday.
Visitors will be able to see hand-tying of tobacco and a variety of other demonstrations. There will also be interpretations of farm life in the state during the early 1900s.
At one time, tobacco was the most valuable cash crop in the state.
The farm has been in existance since 2006, when Horry County Council designated 17 acres of land for use by the Horry County Museum as the L. W. Paul Living History Farm. Larry Paul, a local businessman with a rich farming heritage in Horry County, offered to fund the construction of a family farm to depict farm and domestic life in Horry County from 1900-1955.
In addition to the tobacco demonstrations, visitors to the farm can observe and participate in activities like plowing with mules, making lye soap, grinding grits, blacksmithing, curing meat, preserving vegetables, milking cows, and harvesting crops.
The AP contributed to this report.
