Matte E. Pegues New Homemakers Camp

Front inscription

At the end of this road is the site of a camp opened in 1946 by the S.C. New Homemakers of America (N.H.A.), an organization for African American girls studying home economics under the 1917 Smith-Hughes Act. Founded in 1933 and chartered in 1942, New Homemakers S.C. previously operated a camp in Vance, S.C.

Reverse inscription

Each summer, hundreds of students from across S.C. visited the 32-ac. camp for recreation, education, and demonstrations. When opened, the camp had 18 buildings and a pond for fishing and swimming. In 1956, it was named for Mattie E. Pegues, a teacher trainer at S.C. State College and founder of New Homemakers S.C.