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==History== Henry Buck of [[Bucksport, Maine]], moved to South Carolina in the 1820s to start [[lumber]] mills; Horry County had a significant timber industry with its [[cypress]], [[pine]] and [[hardwood]] forests. One of Buck's mills was in what became Bucksport. Sawmills in Bucksport and [[Bucksville, South Carolina|Bucksville]] produced three million [[Board foot|board feet]] of lumber annually by 1850. Buck used his ships to transport lumber to [[Georgetown, South Carolina|Georgetown]] and [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]] in South Carolina and as far away as [[New York City]] and [[Boston]], and even to other countries. Lumber from Buck's operation even went into the construction of the [[Brooklyn Bridge]]. The ''[[Independent Republic Quarterly]]'' said, "By 1860, due largely to Bucksville and Bucksport, Horry District had become one of the five greatest timber-producing districts in the state."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thesunnews.com/2011/04/11/2094235/horry-lukewarm-to-secession-calls.html |title=Horry County was lukewarm to secession calls in Civil War days |last=Dickerson |first=Brad |work=[[The Sun News]] |date=2011-04-11 |access-date=2011-04-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110412034513/http://www.thesunnews.com/2011/04/11/2094235/horry-lukewarm-to-secession-calls.html |archive-date=2011-04-12 }}</ref>
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