If it wasn't for Donorgirl's caches in Timrod Park I probably
would never have come here. So, thank you Donorgirl for showing me
the park.
Timrod Park comprises 18 acres on Timrod Park Drive, houses the
Parks and Leisure Services Department administrative offices, has
eleven lighted tennis courts, picnic areas, a picnic shelter, a
gazebo, gardens, interpretive nature trails, and two fitness
courses, one of which is handicap accessible.
Henry Timrod
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Henry Timrod (December 8, 1828 - October 7, 1867) was an
American poet who is often called The Poet Laureate of the
Confederacy. He was born in Charleston, South Carolina to a family
of German descent--the family's original surname was "Dimroth." His
father was an officer in the Seminole Wars and a poet himself.
Timrod studied at the University of Georgia, but, forced by illness
to end his formal studies, returned to Charleston. He took a
position with a lawyer and planned to begin a law practice.
From 1848 to 1853 he submitted a number of poems to The Southern
Literary Messenger, under the pen name Aglaus, where he attracted
some attention for his abilities. Encouraged, he left the field of
law for writing and tutoring. In 1856 he accepted a post as a
teacher at the plantation of Col. William Henry Cannon in the area
that would later become Florence, South Carolina. The single room
school building (still preserved in Timrod Park in Florence) was
built to provide for the education of the plantation children.
Among his students was the young lady who would later become his
bride and the object of a number of his poems - the fair Saxon
Katie Godwin.
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