This photograph shows Ashe's Ferry on the Catawba River in the late 1950s. A Catawba Indian named Early Brown operated the ferry during this period. The ferry was closed in 1959 when the SC Highway 5 bridge was built between York County and Lancaster County. This was the last state-operated ferry in South Carolina.

The Catawba Indians operated a ferry on the Catawba River between York County and Lancaster County. Located just above the mouth of Twelve Mile Creek in Van Wyck, SC, this was the last state-run ferry in South Carolina. It closed in 1959 when the SC Highway 5 bridge was constructed across the river.