How do natural stones like soapstone stand up? Soapstone, also called steatite, is a metamorphic rock made from talc-schist, which means it contains talc, in this case around 50 percent.

The preservation site today boasts the church, one-room school, a slave cemetery, and soapstone rock outcrops used by the Cherokee for centuries as the source material for cooking implements. “I stand ...

The preservation site today boasts the church, one-room school, a slave cemetery, and soapstone rock outcrops used by the Cherokee for centuries as the source material for cooking implements.

The buildings and grounds include the church, a one-room school, a slave cemetery and soapstone rock outcrops used by the Cherokee for centuries as the source material for cooking implements.

Soapstone Baptist Church ... The church sits on a rise about five miles from Table Rock, one of Upstate South Carolina’s most iconic mountains. Clarke previously told The Post and Courier ...

The preservation site today boasts the church, one-room school, a slave cemetery, and soapstone rock outcrops used by the Cherokee for centuries as the source material for cooking implements.