South Carolina from A to Z
Сувгийн дэлгэрэнгүй
South Carolina from A to Z
Historian and author Walter Edgar mines the riches of the South Carolina Encyclopedia to bring you South Carolina from A to Z. South Carolina from A to Z is a production of South Carolina Public Radio in partnership with the University of South Carolina Press and SC Humanities.
Сүүлийн дугаар
502 дугаар
“S” is for South Carolina Commission on Higher Education
“S” is for South Carolina Commission on Higher Education. The South Carolina Commission on Higher Education (CHE) was created by the General Assembly...
“P” is for Port Royal Island, Battle of
“P” is for Port Royal Island, Battle of (February 3, 1779). The battle of Port Royal Island was part of a larger campaign the British to use their com...
“M” is for Mount Zion College
“M” is for Mount Zion College. Established in 1777 the institution started in a small log building as an all grades public school in Winnsboro.
“M” is for Mount Pleasant
“M” is for Mount Pleasant (Charleston County; 2020 population 90,801). Mount Pleasant was a small village until the 1970s, when it began a dramatic ex...
“G” is for grits
“G” is for grits. Grits is (or are) the coarse-to-fine ground product of a milling process whereby the hull of the dried corn kernel is popped open an...
“C” is for Columbia College
“C” is for Columbia College. Chartered in 1854 by the South Carolina Methodist Conference, Columbia College, was the eleventh-oldest women's college i...
“C” is for Columbia Canal
“C” is for Columbia Canal. Completed in 1824, the Columbia canal originally extended three miles below the city of Columbia off Laurel St. It was one...
“C” is for Columbia Army Air Base
“C” is for Columbia Army Air Base. Columbia Army Air Base served as a training center for B-25 bomber crews during World War II.
“B” is for Boykin spaniel
“B” is for Boykin spaniel. The Boykin spaniel was originally bred in South Carolina before the 1920s.
“B” is for Boyd, Blanche McCrary (b. 1945)
“B” is for Boyd, Blanche McCrary (b. 1945). Writer, educator.
“S” is for South Carolina Commission on Government Restructuring
“S” is for South Carolina Commission on Government Restructuring. In March 1991 Governor Carroll Campbell appointed the thirty-eight member Commission...
“S” is for South Carolina Coastal Conservation League
“S” is for South Carolina Coastal Conservation League. Established in 1989, the South Carolina Coastal Conservation League has been a leading voice in...
“S” is for South Carolina Christian Action Council
“S” is for South Carolina Christian Action Council. The South Carolina Christian Action Council is a statewide ecumenical agency embracing many of the...
“S” is for South Carolina Chamber of Commerce
“S” is for South Carolina Chamber of Commerce. The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce is an association organized mainly to promote and lobby the inte...
“P” is for Port Royal Experiment
“P” is for Port Royal Experiment. The Port Royal Experiment, also called the Sea Island Experiment, was an early humanitarian effort to prepare the fo...
“G” is for Guignard Brick Works
“G” is for Guignard Brick Works. James Sanders Guignard began making brick along the Congaree River near Columbia in 1803, under the name Guignard Bri...
“S” is for South Carolina Budget and Control Board. South Carolina has
“S” is for South Carolina Budget and Control Board. South Carolina has historically been a “legislative” state with a tradition of a “commission” appr...
“S” is for South Carolina Baptist State Convention
“S” is for South Carolina Baptist State Convention. The South Carolina Baptist State Convention became the first Baptist convention in the South when...
“S” is for South Carolina
“S” is for South Carolina. Warship. During the Revolutionary War, patriot leaders of South Carolina worried about threats from the sea. Local official...
“G” is for Greenville County
“G” is for Greenville County (790 square miles; 2020 population 532,486).
“D” is for Dueling
“D” is for Dueling. Duels took place in South Carolina from colonial times until 1880, when the General Assembly officially outlawed the practice.
“M” is for Miller, Thomas Ezekiel (1849-1938)
“M” is for Miller, Thomas Ezekiel (1849-1938). Political leader, college president.
“M” is for Miller, Stephen Decatur (1787-1838)
“M” is for Miller, Stephen Decatur (1787-1838). Congressman, governor, U.S. Senator.
“L” is for Lords Proprietors of Carolina
“L” is for Lords Proprietors of Carolina. King Charles II granted the land that became North and South Carolina to eight English noblemen in 1663.
“H” is for Hootie and the Blowfish
“H” is for Hootie and the Blowfish. Hootie and the Blowfish grew into a national phenomenon with the release of their major label debut, Cracked Rear...
“H” is for Howard, Frank James (1909-1996)
“H” is for Howard, Frank James (1909-1996). Football coach. Howard brought attention to the Clemson football program as much as with his colorful, ent...
“G” is for Greenwood County
“G” is for Greenwood County (456 square miles; 2020 population 71,074).
“C “is for Clemson University
“C “is for Clemson University. In 1888 Thomas G. Clemson left his Fort Hill property and an endowment to the state in order to create a separate agric...
“M” is for Mount Dearborn Armory
“M” is for Mount Dearborn Armory. Situated on an island in the Catawba River in Chester County, Mount Dearborn was initially conceived and selected by...
“G” is for Grimké, Sarah Moore (1792-1873), and Angelina Emily Grimké (1805-1879).
“G” is for Grimké, Sarah Moore (1792-1873), and Angelina Emily Grimké (1805-1879). Abolitionists.
“C” is for Columbia, burning of (February 17-18, 1865)
“C” is for Columbia, burning of (February 17-18, 1865)
“C” is for Columbia
“C” is for Columbia (Richland County: 2020 population 136,632). Named for Christopher Columbus and created in 1786 as the nation's first truly planned...
“R” is for Rutledge, John (ca.1739-1800)
“R” is for Rutledge, John (ca.1739-1800). Lawyer, jurist, governor.
“P” is for Port Royal, Battle of (November 7, 1861)
“P” is for Port Royal, Battle of (November 7, 1861). The Battle of Port Royal culminated an amphibious operation designed to establish a United States...
“M” is for Moultrie flag
“M” is for Moultrie flag. "This was the first American flag which was displayed in South Carolina.”
“M” is for Moultrie, William (1730-1805)
“M” is for Moultrie, William (1730-1805). Soldier, governor.
“M “is for Moultrie, John, Jr. (1729-1798)
“M “is for Moultrie, John, Jr. (1729-1798). Physician, planter, political leader.