An up-close view of some of South Carolina's small towns and cities.
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This small engraving showing a faded sketch of the "Old Market and Court House, 1836" was probably copied from an earlier sketch of Camden as it appeared around 1820. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana...
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The town of Camden was one of the first official settlements to be laid out in the interior of South Carolina in the 1730s. Settlers flooded into the backcountry during the quarter century of peace...
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Camden's Main Street, around 1910. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.
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The Kershaw County Courthouse was designed by famed South Carolina architect Robert Mills and built in 1826. The original courthouse had Ionic columns; local citizens, who wanted a more "modern"...
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In 1842, a branch of the South Carolina Railroad, which had originally been built between Charleston and Hamburg (near Augusta), was constructed to connect Charleston to Columbia. The point of...
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The county courthouse and Confederate monument in Bennettsville, county seat of Marlboro County, in a 1915 postcard view. Marlboro County has been an important agricultural center (first for the...
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Belton, in Anderson County, is noted for its unusual standpipe or water tower. Here, the standpipe can be seen in the background of the Belton Square, around 1909. The town, like many other South...
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The Beaufort waterfront in as it appeared in 1906. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.
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Fire damage to Sherper's Wharf in Beaufort, 1907. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.
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Downtown Beaufort in the 1860s. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.