“Charleston County and the city of Charleston, its county seat, are the most historic locations in the state.” Situated in the Lowcountry, the county serves as a popular vacation destination but also relies on the business that results from its port. The area in general serves as a large cultural and economic hub for the state.
Charleston County was founded as Charleston District in 1769, and the district became smaller after some of its lands were used to create Colleton and Berkeley counties. The county and its seat were named after King Charles II.
The city and county are saturated with Revolutionary War and Civil War history. Three signers of the United States Constitution and two famous abolitionists resided in Charleston County, and the Civil War began when soldiers fired shots from the county’s Fort Sumter.
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Clemson Extension Agent and Host of Making It Grow Amanda McNulty travels to Middleton Place near Charleston, SC and talks with their Artisan Seamstress.
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Clemson Extension Agent and Host of Making It Grow Amanda McNulty travels to Middleton Place near Charleston, SC and talks with their Artisan Potter.
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Clemson Extension Agent and Host of Making It Grow Amanda McNulty travels to Middleton Place near Charleston, SC and talks with their Artisan Blacksmith.
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Clemson Extension Agent and Host of Making It Grow Amanda McNulty travels to Middleton Place near Charleston, SC and talks with their Artisan Cooper.
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This program features Marjory Wentworth. Her poems have appeared in numerous books, magazines and anthologies. She is the author of a collection of poems entitled Noticing Eden. Her most recent book...
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Susan Pringle Frost dedicated her life to making sure that Charleston’s historic architectural beauty would be preserved. Born in Charleston to wealthy parents in 1873, she lived in the Miles Brewton...
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Born in Georgia, Sue Monk Kidd graduated from Texas Christian University with a B.S. in nursing in 1970 and worked throughout her twenties as a Registered Nurse and nursing instructor. Best known for...
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A novelist, illustrator and publisher, Jonathan Miller grew up in Clover and graduated from Clover High School before making his home in Charleston, where he attended college. Mr. Miller is the author...
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A native of Charleston, which is also the setting of her novels, Rich in Love and The Fireman’s Fair, Josephine Humphreys was educated at Ashley Hall and studied creative writing at Duke University...
