“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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In the late 1700s, a French botanist landed on Middleton Place in Summerville, South Carolina bringing the first tea plants to the United States. The Lowcountry is also home to the only tea plantation...
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Teeming with originality and history, the Charleston Tea Plantation on Wadmalaw Island in South Carolina is busy with not only workers cultivating crop but also visitors from around the world. The tea...
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Right in the heart of Market Street, Tony the Peanut Man is an iconic figure, not only for his enthusiastic personality, but for his delicious boiled peanuts! The town of Charleston, as well as the...
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The USS Yorktown, the Fighting Lady, is a floating military museum located at Patriot's Point in Charleston, S.C.
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The Shag is the state dance of South Carolina. Do you know how to Shag?
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Roger Warren, president of the Kiawah Island Golf Resort talks about this golfers' haven.
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Al Hitchcock talks about the history and preservation efforts of the Morris Island lighthouse.
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Glenn Roberts of Anson Mills talks about the history of rice in South Carolina.
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Basket maker Vera Manigault talks about the history and culture of Sweetgrass baskets.
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Former South Carolina Senator and Lieutenant Governor, Glenn McConnell, tells us the story of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley.
