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"W" is for Wigfall, Louis Trezevant [1816-1874]. U.S. Senator.The state of South Carolina is made up of 46 counties. Learn more about each county by selecting a county below to explore people, places and events.
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"W" is for Wigfall, Louis Trezevant [1816-1874]. U.S. Senator.Audio
"S" is for Sayre, Christopher Gadsden. [1876-1935] Architect.Audio
"C" is for Chalmers, Lionel [1715-1777]. Physician. Scientist.Audio
"C" is for Charleston Hospital Workers Strike [1969].Audio
"D" is for Drayton, Percival [1812-1865] In 1864, he commanded Admiral David Farragut's flagship, the U.S.S. Hartford, at the Battle of Mobile Bay. It was to Percival Drayton that Farragut shouted the...Audio
"M" is for the McBee Chapel in Conastee. [Constructed 1841]Audio
"G" is for Grand Strand. South Carolina’s Grand Strand is an uninterrupted strip of sandy beaches that officially stretches along sixty miles of Horry and Georgetown Counties from the North Carolina...Audio
“G” is for Graniteville Company. Chartered by the South Carolina General Assembly in 1845, the Graniteville Company was one of the earliest and most successful textile manufacturing operations in the...