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"P" is for Pickens. [Pickens County, population 3,012, chartered 1868] Pickens County lies in the northwestern part of South Carolina. Both the county and its seat are named in honor of Revolutionary...South Carolina Counties
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Pickens | South Carolina Public Radio
Bennett, Thomas, Jr. | South Carolina Public Radio
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"B" is for Bennett, Thomas, Jr. [1781-1865]. Governor.
Hemphill, Robert Witherspoon | South Carolina Public Radio
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"H" is for Hemphill, Robert Witherspoon, Sr. [1915-1983] Congressman. Jurist. Solicitor 6th Circuit. 4th Judicial Circuit.
Eutaw Springs, Battle of | South Carolina Public Radio
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“E” is for Eutaw Springs, Battle of [September 8 1781]. The Battle of Eutaw Springs was the last major engagement in South Carolina during the Revolutionary War. In the bloody encounter, some two...
Bennettsville | South Carolina Public Radio
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"B" is for Bennettsville. [1819-present] Marlboro County. Population 9,425.
Asparagus | South Carolina Public Radio
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"A" is for Asparagus. Asparagus was an important cash crop in South Carolina from the 1910s until the mid-1930s. With cotton prices low and the boll weevil creeping closer, farmers in the "Ridge"...
Charleston Ironwork | South Carolina Public Radio
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“C” is for Charleston Ironwork. Elements of decorative iron first appeared on Charleston buildings during the middle decades of the eighteenth century. Crafted by local blacksmiths, they closely...
Logan, Martha Daniell | South Carolina Public Radio
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“L” is for Logan, Martha Daniell [1704-1779]. Horticulturist. When her father died in 1718, Martha Daniell inherited 48,000 acres on the Wando River and her father’s nursery business. Although she...
St. David’s Church | South Carolina Public Radio
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“S” is for St. David's Church in Cheraw. St. David's Parish was established in 1768 and construction on the parish church—known locally as “Old St. David's”—began in the 1770s. Although similar to...
Drayton Hall | South Carolina Public Radio
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“D” is for Drayton Hall [Charleston County]. Established in 1738, Drayton Hall is a historic plantation located between the Ashley River and Ashley River road—about nine miles from Charleston. At the...