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Local Impacts of Climate Change in Beaufort, SC.
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Whether you're walking down Raven Avenue or biting into a Gold Bug Burger at Poe's Tavern, you are certain to find plenty of Edgar Allan Poe treasure on Sullivan's Island. The elusive 19th Century...
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On January 10, 1803, The Charleston Courier was launched by two federalist proprietors from Massachusetts: Aaron Smith Willington, and Loring Andrews, and from Ireland was Stephen Cullen Carpenter...
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In 1844, William S. King took over as editor of the Courier, and revolutionized the newspaper by employing a new technology for instantly receiving information: the telegraph. He also established a...
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In 1974, Manigault Wilcox became the editor of The News And Courier while Thomas Waring became editor of The Evening Post. Arthur Wilcox believed in effective on-the-job training, and several former...
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After the Civil War, a new newspaper emerged: The Charleston Daily News. In 1867, three gentleman: Bartholomew Riordan, Francis W. Dawson, and Henry Evanson purchased “The News”, and in 1873, the...
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On October 1, 1991, The News And Courier merged with The Evening Post, in order to print newspapers which would be bigger and better than their predecessors. This newspaper would become what we know...
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Major James Calvin Hemphill, from Abbeville, succeeded Francis Dawson. At first, The News And Courier was impressed by Benjamin Ryan Tillman’s lambasting of “bourbon do-nothings” in power, but Tillman...
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On January 10, 2003, the South’s oldest daily newspaper, The Charleston Post and Courier, celebrates an important milestone: their bicentennial. This newspaper has reported on war, struggles, natural...
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William Watts Ball, who had previously worked at The Evening Post and The State, became the new editor. He was an outspoken critic of “The New Deal”, along with too much government, and these views...
