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“H” is for Historic Charleston Foundation [HCF]. The Historic Charleston Foundation sprang from the activities of the Carolina Art Association. In 1944, the association published This is Charleston, a...Communities, Towns and Cities
Take a historical look back at some of South Carolina's streets, towns and cities.
Historic Charleston Foundation | South Carolina Public Radio
Florence: A Renaissance Spirit: Early History | Carolina Stories
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In the late 1840s, construction began on the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad, which would connect the port of Wilmington with the cotton fields of the Pee Dee. This would be an economic boon for...
Florence: A Renaissance Spirit: Early 20th Century | Carolina Stories
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By the turn of the century, Florence was prospering. The train yard was active, and a new crop, tobacco, bolstered the economy. Florence became known as the Magic City. Learn how the Florence Museum...
Carolina Style | Palmetto Special
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This lesson is a brief survey of the art, architecture, literature and theatre of South Carolina. It opens with a series of skits where "comedic characters" "put down" South Carolina's interest in...
Thornton Map Corner Detail | History of SC Slide Collection
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A corner detail of the Thornton Map (see A New Map Of Carolina), printed in London in 1685. The inset is labeled by Thornton, "A Particular Map for the going into Ashley and Cooper Rivers." The...
Lemmon Hill Plantation, Part 4
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Project Discovery visits a restored plantation from the 1790s, built in Winnsboro, in Fairfield County.
Beaufort County - Dafauskie Island
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By the 1940s and 1950s, outside competition had caused many to leave Dafauskie island and search for jobs elsewhere, leaving the population in 1980 at less than seventy-five people. Because of its...
Beaufort County - The Green
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The Green has long served as a meeting place and celebration site for St. Helena Island's African American residents. Such activities as Emancipation Day, celebrating the adoption of the Emancipation...
Chesterfield County - Dizzy Gillespie Park
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John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie got his nickname because he liked to make jokes and act up on stage. He was one of the greatest of all jazz musicians, and the most famous native of Cheraw, South Carolina...