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The 1950s signaled a decade of prosperity for Columbia, including drive-ins, drug-stores, hot cars, and rock and roll. Columbia residents recall their memories of the 1950s. Throughout the 50s and 60s...
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In the 1970s, the growth of state government jobs and light industry began to draw people from outside the midlands into Columbia. New generations of residents moved back into Downtown Columbia, and...
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After Reconstruction, the local business community thrived in the 1880s. Horse-drawn trollies became common-place in the streets of Columbia, and the Columbia Canal was completed in 1882. “Mill...
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Completed by 1713, The Powder Magazine is the oldest governmental building in South Carolina. This facility was used as an arsenal from 1713 - 1748 to defend the colony from the Spanish, French...
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The Reconstruction years were tough for the Baruch family, and the last straw for Simon was when he was asked to be the medical doctor at the famed Cash-Shannon Duel, in Camden. Simon Baruch moved his...
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Belle Baruch shared her father’s love for Hobcaw Barony when she was as young as five years old, for it was the perfect place for hunting and fishing. The home which the Baruchs resided in was known...
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The outbreak of World War One meant the beginning of change for the Baruch family. Bernard Baruch became an advisor for President Woodrow Wilson, and was considered the most powerful man in America...
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With the rise of Adolf Hitler and Nazism in Europe during the 1930’s, Bernard desperately wanted Belle to return home. Bernard enticed her by bribing her with owning a piece of the property, and...
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Bernard Baruch would spend much more time in Washington D.C. during World War Two. With his practice of meeting reporter and politicians at his unofficial office, which was a park bench, Bernard...
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The land around Hobcaw began to see changes. Developers had started draining some of the wetlands, and local wildlife began to diminish. Belle knew that preserving the habitat would be no easy task...