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Ripened bolls of short-staple cotton in the fields of Calhoun County in September of 1968. Cotton still produced in South Carolina dominated agriculture in the state in the first half of the 19th...
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Cotton in bloom in Florence County, August 30, 1967. Photo by L.W. Riley. Courtesy of the Clemson University Libraries.
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“V” is for Vesta Mills of Charleston. In 1899, Spartanburg textile manufacturer John Montgomery and New York merchant Seth Milliken purchased the Charleston Cotton Mills and renamed it Vesta Mills...
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"M" is for McGuire, Frank Joseph [1913-1994] Basketball Coach.
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“A” is for Atlantic Beach. [Horry County; population 351]. A historically black beach community, Atlantic Beach is located fifteen miles north of Myrtle Beach. Atlantic Beach flourished during the...
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"T" is for Turner, Henry McNeal. [1834-1915] Clergyman. Politician.
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"R" is for Riley, Richard Wilson [Born 1933] Governor. U.S. Secretary of Education.
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"L" is for Littlejohn, Nina [1879-1963] Hospital Administrator.
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"A" is for Attakulla Kulla. Cherokee Leader. Diplomat. Attakull Kulla, also known as Little Carpenter was an influential leader of the Cherokees in the midd-1700s. As a diplomat, he worked to advance...
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"C" is for Charleston County. [1882 - 919 square miles, population 309,969.]