Bennettsville | South Carolina Public Radio
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"B" is for Bennettsville. [1819-present] Marlboro County. Population 9,425.Audio
"R" is for Right to Work Law [Taft-Hartley Act, 1947-present]
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Right to Work Law | South Carolina Public Radio
Town Theatre | South Carolina Public Radio
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"T" is for the Town Theatre. [1919-present] Columbia. Longest continuously operating community theatre in the United States.
Highway 17 | South Carolina Public Radio
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“H” is for Highway 17. Also known as the Ocean Highway. U.S. Highway 17 enters South Carolina at the North Carolina border near Little River, then hugs the coast for almost two hundred miles before...
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"...
Phifer, Mary Hardy | South Carolina Public Radio
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"P" is for Phifer, Mary Hardy [1879-1962] Journalist.
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...
McMillan, Claude Richelieu | South Carolina Public Radio
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“M” is for McMillan, Claude Richelieu [1899-1961]. Engineer. After graduating from USC with a degree in civil engineering, McMillan went to work with the South Carolina Highway Department. In 1941...
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...