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"B" is for Burroughs & Chapin. Burroughs & Chapin Company, Inc., was formed in 1990 when the century-old Burroughs & Collins Company of Conway merged with Myrtle Beach Farms Company. Headquartered in...
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Students will be led in a discussion of how pleasing behaviors contribute to a happy family, classroom, job, and even a happier country. Life Skills posters will be visible for a discussion on...
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"B" is for Brown, Morris (1770-1849). Clergyman. Brown, a free mulatto, was born in Charleston. He received a license to preach as a Methodist lay preacher and organized an African congregation in...
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“W” is for Williamston [Anderson County; population 3,791]. Around 1842 West Allen Williams discovered a mineral spring on his property that gave rise to the town named for him. Stories of the spring...
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"H" is for Horry, Peter (ca. 1743-1815) Planter, soldier, legislator. In 1775, Peter Horry was commissioned a captain in the Second South Carolina Regiment. By 1780, he commanded the Fifth South...
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"M" is for McCray, John Henry [1910-1987] Journalist. Civil rights activist.
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"G" is for Gonzales, Ambrose Elliot [1857-1926] Journalist. Businessman.
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"H" is for Heyward, James [1764-1796] and Heyward, Nathaniel [1766-1851] Rice planters.
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Hemphill, James Calvin [1889-1970] Architect.
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"C" is for Central [Pickens County; population 3,522]. The town of Central came into being when the Atlantic and Richmond Air Line [later the Southern Railroad] laid a track through Pickens County in...