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"C" is for Congaree National Park. South Carolina’s only national park is located in the floodplain of lower Richland County. Established by Congress as a…

"M" is for Moore, James, Jr. (ca. 1682-1724). Governor. James Moore, Jr., was South Carolina’s first native-born governor. He was a prosperous planter and…

"C" is for Coogler, John Gordon (1865-1901). Poet. Coogler achieved notoriety in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as one of South Carolina’s, and…

"M" is for Myrtle Beach (Horry County; 2010 population 27, 109). The centerpiece of South Carolina’s Grand Strand, Myrtle Beach is an international resort…

"C" is for Cooper River bridges. In 1927, a group of Charleston businessmen formed the Cooper River Bridge Company to promote the construction of a span…

"P" is for Pardo, Juan. Spanish soldier, explorer. In 1565, Pardo travelled to Spanish Florida as the captain of one of six military companies sent to…

"C" is for Cowpens, Battle of (January 17, 1781). In mid-December 1780 General Daniel Morgan’s "Flying Army" threatened the British stronghold of Ninety…

"C" is for Country Music. "Country" is the contemporary term for the music of common white folks of the rural South. Country song lyrics with their…

"P" is for prisons and penitentiaries. The first significant jail in South Carolina, a twelve-foot square designed to accommodate sixteen prisoners, was…

"H' is for Heyward, James [1764-1796] and Heyward, Nathaniel; [1766-1851]. Rice planters. After the Revolution, the brothers began experimenting with the…