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"C" is for Commons House of Assembly (1670-1776). The Commons House of Assembly (changed simply to the Assembly in 1744) was the dominant political…

"M" is for Morning News. A morning newspaper published daily and Sunday in Florence, the Morning News was established as a daily in 1922. Jack O’Dowd, the…

"P" is for Pottersville. Pottersville originated in Edgefield District between 1819 and 1820 around the stoneware factory of Abner Landrum a mile and a…

"C" is for Cooper, Anthony Ashley (1621-1683). Lord Proprietor. Ashley Cooper was initially a royalist during the English Civil War but twice changed…

"C" is for Country ideology. Country ideology was a series of ideas expounded in the seventeenth and eighteenth century by English writers such as Thomas…

"P" is for Pringle, Robert (1702-1776). Merchant, planter, legislator, jurist. A native of Scotland, Pringle immigrated to South Carolina in 1725.…

“U” is for the Unitarian Church in Charleston. Located at 6 Archdale Street, the church has long been considered one of the city's most exceptional…

“V” is for Voorhees College. Located in Denmark, Voorhees College is a four-year liberal arts undergraduate institution. Founded in 1897, the school was…

“W” is for the Waccamaw River. Named for the Waccamaw Indians, the river begins at Lake Waccamaw in North Carolina, runs parallel to the coast through…

"B" is for Black Business Districts. Prior to the Civil War, free persons of color in South Carolina owned businesses—generally in the service industry.…