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"J" is for Johns Island Presbyterian Church. The Johns Island Presbyterian Church is one of the oldest Presbyterian congregations in South Carolina. Scots…

"I" is for Inman Mills. Inman Mills began in 1902 when James A. Chapman opened a four-hundred-loom and 15,000-spindle plant in the Spartanburg County town…

"C" is for Catawba Pottery. Among the Catawba Indians in present-day York County, an unbroken chain of pottery production has helped preserve a cultural…

"E" is for Enoree River. The Enoree River flows approximately seventy miles from its source in northern Greenville County to its confluence with the Broad…

“G” is for Greenwood [Greenwood County; population 22,071]. In 1823, The McGehee family built a summer home midway between Abbeville and Cambridge and…

“B” is for the Bluffton Movement [1844]. Aggrieved by the Tariff of 1842 and the refusal of Congress to annex Texas, a group of planters from St. Luke’s…

“M” is for Milburn, Frank Pierce [1868-1926]. Architect. A native of Kentucky, Milburn established a practice in Charlotte in 1896. In 1899 he received…

“P” is for Pope, Thomas Harrington, Jr. [1913-1999]. Attorney, legislator, historian. In 1936 while still a first-year law school student, Pope was…

“P” is for Poppenheim, Mary Barnett [1866-1936], and Louisa Bouknight Poppenheim [1868-1957]. Clubwomen, social reformers. After graduating from Vassar,…

“R” is Rugeley, Rowland [1738-1776]. Author. Born in England, Ruguley published his first work Miscellaneous Poems: Translations from La Fontaine and…