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“D” is for Dorchester. In 1697 Congregationalists from Massachusetts settled on the north bank of the Ashley River, about twenty miles northwest of…

"W" is for Wells, Helena.

“G” is for Greenville [Greenville County; population 58,282]. The fourth largest city in South Carolina, Greenville traces its origins to 1797. The chief…

" “W" is for Wofford College. A four-year liberal arts college in Spartanburg, Wofford was founded with a bequest from the Methodist minister and…

“S” is for She-Crab Soup. She-crab soup is uniquely Charlestonian, a silky seafood chowder with a European heritage. Food historians believe that she-crab…

Pisé de terre, or “rammed earth,” is an ancient form of building construction. Clay is the basic material in rammed earth buildings. After a foundation of…

“C” is for Checker, Chubby [b. 1941]. Singer. Chubby Checker was born Ernest Evans in Spring Gully, near Andrews, but moved to Philadelphia where he…

"S" is for Sherman’s March. This Union campaign is controversial because of the damage it wrought to civilian property. As he had in Georgia, General…

“C” is for Cherokee Path. The Cherokee Path was one of the most important trade networks of early Carolina, connecting Charleston with the Cherokee…

“G” is for Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. A trans-denominational Reformed seminary organized in 1987, Greenville Presbyterian Theological…