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"C" is for Colleton County (1,056 square miles; 2010 population 38, 909). Colleton County was one of three original counties organized in Carolina in…

"B" is for Brown, William Melvin, Jr. (1934-1994). Manufacturer. A native Charlestonian and a graduate of South Carolina State, Brown served in the Army,…

"C" is for Columbia International University. Founded as an undergraduate college in 1921, Columbia International University has been one of the symbolic…

"C" is for Commission of Indian Trade. In 1707, the Commons House of Assembly created the Board of Indian Commissioners to regulate the traffic between…

"C" is for Constitutions. The Fundamental Constitutions of the Lords Proprietors were abandoned in 1698. During the colonial period, the dominance of…

"M" is for Moultrie, John, Jr. (1729-1798). Physician, planter, political leader. A native Charlestonian, Moultrie was the first American to receive a…

"C" is Cunningham, William (d. 1787). Soldier. At the outset of the Revolution, Cunningham sided with the Patriots, but changed sides and became a vicious…

"P" is for Primitive Baptists. Primitive Baptists comprised one early nineteenth-century form of the “antimission” movement protesting the development of…

"S" is for South Carolina National Heritage Corridor. The South Carolina National Heritage Corridor is a grassroots-led heritage tourism initiative that…

"S" is for Spillane, Frank Morrison (1918-2006). Author. Nicknamed “Mickey” by his Irish Catholic father, Spillane was born in Brooklyn. In 1940 he began…