South Carolina from A to Z
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From Hilton Head to Caesars Head, and from the Lords Proprietors to Hootie and the Blowfish, historian Walter Edgar mines the riches of the South Carolina Encyclopedia to bring you South Carolina from A to Z.
South Carolina from A to Z is a production of South Carolina Public Radio in partnership with the University of South Carolina Press and SC Humanities.
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“B “is for Burton, Edward Milby (1898-1977). Museum director, naturalist, historian. -
“B” is for Burt, Armistead (1802-1883). Lawyer, congressman.
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“B” is for Burroughs, Franklin Gorham, Jr. (b 1942). Essayist, environmentalist, educator.
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“B” is for Burroughs, Franklin Gorham (1834-1897). Manufacturer, merchant, land developer.
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“B” is for Burnettown (Aiken County; 2020 population 3,104). Burnettown is located in the Horse Creek Valley of Aiken County.
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“S” is for state flag. South Carolina's blue Flag with its white crescent and palmetto tree is simple in design but profoundly symbolic of a long history.
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“S” is for State Farmers Market. The State Farmers Market is a three-site system of state-sponsored facilities operated by the South Carolina State Department of Agriculture. M
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“S” is for State Fair. The South Carolina State Fair, formerly the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society of South Carolina was established in 1869.
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“S” is for State, the. The State newspaper was born in 1891 of a bitter political struggle between South Carolina’s conservative political establishment and the agrarianism of Governor Benjamin “Pitchfork” Tillman.
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“S” is for Stackhouse, Eunice Temple Ford (1885-1980). Educator, clubwoman.
