Calhoun

Calhoun County lies between Columbia and Charleston. The area is widely popular with the locomotive and logistical industries due to its proximity to major interstates.

Calhoun County lies between Columbia and Charleston. The area is widely popular with the locomotive and logistical industries due to its proximity to major interstates. The county is also home to the Congaree River, Lake Marion, and a number of hiking trails. St. Matthews serves as its county seat.

The county resulted from the combination of various lands within Lexington and Orangeburg counties in 1908. John C. Calhoun, the county’s namesake, “served as United States vice president, secretary of state and of war, and senator.” It boasts a rich Revolutionary War history.

Recreation and Tourism. Accessed June 01, 2016.

Welcome to Calhoun County. Accessed June 01, 2016.

L. Marion Gressette

Episode 101

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

L. Marion Gressette was born in Calhoun County in 1902, near St. Matthews. Sen. Gressette fills many roles, such as a Baptist, Mason, member of Phi Kappa Phi fraternity, a fellow in the American...

L. Marion Gressette

Episode 103

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

In this segment, Jim Welch interviews L. Marion Gressette about his thoughts on the building dedication ceremony, and what Gressette believes were his greatest achievements and disappointments in his...

The Town Of St. Matthews | History Of SC Slide Collection

Episode 1

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

The town of St. Matthews predates by more than a century and a half the 1908 formation of Calhoun County, of which it is now the county seat. Originally a trading post on the Cherokee Path, the town...

Lighthouses | History Of SC Slide Collection

Episode 11

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Shipping traffic moving in and out of the harbors along the Carolina coast depended upon a series of lighthouses to guide them through sometimes narrow and treacherous channels in the complicated...

The Carolina Eastman Plant | History Of SC Slide Collection

Episode 5

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

The Carolina Eastman plant in St. Matthews is a modern chemical industry that manufactures synthetic fibers. Official company photograph, 1983. Courtesy of "The State" newspaper.

Harvester Tipping a Load of Cotton Into a Wagon | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 6

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Harvester tipping a load of cotton into a wagon in Calhoun County, September 1968. Although the U.S. Department of Agriculture began experimenting with mechanical cotton pickers in the 1920s, they...

Ripened Bolls of Short-Staple Cotton | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 2

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Ripened bolls of short-staple cotton in the fields of Calhoun County in September of 1968. Cotton still produced in South Carolina dominated agriculture in the state in the first half of the 19th...

Plantation of St. Matthews | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 1

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Far too many of South Carolina's historic buildings have met the fate of Peterkin Plantation of St. Matthews, which burned to the ground in a fire photographed by Frances Benjamin Johnston around 1910...

First Graded School in St. Matthews | History Of South Carolina Slide Collection

Episode 5

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

The first graded school in St. Matthews, photographed around 1910. A campaign to improve rural schools in the late 19th century replaced many one-room schools, in which all students were taught by a...

Colonel and Mrs. Thomas Pinckney, Jr. | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 117

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Colonel and Mrs. Thomas Pinckney, Jr., in miniatures by Edward Malbone, the noted early 19th century Charleston portrait artist, painted around the time of their marriage in 1803. She was born Eliza...

Marion Gressett and Hyman Rubin | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 67

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Marion Gressett (1902-1984) and Hyman Rubin (1913- ) confer on strategy, January 31, 1978. Gressett, elected to the state Senate from Calhoun County in 1937, was known as the "Silver Fox" for his...

Carolina Style | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 3 4 5

This lesson is a brief survey of the art, architecture, literature and theatre of South Carolina. It opens with a series of skits where "comedic characters" "put down" South Carolina's interest in...

Santee Cooper Country | A Natural State

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Grades: 6 7 8

Santee Cooper Country is made up of the five counties of Berkeley, Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg and Sumter. Visit lakes and rivers, museums, parks, flower gardens, plantation homes, nature trails...

Calhoun Times | ETV Shorts

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Founded in 1892, The Calhoun Times is a three-generation family newspaper business serving the residents of Calhoun County. The weekly paper has subscribers not only all over the state but across the...

Pawleys Island Hammocks | ETV Shorts

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

More than a century ago, a riverboat captain set out to make a comfortable rope bed that was perfect for those Lowcountry nights. Now you can still find hand-crafted hammocks on Pawleys Island made in...

Calhoun County Museum and Cultural Center | ETV Shorts

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The Calhoun County Museum and Cultural Center is a 20,000 square foot facility full of archives, memorabilia and the personal histories of the people of Calhoun County. Admission to the museum is free...

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