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This clip explains the process in which rice is grown, and harvested.
Charleston
“Charleston County and the city of Charleston, its county seat, are the most historic locations in the state.”
“Charleston County and the city of Charleston, its county seat, are the most historic locations in the state.” Situated in the Lowcountry, the county serves as a popular vacation destination but also relies on the business that results from its port. The area in general serves as a large cultural and economic hub for the state.
Charleston County was founded as Charleston District in 1769, and the district became smaller after some of its lands were used to create Colleton and Berkeley counties. The county and its seat were named after King Charles II.
The city and county are saturated with Revolutionary War and Civil War history. Three signers of the United States Constitution and two famous abolitionists resided in Charleston County, and the Civil War began when soldiers fired shots from the county’s Fort Sumter.
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An essay called "The Successful Planter," published in 1832, outlined a system of every day life for slaves living on plantations. State law in the 1830s forbade the education of slaves, but many...
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"Saltwater Slaves" brought over from Africa, became highly sought-after, since many of them already had experience growing rice before being brought over to the "New World."
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With the majority of men off fighting the war overseas, women on the home-front had to step up to take on jobs that men would usually do. Most war machines and weapons, such as tanks, airplanes, and...
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Located in downtown Charleston, the Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon is nationally recognized as one of our country’s most significant historical sites. Click play to view the tour on your device View...
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For the second lecture in this four-part series of Conversations on South Carolina: The State and the New Nation, 1783-1828. Dr. Larry Watson discusses slavery in South Carolina. Professor Watson is...
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Charleston's Municipal Airport, on the grounds of the old colonial French Botanical Gardens, had its start in 1929 under the administration of Mayor Thomas P. Stoney. By 1945, the air age was well...
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A hydroplane lands in the Charleston harbor around 1940. Courtesy of the Charleston Museum, Charleston, South Carolina.
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Aerial view of the Cooper River Bridge, named after Mayor John P. Grace, who was instrumental in having it built in 1929. Originally a toll bridge operated by the private Cooper River Bridge Company...
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Truck drivers wait in line to leave their containerized cargo at the Wando Welch Terminal Facilities of the South Carolina State Ports Authority in Charleston. In 1988, Charleston handled nearly 5...
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The Sullivan's Island mule trolley was photographed on its last trip in July of 1898. Photograph by Lieutenant E.H. Schultz, Engineer Corps. Courtesy of the Charleston Museum, Charleston, South...
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Mr. Martin Elbert (Bert) Terry was a section foreman, supervising repairs of the Charleston and Western Carolina Railroad in the early 20th century in the Hampton area. Courtesy of Mildred B. Rivers.
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The first locomotive built in the United States for actual service on a railroad was the "Best Friend of Charleston." It was built at the West Point Foundry Shops in New York City for the South...
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The Nansemond ferry boat crosses the Cooper River in the 1930s, even though the Cooper River Toll Bridge provided an alternative way into Charleston for automobile traffic. Photo by M.B. Paine...
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The lock house on the Santee Canal, painted by Charles Fraser around 1820. South Carolina has an extensive river system whose major navigable rivers served as important transportation networks for...
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The Inland Waterway between the Stono and Ashley Rivers, 1950. The Atlantic IntraCoastal Waterway is another form of canal. Not one route but many, it stretches from Massachusetts in the north all the...
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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...
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The downtown Cooper River docks in Charleston. Charleston's harbor fell into disrepair in the early 20th century after neglect by the railroads, which controlled the docks through the Terminal Company...
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The West Point Rice Mills at Charleston's harbor boasted docks large enough to load and unload large vessels such as this three-masted schooner, "Warren Moore," pictured in 1907. The last rice cargo...
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A small fleet of agile boats owned and operated by members of the African-American community in and around Charleston came to be known as the "Mosquito Fleet." They provided a number of essential...
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Students were transported to Charleston High School by horse-drawn busses in 1909. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.
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The development of the Isle of Palms was a cherished dream of Charleston Mayor John P. Grace. Almost single-handedly in the late 1920s, he persuaded Chicago investors that South Carolina could compete...
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Folly Beach, close to Charleston, has always attracted large numbers of bathers, vacationers, and sun-seekers. The pier at Folly Beach is seen here in 1955. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.
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The hotel terrace at the Isle of Palms, 1911. Courtesy of the Howard G. Woody Postcard Collection.
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