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The State House in 1862. The bulk of the work on the building was done from 1857 through March of 1861. At that time, bonds to finance more work could not be sold, but slaves continued to quarry the...
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The State House, from an 1855 stereoscopic print. The original State House of 1794 had deteriorated so badly by 1850 that Governor Seabrook was afraid the state's records were no longer safe there...
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The State House, 1790s. The act which established Columbia as the capital of South Carolina in 1786 included instructions that the funds gained from selling lots in the town were to be used to...
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The Carolina Parrot, drawn and engraved by John James Audubon, is now extinct. Courtesy of the Thomas Cooper Library, Rare Books and Special Collections, University of South Carolina.
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The Yellow Jessamine is the official State Flower of South Carolina, and the Carolina Wren, the State Bird. Recognition of the wren was unofficial until 1948, when the legislature passed an act...
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The three flags of the South Carolina State House at half-mast after the "Challenger" space shuttle explosion. Taken January 29, 1986. Courtesy of "The State" newspaper.
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The present South Carolina State Flag, adopted in 1861. Courtesy of Fort Moultrie National Park.
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The Palmetto Guard flag, flown over Fort Moultrie during the War of 1812. Courtesy of the Fort Sumter National Monument.
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Workman vacuuming the State Seal in a carpet in the Senate. Photo by Maxie Roberts, January 11, 1986. Courtesy of "The State" newspaper.
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The South Carolina State Seal. The shield on the left displays the palmetto tree, adopted as a state symbol after the palmetto logs (of which the fort on Sullivan's Island was built) successfully...
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The Palmetto Monument, erected in honor of the Palmetto Regiment's heroic actions in the Mexican War, stands outside the South Carolina State House. Courtesy of the Howard G. Woody Postcard Collection...
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On August 16, 1780, General Horatio Gates' army, joined by militia men from North Carolina and Virginia, marched south toward the British outpost in Camden, South Carolina. At the same time, Lt...
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This stamp commemorated the 200th anniversary of South Carolina's ratification of the United States Constitution.
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A satellite image of the east coast of the United States, showing South Carolina in outline. From NASA.
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A highway map of South Carolina, published by the state Highway Department in 1939, before the building of the multi-lane limited access interstate highways, shows the principal routes that connected...
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This is the Georgetown section of a map of South Carolina, published by the noted mapmaker Henry Mouzon in 1783. From the Kendall Collection. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.
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In this episode of Riverbanks Roundup, we will be investigating animal homes. Animals need four things for a home - food, water, shelter and space. Animals can be found anywhere on earth. Since the...
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"A new map of Carolina" was published by John Thornton, Robert Morden, and Philip Lea in 1685. Courtesy of the South Carolina Department of Archives and History.
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"A Map of Eastern North America: From Florida to Chesapeake Bay" was drawn by John White after his 1585 expedition to the coast of North Carolina. Although White's maps of the Chesapeake, which he...
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The forty-six counties and five geographic regions of South Carolina. Created by Mike Stauffer. Courtesy South Carolina Department of Archives and History
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The forty-six counties and five geographic regions of South Carolina. Created by Mike Stauffer. Courtesy South Carolina Department of Archives and History
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The great peak named Caesar's Head dominates the landscape in the northwest corner of Greenville County. Located along the border between North and South Carolina, the mountain was revered by the...
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Table Rock Mountain, long a favorite scenic spot of South Carolinians, takes its name from its distinctive shape. A Cherokee legend tells the story that a giant who once lived in the nearby valley had...
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The Sandhills of South Carolina marked the edge of the ancient ocean shoreline nearly 55 million years ago in what is now South Carolina. The Sandhills today form a band that separates the Midlands...
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The coast of South Carolina has fascinated artists and visitors from the beginning. Xanthus Smith (1839-1928) served in the U.S. Navy during the Civil War, and participated in the blockade of...
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Brookgreen Gardens, between Myrtle Beach and Georgetown on the coast of South Carolina, was formed when Archer M. Huntington joined together parts of four different rice plantations. Anna Hyatt...
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The beautiful Lowcountry land and seascape are illustrated in this photo taken from the Biological Survey observation tower located in the Francis Marion National Forest at the coastal forest...
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Animals are truly Eco-Friendly! Join the Zoo Keepers at Riverbanks to discover how animals support our planet. See vultures fly, sharks swim and bees buzz to make our home a colorful, healthy and an...
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The award winning Birdhouse at Riverbanks is home to some of the world’s rarest birds, let’s fly in and see what it has to offer.
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Do you like things that hop slither and crawl? Well you may want to become a Herpetologist. let’s here what Riverbanks resident Herpetologist has to say about her job.