Historian Walter Edgar mines the riches of the South Carolina Encyclopedia to bring you South Carolina from A to Z.

 
Catawba Pottery | South Carolina Public Radio
Catawba Pottery | South Carolina Public Radio

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"C" is for Catawba Pottery. Among the Catawba Indians in present-day York County, an unbroken chain of pottery production has helped preserve a cultural identity that was nearly lost after European...
Columbia Canal | South Carolina Public Radio
Columbia Canal | South Carolina Public Radio

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"C" is for Columbia Canal. Completed in 1824, the Columbia Canal—originally three miles long—was located on the east bank of the Congaree River, near the junction of the Broad and Saluda Rivers. It...
Columbia College | South Carolina Public Radio
Columbia College | South Carolina Public Radio

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"C" is for Columbia College. Chartered in 1854 by the South Carolina Methodist Conference, Columbia College is the eleventh-oldest women’s college in the United States. Initially called Columbia...
Colonoware | South Carolina Public Radio
Colonoware | South Carolina Public Radio

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"C" is for Colonoware. On historic-period sites in South Carolina, archaeologists often find locally made, hand-built unglazed pottery that was fired in open hearths rather than kilns. Vessels and...
Columbia | South Carolina Public Radio
Columbia | South Carolina Public Radio

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"C" is for Columbia (Richland County; 2010 population 130,493). Named for Christopher Columbus and created in 1786 as the nation’s first truly planned capital city, Columbia has a unique history...
Colleton County | South Carolina Public Radio
Colleton County | South Carolina Public Radio

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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 1682. Lying south and west of Charleston between...
Colonial Agents | South Carolina Public Radio
Colonial Agents | South Carolina Public Radio

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"C" is for Colonial Agents. South Carolina, like Britain’s other American colonies, had no elected representatives in Parliament to argue for its interests. The problem for the colony then was how to...