Producer and host Mary Long delights you as she weaves the stories of a rich South Carolina heritage from pirates to plantations. This series explores little-known stories that you won’t find in the history books. Many of the sites visited in the programs are open to the visiting public.
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Part 1: Conquistadors and Explorers: S.C. Under the Spanish Flag | Mary Long's Yesteryear The program traces Spanish exploration by Hernando De Soto and Juan Pardo and their attempts at colonization...
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Part 2: Conquistadors and Explorers: S.C. Under the Spanish Flag | Mary Long's Yesteryear In 1528, an expedition was mounted to La Florida. As the group moved northward, Indians attacked them. As they...
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Part 3: Conquistadors and Explorers: S.C. Under the Spanish Flag | Mary Long's Yesteryear Archaeologist Calvin Jones of the Florida Department of Archives and History found the winter encampment of...
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Part 4: Conquistadors and Explorers: S.C. Under the Spanish Flag | Mary Long's Yesteryear It was previously thought that DeSoto arrived on the banks of the Savannah River, but Dr. Chester DePratter...
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Part 5: Conquistadors and Explorers: S.C. Under the Spanish Flag | Mary Long's Yesteryear Back in Peru, DeSoto had found a wealth of gold in the Andes. So when the Indians told him of the gold up the...
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Part 6: Conquistadors and Explorers: S.C. Under the Spanish Flag | Mary Long's Yesteryear The next generation of explorers, also from Spain, did not have to make the hazardous trip through Florida. By...
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Part 7: Conquistadors and Explorers: S.C. Under the Spanish Flag | Mary Long's Yesteryear Juan Pardo crossed into North Carolina following the Catawba River to the mountains. Near Marion, he could go...
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Part 8: Conquistadors and Explorers: S.C. Under the Spanish Flag | Mary Long's Yesteryear By 1587, Santa Elena was abandoned, marking the end of Spanish domination in South Carolina. The Spaniards...
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A portrait of John G. Anderson, world renowned buggy manufacturer and auto industry pioneer, who built and lost an automotive empire in Rock Hill, S.C. John Gary Anderson was born November 27, 1861 in...
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A tour of two prominent Upstate homes. The Ann White House, built in the early 1800s is the oldest home in Rock Hill. Spared from the torch by northern troops during the Civil War, it became the...
