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

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Catawba Pottery | South Carolina Public Radio

"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...

Clemson University Extension Service | South Carolina Public Radio

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Clemson University Extension Service | South Carolina Public Radio

"C" is for Clemson University Extension Service. The Smith-Lever Act of 1914 created the Cooperative Extension Service. The act ended the rivalry between state agricultural commissioners and land...

Central | South Carolina Public Radio Columbia Army Airbase | South Carolina Public Radio

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Columbia Army Airbase | South Carolina Public Radio

"C" is for Columbia Army Air Base. In 1940, Columbia Army Air Base began as one of 250 sites where federal funds would be used to construct an airfield. It was originally designated Lexington County...

Central | South Carolina Public Radio Columbia College | South Carolina Public Radio

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Columbia College | South Carolina Public Radio

"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...

Columbia Canal | South Carolina Public Radio

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Columbia Canal | South Carolina Public Radio

"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, Burning of | South Carolina Public Radio

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Columbia, Burning of | South Carolina Public Radio

"C" is for Columbia, Burning of (February 17-18, 1865). Columbia was in chaos when Mayor Thomas J. Goodwyn surrendered the city. Retreating Confederates set fire to the Charlotte Railroad depot...

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Columbia | South Carolina Public Radio

"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...

Colonoware | South Carolina Public Radio

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Colonoware | South Carolina Public Radio

"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...

Colonial Agents | South Carolina Public Radio

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Colonial Agents | South Carolina Public Radio

"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...

Colleton County | South Carolina Public Radio

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Colleton County | South Carolina Public Radio

"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...

Colleton, Sir John | South Carolina Public Radio

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Colleton, Sir John | South Carolina Public Radio

"C" is for Colleton, Sir John (1608-1666). Proprietor. Colleton was a soldier and courtier of King Charles I and spent more than, £40,000 of his own money to support the king during the English Civil...

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College of Charleston | South Carolina Public Radio

"C" is for College of Charleston. Although plans for a college at Charleston had been discussed throughout the eighteenth century, it was not until 1785 that the legislature authorized the creation of...

Colleton, James | South Carolina Public Radio

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Colleton, James | South Carolina Public Radio

"C" is for Colleton, James (d. 1706). Governor. Colleton was the son and brother of Carolina proprietors. He was named governor in 1686 with instructions to clamp down on illegal trade with pirates...

Colhoun, John Ewing | South Carolina Public Radio

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Colhoun, John Ewing | South Carolina Public Radio

"C" is for Colhoun, John Ewing (ca. 1749-1802). U.S. senator. Born in Virginia, Colhoun moved with his family to Long Canes (present-day Abbeville County). He graduated from Princeton in 1774. During...

Coker Pedigreed Seed Company | South Carolina Public Radio

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Coker Pedigreed Seed Company | South Carolina Public Radio

"C" is for Coker's Pedigreed Seed Company. Coker's Pedigreed Seed Company had its origins in the efforts of David R. Coker to develop and market a highly productive variety of upland cotton.. The...

Chapin, Sarah Flournoy Moore | South Carolina Public Radio

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Chapin, Sarah Flournoy Moore | South Carolina Public Radio

"C" is for Chapin, Sarah Flournoy Moore [ca. 1830-1896]. Temperance leader; social reformer. Known as Sallie F. Chapin, she became one of South Carolina's most visible 19th century women leaders...

Charleston | South Carolina Public Radio

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Charleston | South Carolina Public Radio

"C" is for Charleston [Charleston County, Population 126,000]

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Central | South Carolina Public Radio

"C" is for Central [Pickens County; population 3,522]. The town of Central came into being when the Atlantic and Richmond Air Line [later the Southern Railroad] laid a track through Pickens County in...

Charismatics | South Carolina Public Radio

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Charismatics | South Carolina Public Radio

"C" is for Charismatics.

Charleston County -1 | South Carolina Public Radio

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Charleston County -1 | South Carolina Public Radio

"C" is for Charleston County. [1882 - 919 square miles, population 309,969.]

Chapman, Martha Marshall II | South Carolina Public Radio

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Chapman, Martha Marshall II | South Carolina Public Radio

“C” is for Chapman, Martha Marshall, II [b. 1949]. Musician. A native of Spartanburg, Chapman moved to Nashville to attend Vanderbilt and has lived there much of her adult life. Classified by many as...