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

 
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 Highway 17 | South Carolina Public Radio
Highway 17 | South Carolina Public Radio

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Grades: 6 7 8

“H” is for Highway 17. Also known as the Ocean Highway. U.S. Highway 17 enters South Carolina at the North Carolina border near Little River, then hugs the coast for almost two hundred miles before...
 Highway 301 | South Carolina Public Radio
Highway 301 | South Carolina Public Radio

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Grades: 6 7 8

“H” is for Highway 301. Construction of this major U.S. highway in South Carolina began in 1932, when the federal government began taking over the maintenance and construction of many state roads. The...
 Hill, Daniel Harvey | South Carolina Public Radio
Hill, Daniel Harvey | South Carolina Public Radio

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Grades: 6 7 8

“H” is for Hill, Daniel Harvey [1821-1889]. Soldier. After graduating from West Point, Hill served in a series of battles in the Mexican War. When the Civil War began he was given command of the First...
 Hillsborough Township | South Carolina Public Radio
Hillsborough Township | South Carolina Public Radio

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Grades: 6 7 8

“H” is for Hillsborough Township. Located on the upper Savannah River in present-day McCormick County, Hillsborough Township was named after Wills Hill, viscount of Hillsborough and president of the...
 Hilton Head Island | South Carolina Public Radio
Hilton Head Island | South Carolina Public Radio

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Grades: 6 7 8

“H” is for Hilton Head Island [Beaufort County; population 33,862]. Located in the southeast corner of the state, Hilton Head Island is the largest of the islands that flank South Carolina’s Atlantic...
 Hines, John Elbridge | South Carolina Public Radio
Hines, John Elbridge | South Carolina Public Radio

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Grades: 6 7 8

“H” is for Hines, John Elbridge [1910-1997]. Clergyman. Civil Rights advocate. A native of Seneca, Hines graduated from Sewanee and Virginia Theological Seminary. After being ordained an Episcopal...
 Hinton, James Miles | South Carolina Public Radio
Hinton, James Miles | South Carolina Public Radio

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

“H” is for Hinton, James Miles [1891-1970]. Clergyman, businessman, civil rights leader. A native North Carolinian, Hinton began his business career in Augusta with the black-owned Pilgrim Health and...
 Hipp, Francis Moffett | South Carolina Public Radio
Hipp, Francis Moffett | South Carolina Public Radio

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

“H” is for Hipp, Francis Moffett [1911-1995]. Insurance executive. After graduating from Furman, Hipp joined his father’s company, Liberty Life Insurance. The Greenville-based firm also owned radio...
 Hispanics | South Carolina Public Radio
Hispanics | South Carolina Public Radio

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Grades: 6 7 8

“H” is for Hispanics. Hispanics are among South Carolina’s oldest and most recent immigrant groups. Long before English settlers landed at Jamestown, Spanish explorers laid claim to the territory in...
 Horry, Peter | South Carolina Public Radio
Horry, Peter | South Carolina Public Radio

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Grades: 6 7 8

"H" is for Horry, Peter (ca. 1743-1815) Planter, soldier, legislator. In 1775, Peter Horry was commissioned a captain in the Second South Carolina Regiment. By 1780, he commanded the Fifth South...
 Humphreys, Josephine | South Carolina Public Radio
Humphreys, Josephine | South Carolina Public Radio

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Grades: 6 7 8

"H" is for Humphreys, Josephine (b. 1945). Novelist. Born in Charleston, Humphreys graduated from Duke and obtained an M.F.A. from Yale. In 1970, she began teaching at Baptist College in Charleston...
 Hunter, Jane Edna Iris | South Carolina Public Radio
Hunter, Jane Edna Iris | South Carolina Public Radio

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"H" is for Hunter, Jane Edna Iris (1882-1971). Nurse, social worker. Family circumstances forced Hunter to go into domestic service when barely in her teens. She was able to work her way through...