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South Carolina from A to Z | South Carolina Public Radio

From  Caesars Head to Hilton Head, and from the Lords Proprietors to Hootie and the Blowfish, historian Walter Edgar mines the riches of the South Carolina Encyclopedia to bring you South Carolina from A to Z.

South Carolina from A to Z is a production of South Carolina Public Radio in partnership with the University of South Carolina Press and SC Humanities.

 

 

 

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Dorchester | South Carolina Public Radio Duke’s Mayonnaise | South Carolina Public Radio

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Duke’s Mayonnaise | South Carolina Public Radio
“D” is for Duke’s Mayonnaise. Duke’s Mayonnaise is one of the South’s favorite condiments. Around 1917, Eugenia Duke mixed her first batch of mayonnaise in her Greenville home. Unlike similar...
Ripley, Alexandra Braid | South Carolina Public Radio Rivers Bridge, Battle of | South Carolina Public Radio

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Rivers Bridge, Battle of | South Carolina Public Radio
“R” is for Rivers Bridge, Battle of [February 2-3, 1865]. On February 2, 1865, the right wing of Sherman’s army attempted to cross the Salkehatchie River at Rivers Bridge—in what is now southern...
Pinckney, Eliza Lucas | South Carolina Public Radio

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Pinckney, Eliza Lucas | South Carolina Public Radio
“P” is for Pinckney, Eliza Lucas [ca. 1722-1793]. Planter. Matriarch. Born in the West Indies, Eliza Lucas moved to South Carolina with her family in the 1730s. In 1739, her father returned to the...
McKissick, James Rion | South Carolina Public Radio Means, John Hugh | South Carolina Public Radio

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Means, John Hugh | South Carolina Public Radio
“M” is for Means, John Hugh [1812-1862]. Governor. After graduating from South Carolina College, Means became a successful planter in Fairfield District. After one term in the General Assembly, he...
Lords Proprietors of Carolina | South Carolina Public Radio Longstreet, Augustus Baldwin | South Carolina Public Radio

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Longstreet, Augustus Baldwin | South Carolina Public Radio
“L” is for Longstreet, Augustus Baldwin [1790-1870]. Educator, author, clergyman, jurist. After graduating from Yale and studying law, Longstreet returned to his native Georgia where he practiced law...
Geiger, Emily | South Carolina Public Radio Greeks | South Carolina Public Radio

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Greeks | South Carolina Public Radio
“G” is for Greeks. Greek immigrants began arriving in South Carolina at the turn of the 20th century, seeking to escape the economic stagnation of their own country. They quickly found a niche in...
Hillsborough Township | South Carolina Public Radio Hinton, James Miles | South Carolina Public Radio

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Hinton, James Miles | South Carolina Public Radio
“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...
Columbia College | South Carolina Public Radio Charleston Orphan House | South Carolina Public Radio

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Charleston Orphan House | South Carolina Public Radio
“C” is for the Charleston Orphan House. In 1790, the Charleston City Council established the Charleston Orphan House, the first public orphanage in America. At the turn of the 19th century, a...
Geiger, Emily | South Carolina Public Radio Great Wagon Road, The | South Carolina Public Radio

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Great Wagon Road, The | South Carolina Public Radio
“G” is for the Great Wagon Road. The Great Wagon Road stretched for almost eight hundred miles from Philadelphia west to York and Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and thence south through Virginia into the...
Ripley, Alexandra Braid | South Carolina Public Radio Roads and Highways | South Carolina Public Radio

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Roads and Highways | South Carolina Public Radio
“R” is for Roads and Highways. Until the War of 1812, South Carolina’s roads were secondary to water transportation. During the 1820s, the legislature appropriated funds to build the State Road to...
Selvy, Franklin Delano | South Carolina Public Radio

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Selvy, Franklin Delano | South Carolina Public Radio
“S” is for Selvy, Franklin Delano [b. 1932]. Basketball player. Born in Kentucky, Selvy played his college ball at Furman. He is best known for his high-scoring performances that made national...
Atwater, Harvey LeRoy | South Carolina Public Radio

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Atwater, Harvey LeRoy | South Carolina Public Radio
"A" is for Atwater, Harvey Leroy [1951-1991]. Political adviser . Born in Atlanta, Atwater was raised in Columbia. He did his undergraduate work at Newbury College and received his MA in mass...