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Dorn, William Jennings Bryan | 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...
 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...
Charleston Hospital Workers Strike - 1969 | 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...
Robert Mills House | 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...
 Blackville | South Carolina Public Radio

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Blackville | South Carolina Public Radio
“B” is for Blackville [Barnwell County; population 2,973]. Incorporated in 1837, Blackville originated as a depository on the South Carolina Railroad. It was named for Alexander Black, a railroad...
 Pinckney, Henry Laurens | South Carolina Public Radio

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Pinckney, Henry Laurens | South Carolina Public Radio
“P” is for Pinckney, Henry Laurens [1794-1863]. Legislator, congressman, editor. In 1816, Pinckney was elected to the South Carolina House where he served until 1828—and again from 1830-1832. He was...