S.C. History

South Carolina's historical events, people and places. Content has been curated to meet South Carolina Social Studies Standards.

Beth Elohim | South Carolina Public Radio Brookgreen Gardens | South Carolina Public Radio

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Brookgreen Gardens | South Carolina Public Radio

"B" is for Brookgreen Gardens. The Archer M. and Anna Hyatt Huntington Sculpture Gardens at Brookgreen rests on thirty acres of display gardens in the middle of some 9,100 acres of the South Carolina...

Archdale, John | South Carolina Public Radio

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Archdale, John | South Carolina Public Radio

"A" is for Archdale, John [1642-1717]. Proprietor. Governor. In 1664 Archdale was in New England. In 1681, he purchased a share of the Carolina Proprietorship in trust for his son Thomas Archdale...

Bull, William | South Carolina Public Radio

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Bull, William | South Carolina Public Radio

"B" is for Bull, William (1683-1755). Planter, lieutenant governor. Bull had a long political career that began in the proprietary era and continued for thirty-five years after South Carolina became a...

Beech Island | South Carolina Public Radio

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Beech Island | South Carolina Public Radio

"B" is for Beech Island [Aiken County; population 4,834]. Named for the beech trees growing in the wetlands of the nearby Savannah River swamp—and possibly a dead river island—Beech Island began in...

Berkeley County | South Carolina Public Radio Brown, Edgar Allan | South Carolina Public Radio

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Brown, Edgar Allan | South Carolina Public Radio

"B" is for Brown, Edgar Allan (1888-1975). Legislator. At the age of sixteen, Brown learned shorthand and became a stenographer. In 1910, he passed the state bar exam. He represented Barnwell County...

Briggs v. Elliott | South Carolina Public Radio

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Briggs v. Elliott | South Carolina Public Radio

"B" is for Briggs v. Elliott (1954). Briggs v. Elliott was one of five cases, collectively entitled Brown et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka, Shawnee, KS, et al., argued before the U.S. Supreme...

Berkeley County | South Carolina Public Radio Bryan, Hugh | South Carolina Public Radio

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Bryan, Hugh | South Carolina Public Radio

"B" is for Bryan, Hugh (1699-1753). Planter, evangelist. Born of the colony’s southern frontier, Bryan was captured by Indians during the Yamassee War. After his release, he settled in St. Helena’s...

Berkeley County | South Carolina Public Radio Burroughs, Franklin Gorham | South Carolina Public Radio

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Burroughs, Franklin Gorham | South Carolina Public Radio

"B" is for Burroughs, Franklin Gorham (1837-1897). Manufacturer, merchant, land developer. A native of North Carolina, Burroughs disliked farming. In 1857, he moved to Conway and went to work with a...

Beth Elohim | South Carolina Public Radio Brown, Lucy Hughes | South Carolina Public Radio

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Brown, Lucy Hughes | South Carolina Public Radio

"B" is for Brown, Lucy Hughes (1863-1911). Physician. A native of North Carolina, Brown completed her medical training at the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania. After practicing medicine in...

Beth Elohim | South Carolina Public Radio Bull, Stephen | South Carolina Public Radio

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Bull, Stephen | South Carolina Public Radio

"B" is for Bull, Stephen (d. 1800). Soldier, legislator. Descended from one of the first families of South Carolina, Stephen Bull was the nephew of Lieutenant Governor William Bull, Jr. Bull...

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