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"A" is for Asparagus. Asparagus was an important cash crop in South Carolina from the 1910s until the mid-1930s. With cotton prices low and the boll weevil creeping closer, farmers in the "Ridge"...
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Asparagus | South Carolina Public Radio
Phifer, Mary Hardy | South Carolina Public Radio
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"P" is for Phifer, Mary Hardy [1879-1962] Journalist.
Charleston Ironwork | South Carolina Public Radio
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“C” is for Charleston Ironwork. Elements of decorative iron first appeared on Charleston buildings during the middle decades of the eighteenth century. Crafted by local blacksmiths, they closely...
McMillan, Claude Richelieu | South Carolina Public Radio
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“M” is for McMillan, Claude Richelieu [1899-1961]. Engineer. After graduating from USC with a degree in civil engineering, McMillan went to work with the South Carolina Highway Department. In 1941...
Logan, Martha Daniell | South Carolina Public Radio
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“L” is for Logan, Martha Daniell [1704-1779]. Horticulturist. When her father died in 1718, Martha Daniell inherited 48,000 acres on the Wando River and her father’s nursery business. Although she...
Graniteville Company | South Carolina Public Radio
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“G” is for Graniteville Company. Chartered by the South Carolina General Assembly in 1845, the Graniteville Company was one of the earliest and most successful textile manufacturing operations in the...
Chamberlain, Daniel Henry | South Carolina Public Radio
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"C" is for Chamberlain, Daniel Henry. [1835-1907] Governor. Attorney General.
Piedmont and Northern Railway | South Carolina Public Radio
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“P” is for Piedmont and Northern Railway. James B. Duke planned the Piedmont and Northern [P&N] electric railway to assist in the industrialization of the Piedmont region of the Carolinas. The line...