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Columbia Canal | South Carolina Public Radio Central |  South Carolina Public Radio

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Central | South Carolina Public Radio
"C" is for Central [Pickens County; population 3,522]. The town of Central came into being when the Atlantic and Richmond Air Line [later the Southern Railroad] laid a track through Pickens County in...
 Ensor, Joshua Fulton | South Carolina Public Radio

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Ensor, Joshua Fulton | South Carolina Public Radio
"E" is for Ensor, Joshua Fulton [1834-1907]. Physician. A Maryland native, Ensor had a distinguished career as a surgeon in the Union Army. After the Civil War, he became active in Republican Party...
 Unionists | South Carolina Public Radio

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Unionists | South Carolina Public Radio
“U” is for Unionists. Unionists in South Carolina were anti-scessionists and supporters of the federal Union in the decades prior to the Civil War—especially during the Nullification Crisis of the...
Whitten Center | South Carolina Public Radio Wild Turkey | South Carolina Public Radio

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Wild Turkey | South Carolina Public Radio
"W" is for Wild Turkey. A wild turkey is a large galliforme, that is, chicken-like bird. Males weigh up to 20 pounds and females half as much. The turkey is characterized by its large size, iridescent...
Columbia Canal | South Carolina Public Radio Chapin, Sarah Flournoy Moore | South Carolina Public Radio

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Chapin, Sarah Flournoy Moore | South Carolina Public Radio
"C" is for Chapin, Sarah Flournoy Moore [ca. 1830-1896]. Temperance leader; social reformer. Known as Sallie F. Chapin, she became one of South Carolina's most visible 19th century women leaders...
Seneca | South Carolina Public Radio Secessionville, Battle of | South Carolina Public Radio

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Secessionville, Battle of | South Carolina Public Radio
“S” is for Secessionville, Battle of [June 16, 1862). Union general Henry Benham launched an assault on Tower Battery near the planter village of Secessionville. The Confederate defenders, supported...
Duke’s Mayonnaise | South Carolina Public Radio Doby, Lawrence Edward | South Carolina Public Radio

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Doby, Lawrence Edward | South Carolina Public Radio
"D" is for Doby, Lawrence Edward [1923-2003]. Baseball Player. Larry Doby was the first African American to play baseball in the American League and the second African American to manage a major...