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The Saluda River Crossing at Riverbanks Zoo & Garden was the location of one of the important events in South Carolina history. Let’s visit with Ed and learn more about the crossing.
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The Riverbanks Zoo and Garden is a historical site as well as zoo. Local historian Scott P. talks about how the old Saluda River Bridge was burned in 1865 in an effort to stop Sherman's March into...
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After the crushing defeat at Waxhaws, the people of the South Carolina back country had a decision to make. Were they “Tories”—loyal to the crown; or would they become “Whigs” or “partisans” and fight...
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The War for American independence began well for patriots in the South. In the city of Charles Town, South Carolina (known as “Charleston” after the war)—an unfinished palmetto fort remarkably...
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Project Discovery visits a restored plantation from the 1790s, built in Winnsboro, in Fairfield County.
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Project Discovery visits a restored plantation from the 1790s, built in Winnsboro, in Fairfield County.
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Project Discovery visits a restored plantation from the 1790s, built in Winnsboro, in Fairfield County.
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Project Discovery visits a restored plantation from the 1790s, built in Winnsboro, in Fairfield County.
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Project Discovery visits a restored plantation from the 1790s, built in Winnsboro, in Fairfield County.
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Project Discovery visits a restored plantation from the 1790s, built in Winnsboro, in Fairfield County.