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Founded in 1931, the South Carolina Wildlife Federation (SCWF) was established by outdoor enthusiasts concerned with protecting and preserving the…

On June 29, 1977, an altercation between Georgia law enforcement officers and a South Carolina shrimp boat captain attracted national…

The histories of the two Carolinas are intertwined and yet distinct. Because of this, historians have pointed to different dates…

The South Caroliniana Library building was completed in 1840 as the central library building for South Carolina College (later the…

South Carolinians for Eisenhower was formed by Columbia attorney Douglas McKay to support the candidacy of the Republican presidential nominee…

Located just south of the North Carolina border near the South Carolina town of Hamer, South of the Border has…

The publication of a newspaper in colonial South Carolina received its impetus from the General Assembly. The need for a…

The Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway was the oldest and one of the most storied races on the National Association…

The Southern Aviation School in Camden, founded in November 1940 by Frank W. Hulse and Ike F. Jones of Augusta,…

In 1934 white Methodists in the southern states who opposed the unification of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and the…

The Southern Quarterly Review (SQR) originated in January 1842 in New Orleans but moved to Charleston later that year, where…

First envisioned in Atlanta, Georgia, by members of the Southern Textile Association (STA), the Southern Textile Exposition invited local textile…

Southern Wesleyan University (SWU) is a private Christian liberal arts institution located in the town of Central in Pickens County.…

An important cash crop widely grown in South Carolina, soybeans were first cultivated as a soil builder and animal fodder.…

On a monument at the tip of Parris Island, a tile plaque proclaims, “Aquí estuvo España” (“Here was Spain”). The…

Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) is a gray treeborne epiphyte native to the coastal plain of the southeastern United States. As…

Organized in 1888 by the industrialist John H. Montgomery, the home builder W. C. Burnett, and other upcountry business leaders,…

(Spartanburg County; 2020 pop. 37,317). The town of Spartanburg was incorporated in 1831, its name originating from a local Revolutionary…

(811 sq. miles; 2020 pop. 326,205). Spartanburg County is located in the northwestern section of South Carolina in the foothills…

Located on South Spring Street in Spartanburg, the Spartanburg County Museum of Art was founded in 1907 with the acquisition…