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In 1819 Poinsett became president of the state Board of Public Works, actively supervising canals and roads built to link Charleston with the undeveloped interior, including a road through the Saluda Gap that brought trade from North Carolina and Tennessee.

Born in Charleston, Carrie, Mabel, and Anita Pollitzer were artists, activists, and social reformers.

From 1891 to 1893 Pollock served as clerk of the Committee on the District of Columbia in the U.S. House of Representatives.

The first polo game in South Carolina was played on March 27, 1882, in Aiken, which has remained a major center for the sport.

Pomaria Nursery was one of the most influential and prestigious nurseries of the antebellum South.

A fine example of colonial American architecture, Pompion Hill Chapel is one of only a handful of surviving eighteenth-century ecclesiastical buildings in the lowcountry.

With America’s entry into World War II, Pope, a National Guard captain, was called to active duty. He served in North Africa and Italy with the 107th Antiaircraft Battalion.

The Poppenheims helped bring the burgeoning women’s club movement to Charleston, as founding members and officers of the Century Club, the Civic Club, the Intercollegiate Club, and the Charleston City Federation of Clubs.

The state’s population doubled between 1790 and 1820 as upland cotton spurred development in the Piedmont.

A slaveowner and supporter of secession, Porcher volunteered as a surgeon for the Confederate army in 1861, serving first in an army hospital in Norfolk, Virginia, and later in Petersburg, Virginia.

Between 1875 and 1900 Port Royal surpassed Beaufort in importance in both shipping and commercial activities.