Ports and HarborsBesides being commercial entrepôts, South Carolina’s ports have had military and strategic value.
Post and CourierPublished in Charleston, the Post and Courier is the oldest daily newspaper in South Carolina.
Postcard; This ferry connected Beech Island with Augusta until 1924Postcard from Sand Bar Ferry, Beech Island, S.C. [ca. 1920?]
Potter's RaidGeneral Edward E. Potter’s raid into lowcountry and central South Carolina in April 1865 was neither massive nor particularly crucial to Union victory.
PottersvillePottersville workers produced strong, utilitarian stoneware vessels with a unique alkaline glaze that Landrum is thought to have introduced to South Carolina.
PoultryThe poultry industry experienced phenomenal growth in the 1980s and 1990s. In the ten-year period from 1982 to 1992, receipts from chickens and turkeys tripled, rising to $206 million.
Powder MagazineThe Powder Magazine was built on the northern edge of the walled city by 1713. Currently located at 21 Cumberland Street, it is considered to be the oldest surviving secular building in the Carolinas.
Powell, PadgettSince 1984, Powell has written eight novels and collections of short stories. His early fiction is set in the newly urbanized South and peopled with recognizable southern characters.
Power Plant and Dam, Lake Murray, near Columbia, S.C.Color postcard. Published by Asheville Post Card Company.
Power-house under construction by Santee Cooper, showing Clyde Whirley crane and other heavy equipment.
Praise housesThe very existence of praise houses in South Carolina indicates that masters failed in their attempt to make the plantation a completely closed system.
Pratt, Nathaniel AlpheusAt the outbreak of the Civil War, Pratt organized the “Jordan Grays” and was mustered into service of the state of Georgia in November 1861.
