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Established on May 11, 1754, St. Stephen’s Parish was located on the south side of the Santee River in modern…

Located on the peninsula formed by the Cooper and Wando Rivers in modern Berkeley County, St. Thomas and St. Denis…

Educator, clubwoman. Stackhouse was born at Blenheim in Marlboro County on December 14, 1885, to the Baptist minister Rufus Ford…

Staley’s arrival would mark a dramatic change in the fortunes of the Gamecocks women’s basketball program.

The State Council of Defense was South Carolina’s major public relations and propaganda arm during World War I. Created in…

The 1974 State Democratic Party Convention at Columbia's Township Auditorium. Candidates' supporters outside the Auditorium, including Alex Sanders' Ragtime Band. Inside the Auditorium, South Carolina Governor John West speaks. He says the state cannot afford a Republican Governor. Senator Hubert Humphrey (Minnesota) speaks to the differences between the two political parties. Appearances by congressional candidate Matthew J. Perry and Senator Ernest "Fritz" Hollings. Don Fowler gives an interview, and observes that the "Watergate" scandal is a consideration in this election cycle. Convention activities. Shots of Alex Sanders.

The South Carolina State Fair, formally the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society of South Carolina, was established in 1869 “to…

The State Farmers Market is a three-site system of state-sponsored facilities designed to bring growers and consumers of agricultural products…

South Carolina’s blue flag with its white crescent moon rising above the white palmetto tree is simple in design but…

Three different buildings have served as the capitol of South Carolina. Construction of the first statehouse began in June 1753…

Late 1940s Photograph of Ransome Williams (left) and George Bell Timmerman, Jr. (right) standing in the House Chamber in front of the House of Representatives Mace. Williams had been Lieutenant Governor from 1943 to 1945, when he succeeded Olin D. Johnson to the governorship upon Johnson's election to the US Senate. The position of Lieutenant Governor remained empty until 1947, when Timmerman was elected as Lt. Governor to Strom Thurmond, who severed as Governor from 1947-1951. The photograph appears to be from a hand-off ceremony, when Ransome, as previous Lt. Governor, gives over symbolic control of the House to incoming Lt. Governor Timmerman.

South Carolina has two official mottoes. These were engraved on the original great seal in 1777. animis opibusque parati (Prepared…

In 1873 the South Carolina General Assembly, recognizing a need for trained teachers to educate African American citizens following the…