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Physicist, Nobel laureate. Townes was born in Greenville on July 28, 1915, the second of six children born to Henry…

Black and white photograph. Date 1935 is approximate.

For three decades following the founding of Charleston in 1670, population growth in South Carolina was painfully slow. Settlement remained…

Traditional medicine, although viewed as unconventional and often in contradiction to established medical practices, was once commonplace in South Carolina.…

Translation of Letter from Sigmund Freud to Ludwig Lewisohn held at the Library of Congress. The original letter in German can be viewed there.

In its broadest sense, transportation pertains to the movement or conveyance of people and products, as well as the various…

(Greenville County; 2020 pop. 8,202). The modern city developed in northern Greenville County near the intersection of the Buncombe Road…

Soldier. Travis was born on August 9, 1809, in Edgefield District, the son of Mark Travis and Jemima Stallworth. In…

Educator, activist. Born Henrie Dobbins Monteith in 1946 to R. Rebecca Monteith in Columbia, South Carolina, Treadwell is a third-generation…

Treasury department. United States Public health service. Influenza spread by droplets sprayed from nose and throat. Cover each cough and sneeze with handkerchief. Spread by contact. Avoid crowds. If possible, walk to work. Do not spit on floor

At the end of the French and Indian War, John Stuart, the superintendent of Indian affairs in South Carolina, negotiated…

Merchant, financier. Trenholm was born on February 25, 1807, in Charleston, the son of William and Irene Trenholm. His father…

Writer, diplomat, historian. Trescot was born on November 10, 1822, in Charleston, the son of Henry Trescot and Sarah McCrady.…