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With the arrival of Europeans, natives created the first commercial fisheries, trading seafood for firearms and clothing.

To add another dimension to fishing along the South Carolina coast, there is also offshore fishing. From just off the beaches out to the artificial reefs there are other species such as black sea bass, Spanish mackerel, bluefish, bonito, king mackerel, grouper, and snapper.

“The Lord has something to do with this dog” was the only way Barney Odom could explain the extraordinary powers of his bulldog Flat Nose.

The progressive reputation of Florence earned it All-American status in 1966, and the population exceeded 25,000 by 1970.

Although the county’s economy has traditionally been based on agriculture, Florence was home to several industries as early as the 1890s.

Florence was chosen because of its proximity to three converging railroad lines. Neither the town nor the camp was ready for the sudden rush of Union prisoners.

In addition to being his own librettist, Floyd has composed more than ten stage works, song cycles, music for orchestra and chorus, and music for piano.

At the heart of the cooking are the foods that grow well in the state, supplemented by wild fish and game.

Football at USC and Clemson has become a big business enterprise, with each program having annual budgets that reach into the millions of dollars.

Natural wonders abound along the Foothills Trail, including waterfalls, bears, deer, grouse, turkeys, trout, salamanders, hemlocks, laurels, rhododendrons, and trilliums.

Forest Acres flourished as a bedroom community to Columbia and soon posted one of the highest per capita income levels in the state.

Known as “Miss Ruby,” she often educated students other schools thought uneducable. She insisted that they never say, “I can’t,” but always, “I’ll Try.”

The Fort Hill complex is comprised of the dwelling house, Calhoun’s office, a reconstructed kitchen, and a springhouse.

By the end of the twentieth century, Fort Jackson was the army’s largest training post for new soldiers.

Located on Charleston harbor, Fort Johnson was constructed on the northeast point of James Island in 1708.

Fort Mill had become a popular bedroom community by the late 1980s, and industry and residential growth continued to fuel the community through the 1990s.

For most of its history, Fort Moore served as the province’s major Indian trading center for deerskins and other animal hides.

However, Marion and Lee, realizing that they had to act quickly, decided to set Mrs. Motte’s house on fire. Lee asserted in his Memoirs that upon informing Mrs. Motte of their decision she offered them bow and arrows for the task, but William Dobein James, a Marion biographer, dismisses this story, stating that the fire was started by slinging burning rosin onto the roof.

Though heavily damaged by Union bombardments during the Civil War, Fort Moultrie played a key role in the Confederate defense of Charleston harbor.

It was a one-hundred-foot square ditched fortification, surrounded by palisade-topped earthen walls and with a bastion in each of its corners. The interior sheltered a guardhouse, a storehouse, a kitchen, a magazine, a barracks, and the commandant’s residence.