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Local government in South Carolina consists of general-purpose governments and special-purpose governments. Counties and municipalities comprise the general-purpose governments. Special-purpose governments in South Carolina include school districts and special-purpose districts.

The 1975 Home Rule Act provided for three forms of city government: weak-mayor, strong-mayor, and council-manager; and four forms of county government: council, council-supervisor, council-administrator, and council-manager.

Lockwood Greene, the oldest continuously operating professional services firm in the United States, is an international engineering and construction organization based in Spartanburg.

This photo was taken before 1928. Lockwood Greene opened an office in Greenville in 1898. Company engineers designed many Spartanburg structures , including the Lyman Mill, First Presbyterian Church, and the Montgomery Building. Lockwood Greene moved its headquarters to Spartanburg in the 1960s. This photo was probably taken at Pacific Mills in Lyman.

As a professional horticulturist, Logan sold roots, cuttings, and seeds at her nursery. She advertised her plants and related products in the South-Carolina Gazette.

The loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta), a threatened species, was named the state reptile in an act signed by Governor Carroll Campbell on June 1, 1988.

A loggerhead turtle moves towards the beach.

On her return to the surf after laying eggs, the loggerhead, turned over by the men, was stranded all night on the beach. The men noted that her back was covered with barnacles and that she was probably 150 years old. By morning, they secured a camera and took this picture.

At times referred to as Belfast and Londonderry, the 22,000-acre Londonborough Township was laid out on Hard Labour Creek in 1762.

August 6, 2010 photograph by Chris Pruitt.

Through the Extension Service, Long helped improve crop production, the livestock industry, commodity marketing, rural cooperation, and the social life of rural South Carolina.

Chartered in 1869, the Longshoremen Protective Union Association (LPUA) established the legacy of a strong union presence, comprised almost exclusively of African Americans, along Charleston’s docks.

On November 29, 1856, Longstreet was elected president of South Carolina College with the support of trustees James L. Petigru, Chancellor Francis H. Wardlaw, and Judge David L. Wardlaw, all fellow students of Waddel’s Academy.

Entering service as a brigadier general, he distinguished himself as a superb military tactician in several major battles, including First Manassas (July 21, 1861), after which he was promoted to major general.

Most of the eight original proprietors had remained staunch supporters of the Stuart monarchy after the execution of King Charles I in 1649, and others changed sides to become key figures in the restoration of his son in 1660.