South Carolina from A to Z
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From Hilton Head to Caesars Head, and from the Lords Proprietors to Hootie and the Blowfish, historian Walter Edgar mines the riches of the South Carolina Encyclopedia to bring you South Carolina from A to Z.
South Carolina from A to Z is a production of South Carolina Public Radio in partnership with the University of South Carolina Press and SC Humanities.
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βMβ is for Miles Brewton House (Charleston). Completed in 1769 the Miles Brewton House with its garden and well-preserved outbuildings constitute the centerpiece of what is widely considered the finest Georgian town-house complex in America.
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βMβ is for Middleton, Henry (1770-1846). Legislator, governor, congressman, diplomat.
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βLβ is for Longstreet, Augustus Baldwin (1790-1879). Educator, author, clergyman.
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βHβ is for Hollywood (Charleston County; 2020 population 5,339).
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βWβ is for Williston (Barnwell County; 2020 population 2,876). Located on U.S. Highway 78 in Barnwell County, Williston is named for early settlers.
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βSβ is for Shell, Arthur Lee, Jr. (b. 1946). Football player, coach. In 1989, Arthur Lee Shell, Jr., was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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βSβ is for Sheldon Church (Beaufort County). Moss-draped live oak trees shade the quiet burial ground that surrounds the ruined Sheldon Church of Prince Williamβs Parish.
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βSβ is for Sheheen, Robert Joseph (b. 1943). Lawyer, legislator.
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βHβ is for Holman, Clarence Hugh (1914-1981). Educator, author. Hugh Clarence Holmanβs many honors culminated in his appointment as Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.