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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“B” is for the Best Friend of Charleston. Commissioned by the South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company, the Best Friend of Charleston was the first locomotive built in the United States for public service. -
“A” is for Ayers, Sara Lee Harris Sanders (1919-2002). Native American potter. Ayers was born on the Catawba Indian Reservation near Rock Hill. She probably learned to make pottery from her grandmother, a full-blooded Catawba.
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“W” is for Wilkes Fund Controversy. The Wilkes Fund Controversy generated a constitutional crisis that first polarized and then broke the back of royal government in colonial South Carolina.
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“D” is for Drayton, William Henry (1721-1779). Revolutionary leader, planter.
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"C” is for Chicora, Francisco de. Indian captive. Born in the early sixteenth century, the man Spaniards baptized as “Francisco” was a native of the present-day South Carolina coast.
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“C” is for Chicken bog. While anecdotal evidence exists that the name chicken bog was related to the “boggy” nature of is home, the Pee Dee, culinary historians agree on one thing: that a “bog (unlike a pilau) is any stew that includes wet, soggy rice.”
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“C” is for Cheves, Langdon (1776-1857). Legislator, congressman, bank president.
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“C” is for Chesterfield County (799 square miles; 2020 population 45,606). Chesterfield County was established in 1785 when the legislature divided the Cheraws Judicial District into three counties.
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“B” is for Blanchard, Felix Anthony, Jr. (1924-2009). Football player, Heisman Trophy recipient.
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“B” is for Blake, Joseph (1663-1700). Governor. In 1694 Blake purchased the proprietary share of Sir John Berkeley and became one of the second generation of Lords Proprietors. In the same year he became governor of the colony.
