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South Carolina People
Leon Rippy
Leon Rippy is an actor best known for his roles as Earl the Angel on the series Saving Grace, saloon owner Tom Nuttall on the series Deadwood, and John Billings in The Patriot.
George Rogers
George Rogers won the Heisman Trophy in 1980 while playing for the University of South Carolina.
Cathy Smith Bowers
Cathy Smith Bowers is a poet and professor at the Queens University of Charlotte.
Henry Woodward
Henry Woodward was an early colonist of South Carolina who was instrumental in establishing contact with Native Americans and setting up a trading system.
South Carolina Counties
Clarendon County
Clarendon County was named for Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon (1608/9-1674), one of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina.
Greenville County
The origins of the name Greenville County are uncertain, but the county was probably named for Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene (1742-1786) or for an early resident, Isaac Green.
Greenwood County
Greenwood County takes its name from its county seat, Greenwood. The city of Greenwood was named around 1824 for the plantation of an early resident, John McGehee.
Anderson County
Anderson County and its county seat, Anderson, were named for Revolutionary War general Robert Anderson (1741-1812).
South Carolina Facts
South Carolina State Marine Mammal
The intelligent Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) was designated as the official State Marine Mammal by Act Number 58 of 2009. The bottlenose dolphins are protected in U.S. waters under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
South Carolina Glossary
aquifer
(noun) - a pocket of groundwater
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