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Discover how South Carolina helped shape the American Revolution. Explore the people, places, and pivotal moments that made the Palmetto State a turning point in the fight for independence.
South Carolina People
Mary Alice Monroe
Mary Alice Monroe is a best-selling author known for fiction that explores the compelling parallels between nature and human nature.
Wilbur Joseph Cash
Wilbur Joseph Case was a writer and journalist known for writing The Mind of the South.
Larry Francis Lebby
Larry Francis Lebby was an artist best known for his portraits of former United States president Jimmy Carter, Dr. Benjamin Mays, and Modjeska Simpkins.
Guy Davenport
Guy Davenport was a writer, translator, illustrator, painter, and teacher from Anderson, SC.
South Carolina Counties
Lancaster County
Lancaster County and its county seat of Lancaster were named for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Chesterfield County
Chesterfield County was named for the English statesman Lord Chesterfield (1694-1773).
Darlington County
The origin of the name of Darlington County is uncertain, but it may have been named for Darlington, England.
South Carolina Facts
South Carolina State Animal
The White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) can be seen bounding through South Carolina's woods year-round. They are plentiful in our state, and in 1972 the legislature named them the official state animal
South Carolina Glossary
short-staple cotton
(noun) - a cotton variety that has shorter fibers than long-staple cotton and became the signature crop across the American South after the invention of Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin in 1793.
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