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A young Doc Blanchard in a uniform

Doc Blanchard

Doc Blanchard was best known as the college football player who became the first junior to win the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award and was the first football player to win the James E. Sullivan Award, all in 1945. 

Barton MacLane dressed as a cowboy sheriff.

Barton MacLane

Barton MacLane was an actor, playwright, and screenwriter.

A smiling Cady Coleman in space floating. She wears a green shirt while a clarinet and flute float in front of her.

Catherine Coleman

Charleston native, Catherine Grace "Cady" Coleman is a chemist, a former U.S. Air Force colonel, and a retired NASA astronaut. 

Stanley Donen holding a microphone.

Stanley Donen

American film director and choreographer. Known as "The King of Musicals". Born in Columbia, SC

U.S. Post Office, Florence, South Carolina, in 1938.

Florence County

Florence County took its name from its county seat, the city of Florence.

A stately white house with a gray roof, manicured lawn, and brick and iron fence.

York County

York County and its county seat, the city of York, were named for York County, Pennsylvania.

A light brown and cream building with a metal roof and two small brick chimneys

Orangeburg County

Orangeburg County and its county seat, Orangeburg, were named for William IV (1711-1751), Prince of Orange, the son-in-law of King George II.

Photo of Abbeville Opera House. "Abbeville Opera House" by J. Stephen Conn is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0

Abbeville County

Both the county and its county seat, the town of Abbeville, were named for the French town of the same name.

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

White bird with a opened orange beak

seagull

(noun) - a common bird that lives near the ocean