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Elise Blackwell

Elise Blackwell is a novelist and writer.

Black and white photograph of Dr. Fayssoux's 3 story house

Peter Fayssoux

Physician

Mickey Spillane

Mickey Spillane

Mickey Spillane was a well-known author of many crime novels and his signature detective character, Mike Hammer.

Benjamin Tillman with one eye closed.

Benjamin Ryan Tillman

Benjamin Ryan Tillman was the governor of South Carolina from 1890-1894 who founded what is now Clemson University.

Pink, white, green, yellow and other colorful buildings lined the tree-lined street.

Charleston County

Charleston County and the city of Charleston, its county seat, are the most historic locations in the state. English settlers arrived in the colony of Carolina in 1670 and established a town at Albemarle Point on the west bank of the Ashley River.

A brown brick and white accented church.

Anderson County

Anderson County and its county seat, Anderson, were named for Revolutionary War general Robert Anderson (1741-1812).

7 wooden buildings stand together.

Dorchester County

Dorchester County was named for Dorchester, Massachusetts.

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McCormick County

McCormick County and its county seat, the town of McCormick, were named for inventor Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884).

South Carolina Facts

South Carolina State Poet Laurate

The official State Poet Laureate was designated by Joint Resolution Number 736 of 1934. This resolution allows the Governor to appoint a Poet Laureate for the State. In 2003, former Governor Mark Sanford named Marjory Heath Wentworth as South Carolina's sixth Poet Laureate. 

South Carolina Glossary

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refuge

(noun) - a place providing safety, protection, or shelter