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Color photograph of Franklin Burroughs

Franklin Burroughs

Franklin Burroughs is an essayist, environmentalist, and educator.

Sarah Grimkè wearing a frilly bonnet and checked dress.

Sarah Moore Grimkè

Sarah Moore Grimkè was a prominent abolitionist and is widely held to be the mother of the Women's Suffrage Movement. 

Vanna White wearing a yellow dress.

Vanna White

Vanna White is a television personality best known as the puzzle-board turner and co-host on the game show Wheel of Fortune.

Black and white photo of Marion Wilkinson

Marion Birnie Wilkinson

Social reformer, black women’s club leader

A wooden building with a red rooftop.

Kershaw County

Kershaw County was named for Joseph Kershaw (1727-1791), an early settler.

 A white church surrounded by a black fence and gray grave stones.

Bamberg County

Bamberg County and its county seat, Bamberg, were named for local resident William Seaborn Bamberg (1820-1858) and other members of the Bamberg family.

The front of an old bricked building with a rounded top and two circular windows above the door way.

Colleton County

Colleton County was named for one of the Lords Proprietors, Sir John Colleton (1608-1666).

A white building with outlined teal windows next to a willow tree.

Jasper County

Jasper County was named for Revolutionary War hero Sergeant William Jasper (ca.1750-1779).

South Carolina Facts

South Carolina State Grass

Indian Grass was designated as the official State Grass by Act Number 94 of 2001. Indian Grass can be used to make baskets. 

South Carolina Glossary

translucent white orbs on the ground.

hail

(noun) - chunks of ice that fall from the clouds during storms