South Carolina From A To Z
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Sinopsis
Historian and author Walter Edgar mines the riches of the South Carolina Encyclopedia to bring you South Carolina from A to Z. Produced by South Carolina Public Radio.
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“C” is for Charleston Library Society
31/05/2024 Duración: 59s“C” is for Charleston Library Society. The Charleston Library Society is the third-oldest institutional library in the United States.
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"B" is for Billings, John Shaw (1898-1975)
30/05/2024 Duración: 01min“B” is for Billings, John Shaw (1898-1975). When he retired in 1954, Billings was the editorial director of all Time Inc. publications.
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"W" is for Williams, Hanna English (d. 1722)
29/05/2024 Duración: 59s“W” is for Williams, Hanna English (d. 1722). Naturalist. Hannah English Williams was the first female in the British colonies to gather plant and animal specimens for scientific collections.
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“S” is for Seabrook, Whitemarsh Benjamin (1793-1855)
27/05/2024 Duración: 01min“S” is for Seabrook, Whitemarsh Benjamin (1793-1855). Governor. As a member of the most radical political factions in the state, Seabrook urged Carolinians to prepare for secession and the military defense of the state and its institutions.
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"L" is for Lyles, Bissett, Carlisle & Wolff
24/05/2024 Duración: 59s"L" is for Lyles, Bissett, Carlisle & Wolff. At its peak in the 1960s, LBC&W employed more than 350 architects, engineers, planners and support staff in states across the Southeast.
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"L" is for Lutherans
23/05/2024 Duración: 01min"L" is for Lutherans. While Lutherans are the third largest Protestant denomination in the United States, their numbers have never been large in the South.
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"L" is for Lebby, Nathaniel H. [1816-1880]
22/05/2024 Duración: 59s"L" is for Lebby, Nathaniel H. [1816-1880]. Nathaniel H. Lebby is best remembered for conceiving the world’s first hydraulic suction dredge—which would become the standard of modern dredging.
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"H" is for Hover Scare
21/05/2024 Duración: 59s"H" is for Hover Scare (1887). Hiram E. Hover (often mis-spelled in the press as “Hoover”) formed the Co-operative Workers of America (CWA) in North Carolina. The goal of the CWA was to promote major labor reforms and establish cooperative stores.
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"H" is for Hootie and the Blowfish
20/05/2024 Duración: 59s"H" is for Hootie and the Blowfish. Founded in 1986, Hootie and the Blowfish emerged as the most popular rock band on the USC college scene in the 1980s and early 1990s.
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“W” is for Westos
17/05/2024 Duración: 01min“W” is for Westos. Carolina colonists learned of this powerful Native American Savannah River nation soon after arrival.
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“T” is for Timothy, Lewis (d.1757)
16/05/2024 Duración: 01min“T” is for Timothy, Lewis (d.1757). Newspaper publisher.
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“S” is for Saluda
15/05/2024 Duración: 01min“S” is for Saluda (Saluda County; 2020 population 3,603).
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“C” is for Carolina bays
14/05/2024 Duración: 01min“C” is for Carolina bays. Carolina bays are elliptical, shallow depressions found on unconsolidated sediments of the coastal plain region of eastern North America from Maryland to Florida.
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"A” is for Allston, Washington (1779-1843)
13/05/2024 Duración: 01min"A” is for Allston, Washington (1779-1843). Painter, writer.
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“S” is for Sea Islands
10/05/2024 Duración: 01min“S” is for Sea Islands. Scattered along the state’s approximately 185 miles of coastline, South Carolina’s Sea Islands shelter the mainland from storms and erosion.
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“R” is for Robertson, Thomas James (1823-1897)
09/05/2024 Duración: 01min“R” is for Robertson, Thomas James (1823-1897). U.S. senator. A native of Winnsboro, Robertson graduated from the South Carolina College.
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“P” is for Piedmont
08/05/2024 Duración: 01min“P” is for Piedmont. One of six landform regions in South Carolina the Piedmont is defined by high hills to the north that give way to rolling hills at the center of the state.
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“M” is for McNair, Ronald Erwin (1950-1986)
07/05/2024 Duración: 01min“M” is for McNair, Ronald Erwin (1950-1986). Astronaut. A native of Lake City, McNair earned a Ph.D. in physics from M.I.T. While at M.I.T. he specialized in quantum electronics and molecular spectroscopy, conducting significant work in the development of laser technology.
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“M” is for McNair, Robert Evander (1923-2007)
06/05/2024 Duración: 01min“M” is for McNair, Robert Evander (1923-2007). Attorney, legislator, governor.
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“L” is for Lizard Man
03/05/2024 Duración: 01min“L” is for Lizard Man. In midsummer 1988 a Lee County teenager spotted the Lizard Man.