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Dawn Staley is a three-time Olympic Gold medalist and head coach for the South Carolina Gamecocks Women's Basketball team.
John Gardiner Richards, Jr. was the governor of South Carolina from 1926-1931.
Wade Hampton III was a Confederate general, governor, United States Senator. He was the governor of South Carolina at the end of Reconstruction when the federal troops left the state in 1877.
The origin of the name of Darlington County is uncertain, but it may have been named for Darlington, England.
Lee County was named for Confederate general Robert E. Lee (1807-1870).
Marlboro County was named after John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722).
Hampton County and its county seat Hampton were named for Confederate general and governor Wade Hampton (1818-1902).
The Columbian Mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) was designated as the official State Fossil by Act Number 177 of 2014. The Columbian mammoth was named after Christopher Columbus. The discovery of fossilized mammoth teeth in a South Carolina swamp in 1725 was credited as the first scientific identification of a North American vertebrate fossil.
(noun) - rocks formed from the fossilized remains of sea creatures found in areas once covered by oceans. In South Carolina, phosphates were used as fertilizers to extend the life of crops and were mined in the late 1800s.
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