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Black and white sketch of Isaac Huger

Isaac Huger

Soldier

Louise Smith in a racecar.

Louise Smith

Louise Smith was known as “the first lady of racing.” Louise Smith was the first professional woman race car driver.

Black and white photograph of Millican

Arthenia J. Bates Millican

Arthenia J. Bates Millican was a poet, short-story writer, essayist, and educator from Sumter, South Carolina.

a small white house with a half wrap around porch.

Chester County

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

7 wooden buildings stand together.

Dorchester County

Dorchester County was named for Dorchester, Massachusetts.

A red wooden building with a metal tin roof.

Clarendon County

Clarendon County was named for Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon (1608/9-1674), one of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina.

A wooden triangle held up by a wooden contraption with two long metal poles extending from wooden triangle.

Dillon County

Dillon County was named for James W. Dillon (1826-1913), a prominent local resident.

South Carolina Facts

South Carolina State Work Animal

The hard-working Mule was designated as the official State Heritage Work Animal by Act Number 240 of 2010.  

South Carolina Glossary

Green mountains against a blue sky and fluffy white clouds.

Appalachia

(noun) - a mountain range in the eastern United States extending from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico