Walter Edgar
South Carolina from A to Z
Historian and author Walter Edgar mines the riches of the South Carolina Encyclopedia to bring you South Carolina from A to Z. South Carolina from A to Z is a production of South Carolina Public Radio in partnership with the University of South Carolina Press and SC Humanities.
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Jul 10, 2026
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“B” is for Blue Ridge Railroad 19.02.2025 0:59
“B” is for Blue Ridge Railroad. Chartered in 1852, the Blue Ridge Railroad revived earlier plans to connect Charleston to the Midwest by rail.
"B” is for Blue Ridge 18.02.2025 0:59
"B” is for Blue Ridge. The Blue Ridge in South Carolina forms the smallest of the geological provinces.
“B” is for Blue granite 17.02.2025 0:59
“B” is for Blue granite. Blue granite was designated the state stone by law in 1969.
“H” is for Honey Hill, Battle of 14.02.2025 0:59
“H” is for Honey Hill, Battle of (November 30, 1864). The Battle of Honey Hill was the first in a series of engagements fought at the headwaters of the Broad River along the Charleston and Savannah Railroad in November and December 1864.
“H” is for Horry, Peter (ca .1743-1815) 13.02.2025 0:59
“H” is for Horry, Peter (ca .1743-1815). Planter, soldier, legislator.
“G" is for Greenville and Columbia Railroad 12.02.2025 0:59
“G" is for Greenville and Columbia Railroad
“D” is for DuBose, William Porcher (1836-1918) 11.02.2025 0:59
“D” is for DuBose, William Porcher (1836-1918). Professor, theologian.
“D” is for Drovers 10.02.2025 0:59
“D” is for Drovers. From the late1790s until the 1880s, livestock from Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and North Carolina were driven through Greenville County to the seaport of Charleston, destined for northern markets in Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York or south to Florida and the West Indies.
“C” is for Christensen, Abby Mandana Holmes (1852-1938) 07.02.2025 59:00
“C” is for Christensen, Abby Mandana Holmes (1852-1938). Folklorist.
“C” is for Christ Church Parish 06.02.2025 59:00
“C” is for Christ Church Parish
“C” is for Citizens’ Councils 05.02.2025 0:59
“C” is for Citizens’ Councils. Founded in 1954 in Mississippi, citizens councils quickly spread across the South.
“C” is for Chisolm, Julian John (1830-1903) 04.02.2025 0:59
“C” is for Chisolm, Julian John (1830-1903). Physician.
“C” is for Childress, Alice (1920-1994 ) 03.02.2025 0:59
“C” is for Childress, Alice (1920-1994 ). Actress, theater director, playwright, novelist.
“P” is for Pinkney, Bill (1925-2007) 16.01.2025 1:00
“P” is for Pinkney, Bill (1925-2007). Musician.
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