Township Plan
For three decades following the founding of Charleston in 1670, population growth in South Carolina was painfully slow. Settlement remained concentrated close to the capital along the Ashley, Cooper,...
View ArticleTuscarora War
In the first decade of the eighteenth century the Tuscaroras, an Iroquoian tribe, inhabited eastern North Carolina in fifteen towns with 1,200 warriors and a population of about 4,800 people. Increased...
View ArticleTraditional Medicine
Traditional medicine, although viewed as unconventional and often in contradiction to established medical practices, was once commonplace in South Carolina. Since the founding of the colony in the late...
View ArticleTrott, Nicholas
Jurist, scholar. Trott was born in London on January 19, 1663. His father, Samuel Trott, was a London merchant, but his mother’s name is unknown. Members of the family were closely involved with the...
View ArticleTruck Farming
Truck farming is the production of annual fruit and vegetable crops to be sold fresh. Truck farming began after the Civil War as cities grew and the spread of railroads made transport faster and more...
View ArticleTuberculosis
In any historic survey of tuberculosis (TB) in the South, two things stand out. First, until about the 1920s it was one of the region’s leading causes of death, mostly brought on by slow destruction of...
View ArticleTugaloo River
The Tugaloo River is formed by the Chattooga and Tallulah Rivers near the juncture of Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. It flows along the Georgia border through Oconee and Anderson...
View ArticleTown Theatre
(Columbia). Columbia’s Town Theatre is the longest continuously operating community theater in America. The theater got its start in June 1919, when Daniel Reed, a former professional actor and...
View ArticleTukey, Richard Ellery
Civic leader. Richard “Dick” Tukey was a crucial figure in the post–World War II economic development of the South Carolina Piedmont, especially Spartanburg County. As executive vice president of the...
View ArticleTravis, William Barret
Soldier. Travis was born on August 9, 1809, in Edgefield District, the son of Mark Travis and Jemima Stallworth. In 1818 the family migrated to Conecuh County, Alabama. Travis moved to nearby Claiborne...
View ArticleTreaty of Augusta
At the end of the French and Indian War, John Stuart, the superintendent of Indian affairs in South Carolina, negotiated this critical treaty at an Anglo-Indian conference held in Augusta, Georgia, in...
View ArticleTrenholm, George Alfred
Merchant, financier. Trenholm was born on February 25, 1807, in Charleston, the son of William and Irene Trenholm. His father was a merchant, and his mother was the daughter of the Comte de Greffin, a...
View ArticleTownship Plan
For three decades following the founding of Charleston in 1670, population growth in South Carolina was painfully slow. Settlement remained concentrated close to the capital along the Ashley, Cooper,...
View ArticleTuscarora War
In the first decade of the eighteenth century the Tuscaroras, an Iroquoian tribe, inhabited eastern North Carolina in fifteen towns with 1,200 warriors and a population of about 4,800 people. Increased...
View ArticleTraditional Medicine
Traditional medicine, although viewed as unconventional and often in contradiction to established medical practices, was once commonplace in South Carolina. Since the founding of the colony in the late...
View ArticleTugaloo River
The Tugaloo River is formed by the Chattooga and Tallulah Rivers near the juncture of Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. It flows along the Georgia border through Oconee and Anderson...
View ArticleTown Theatre
(Columbia). Columbia’s Town Theatre is the longest continuously operating community theater in America. The theater got its start in June 1919, when Daniel Reed, a former professional actor and...
View ArticleTukey, Richard Ellery
Civic leader. Richard “Dick” Tukey was a crucial figure in the post–World War II economic development of the South Carolina Piedmont, especially Spartanburg County. As executive vice president of the...
View ArticleTownship Plan
For three decades following the founding of Charleston in 1670, population growth in South Carolina was painfully slow. Settlement remained concentrated close to the capital along the Ashley, Cooper,...
View ArticleTuscarora War
In the first decade of the eighteenth century the Tuscaroras, an Iroquoian tribe, inhabited eastern North Carolina in fifteen towns with 1,200 warriors and a population of about 4,800 people. Increased...
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