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Completed in 1742, Drayton Hall in Charleston is considered one of the finest examples of Georgian-Palladian architecture and is the only one on the Ashley River to survive both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars.

first appeared: 10/14/2001

Founded in 1733, Camden (pop. 6,682) was the site of two significant battles during the Revolutionary War. It was from Camden that Lord Cornwallis began his campaign northward that led to his surrender to Gen. George Washington at Yorktown.

first appeared: 10/7/2001

Barnwell’s (pop. 5,035) 150-year-old vertical sundial is the only one of its type in the country. It stays within minutes of standard time.

first appeared: 9/30/2001

William Barret Travis, legendary commander at the 1836 battle of the Alamo in Texas, was born near Saluda (pop. 3,066) in 1809, the oldest of 11 children.

first appeared: 9/23/2001

Built in 1706, Old St. Andrews Parish Church in Charleston is the oldest surviving church in the Carolinas.

first appeared: 9/16/2001

Francis Beidler Forest is the largest virgin blackwater cypress-tupelo swamp forest in the world. Located in the Four Holes Swamp beginning in Calhoun County (pop. 15,185), the forest spreads over 11,000 acres.

first appeared: 9/9/2001

At 110,000 acres, Lake Marion in Clarendon County (pop. 32,502) is the largest lake in the state. It was named in honor of Gen. Francis Marion, the “Swamp Fox” of Revolutionary War fame.

first appeared: 9/2/2001

In 1824, future president Andrew Johnson owned and operated a tailor shop in Laurens (pop. 9,916) at the age of 17. The town is building a replica of the shop for visitors.

first appeared: 8/26/2001

Hopeland Gardens in Aiken (pop. 25,337) features a Touch and Scent Trail for visually impaired visitors. Plaques are posted in Braille identifying flowers and other exhibits.

first appeared: 8/19/2001

The BMW Zentrum Visitor Center in Greer (pop. 16,843) is located at BMW’s only North American automobile manufacturing plant. The center chronicles the influence of BMW engineering for visitors.

first appeared: 8/12/2001

At 12 feet by 24 feet, the Travelers’ Chapel, located just south of Conway (pop. 11,053), is one of the state’s smallest places of worship.

first appeared: 8/5/2001

Society Hill (pop. 700) was the core of the land along the Great Pee Dee River granted to Welsh Baptist settlers from Delaware in 1736. The name came from the Baptist educational organization, the St. David’s Society.

first appeared: 7/29/2001

On Dec. 12, 1870, Rep. Joseph H. Rainey of Georgetown (pop. 9,517) was sworn in as the first African-American congressman. He served until 1879.

first appeared: 7/22/2001

The first steam locomotive built in the United States to be used for regular railroad service was the “Best Friend of Charleston,” built in 1830.

first appeared: 7/15/2001

Pocataligo reportedly is the smallest town in the state. At last count, the town population numbered 12.

first appeared: 7/8/2001

Yawkey Wildlife Preserve in Georgetown County (pop. 54,000) is dedicated to waterfowl habitat management. The preserve was integral in saving the brown pelican from extinction.

first appeared: 7/1/2001

Sassafras Mountain, at 3,554 feet, is the state’s highest point. Three other states can be viewed from the top: Tennessee, North Carolina, and Georgia.

first appeared: 6/24/2001

The Columns, a Greek Revival style plantation near Florence (pop. 30,000), was built in the 1850s and is still a working plantation operated by descendants of the original owners.

first appeared: 6/17/2001

The oldest landscaped gardens in the United States at Middleton Place near North Charleston were established in 1740. It took 100 people more than 10 years to complete them.

first appeared: 6/10/2001

When Spartanburg (pop. 42,100) native Lee Haney captured the title of Mr. Olympia—an international body-building contest—in 1984, he had the distinction of being the youngest, at 24, and the largest, at 6 feet and 260 pounds, ever to earn the title.

first appeared: 6/3/2001

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