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Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue in Charleston (pop. 68,600) is the country’s oldest synagogue in continuous use. It was built in 1840.

first appeared: 5/27/2001

Annual memorial services on the second Sunday after Easter are held at the ruins of Old Sheldon Church near Beaufort (pop. 9,576). Built between 1745 and 1757, the church was burned by the British in 1779. It was rebuilt, but was burned again in 1865 by Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman’s troops.

first appeared: 5/20/2001

The biennial Galivants Ferry stump meeting, a “must-go” event in Horry County for Democratic politicians, began when John W. Holliday invited candidates in the late 1800s to speak from his store. His descendants continue to host the event.

first appeared: 5/13/2001

Darlington Raceway, a popular NASCAR track in Darlington (pop. 7,311), was built in an egg, not oval, shape. During construction in 1949, one end of the track was narrowed to accommodate the landowner’s fish pond.

first appeared: 5/6/2001

Prince George Winyah Episcopal Church in Georgetown (pop. 9,517), established by the Church of England to serve colonists in the area, was built around 1750 with old brick from the ballasts of British ships.

first appeared: 4/29/2001

Duncan Park Baseball Stadium in Spartanburg is the oldest minor league stadium in the nation. It’s still used by Wofford College and the University of South Carolina at Spartanburg, as well as for American Legion games.

first appeared: 4/22/2001

Teacher Janie Glymph Goree, born into a Newberry County (pop. 34,600) sharecropping family of nine children, was elected in 1978 as mayor of Carlisle, making her the first female African-American mayor in South Carolina.

first appeared: 4/15/2001

America’s oldest and largest family-owned mail order seed company is based in Greenwood (pop. 19,200). Park Seed Company, founded in 1868 by George Park, grew from modest beginnings in Park’s living room.

first appeared: 4/8/2001

Matilda Arabelle Evans, the first African-American woman to be licensed as a physician in South Carolina, opened the first hospital for African-Americans in 1901 in Columbia.

first appeared: 4/1/2001

Oconee County is the largest apple-producing area in the state. It yielded 6.2 million pounds in 1999.

first appeared: 3/25/2001

The first shots of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor on April 12, 1861.

first appeared: 3/18/2001

William Gregg, known as the father of Southern cotton manufacturing, is credited with introducing the cotton industry to the South before the Civil War. His biggest achievement was a cotton mill built in 1845 in Graniteville (pop. 1,100).

first appeared: 3/11/2001

The Riverbanks Zoological Park & Botanical Garden in Columbia boasts more than 2,000 animals but no bars or cages. Animals are kept behind moats and other water barriers.

first appeared: 3/4/2001

Bob Jones University in Greenville (pop. 57,000) is the world’s largest nondenominational Christian liberal arts college.

first appeared: 2/25/2001

The first American library to be housed in a separate building was established at the University of South Carolina in Columbia in 1840.

first appeared: 2/18/2001

Mary McLeod Bethune of Mayesville (pop. 694) became the first African-American woman to head a federal agency when she was made director of the Division of Negro Affairs of the National Youth Administration in 1936.

first appeared: 2/11/2001

Orangeburg, (pop. 12,800) the seat of Orangeburg County, was named after William, Prince of Orange, the son-in-law of England’s King George II.

first appeared: 2/4/2001

—The state’s first settlement was established in 1566 by the Spanish, who called it Santa Elena. The first English settlement was founded in 1670 at Albemarle Point on the Ashley River.

first appeared: 1/28/2001

William Dorn, in 1852, discovered the second-richest vein of gold in the state’s history on the site now occupied by McCormick (pop. 1,659).

first appeared: 1/21/2001

Hilton Head Island (pop. 29,000), shaped like a foot, has sections that are referred to as the toe, instep, heel, and ankle.

first appeared: 1/14/2001

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