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Updates on the events, exhibits, archives and staff of the South Carolina Historical Society.

May, 1722: Naturalist Mark Catesby Arrives in South Carolina

In February 1722, Mark Catesby sailed for the Carolina colony. With funding from a group of Fellows of the Royal …

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Conservation by Ben McC. Moise

Conservation Officers, long known in these parts as Game Wardens, stand as “the long green line” between the wasteful use …

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April, 1670: Settlers from England Establish Charles Town

In August of 1669, three ships – the Carolina, the Port Royal, and the Albemarle- set sail from England for …

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Pen to Paper: Documenting Your COVID-19 Experience

During one of my many late-night scrolls through social media, an acquaintance of a friend of a friend shared on …

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