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Online Catalog Updated

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The society’s catalog is the online portal through which SCHS members, staff, and researchers from around the world discover the …

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May, 1722: Naturalist Mark Catesby Arrives in South Carolina

This Month in SC History

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

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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

This Month in SC History

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

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