African-American history of Henderson County, Part Two
The Society of Necessity By Missy Schenck What Happened to the Promised Land? The dissolution of the Kingdom of the Happy Land was...
Missy Schenck
Feb 4, 2021


Colonial Dorchester State Park
Established in 1960 as a South Carolina state park, Colonial Dorchester Park is not only a historically rich site but also a quiet,...
Claire Vaughn
Jan 14, 2021


Horrific hurricane of 1752 interrupts Charles Town’s plans
Our 2020 hurricane season has seen so many storms that by mid-September meteorologists ran out of given names and resorted to the Greek...
Peg Eastman
Sep 30, 2020
The curious Carolina nobility
A reflection on the 350th anniversary of the founding of Carolina “The roots of the present lie deep in the past, and nothing in the past...
Julian V. Brandt, III
Apr 1, 2020


Cedar Hill Plantation
Plantation Pathways By Ben Schools Cedar Hill Plantation resides on the East Branch of the Cooper River, southwest of Middleburg. Its...
Ben Schools
Mar 4, 2020


Broad Street street vendors and the days of ‘Old Porgy’
One of the most picturesque institutions of Old Charleston was the street vendors hawking their wares. Some sold ice for the “ice boxes,”...
Peg Eastman
Jan 14, 2020
The Chosen People in the Holy City: Three and a quarter centuries of Jewish life in Charleston
Part VI: Charleston: The largest Jewish Community in the United States in the Early 19th Century We saw in the most recent article in...
Jeffery Kaplan
Jan 8, 2020
The chosen people in the Holy City: Three-and-a-quarter centuries of Jewish life in Charleston
Part II: Charleston’s Early Jews Vote, Gradually Increase in Numbers The colony of Carolina was a remarkably accepting place for people...
Jeffrey Kaplan
Jul 31, 2019
German gunsmith put quality, style in small package
Overcoat pistol, John Schirer, Charleston, S.C. 1810-1820. Images courtesy The Charleston Museum. These highly compact firearms from...
J. Grahame Long
Aug 12, 2015


Georgetown’s gateway to history
I spent a recent steamy Saturday afternoon on a paddleboard in the middle of the Great Pee Dee River in the third-oldest city in South...
Dan T. Henderson, Jr.
Aug 12, 2015






