South Carolina Jockey ClubHorse racing has been a favorite sport in England since the sixteenth century and naturally found its way to the…
South Carolina SocietyThe South Carolina Society is a social and benevolent organization established in Charleston in 1737. Its membership has included gentlemen…
South of the BorderLocated just south of the North Carolina border near the South Carolina town of Hamer, South of the Border has…
Southern 500The Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway was the oldest and one of the most storied races on the National Association…
Spillane, Frank MorrisonNovelist, short story writer. Nicknamed “Mickey” by his Irish Catholic father, Spillane was born in Brooklyn, New York, on March…
SpoletoIn the mid-1970s no one could have imagined staid, conservative Charleston welcoming an invasion by more than 150,000 people for…
St. Cecilia SocietyNamed for the patron saint of music, the St. Cecilia Society of Charleston was formed in 1766 as a private…
State FairThe South Carolina State Fair, formally the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society of South Carolina, was established in 1869 “to…
State HouseThree different buildings have served as the capitol of South Carolina. Construction of the first statehouse began in June 1753…
State SymbolsAs sovereign political entities, all fifty states have adopted special symbols. In every state the first emblem was a seal,…
Strickland, LilyComposer, writer, artist. Strickland was born in 1884 in Anderson, the only daughter of Charlton Hines Strickland, an insurance salesman,…
Sunset LodgeAn internationally known brothel, the Sunset Lodge, founded about 1936, was located in a white frame house adorned by neon…
TelevisionSnowy black-and-white television pictures first flickered into South Carolina on a regular basis on July 15, 1949, when WBTV Channel…
Verner, Elizabeth O'NeillVerner emerged as a leading figure of the Charleston Renaissance alongside her mentor, Alice Ravenel Huger Smith. Early in her career, she focused on etchings of Charleston street scenes that depicted the city’s architectural heritage and African American residents.
White LightningWhite lightning, a white whiskey made surreptitiously and illegally, was once produced in great quantities in South Carolina. It got…
White, Joshua DanielMusician. White was born in Greenville on February 11, 1914. A sophisticated guitarist and singer, Broadway actor, and favorite of…
White, VannaTelevision personality. White was born Vanna Marie Rosich in Conway on February 18, 1957, the daughter of Miguel Angel Rosich…
Williams Brice StadiumDominating Columbia’s southern skyline is the largest of the University of South Carolina’s athletics facilities, Williams Brice Stadium. From a…
WIS Radio and TelevisionWIS Radio and Television stations in Columbia played an influential role in the development of South Carolina’s media as a…
WSPAWSPA in Spartanburg became South Carolina’s first commercial radio station when it signed on the air at 6:45 P.M. on…
