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Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) was established on December 1, 1997, to protect and manage diverse habitat components within an important coastal river ecosystem.

Photo take on the water, on the left are two boats docked, one is smaller than the other and the land around has many tall trees. The water is glistening.

Waccamaw River

The Waccamaw River, named for the Waccamaw nation of Native Americans, begins at Lake Waccamaw in North Carolina. The river…

Walhalla

(Oconee County; 2020 pop. 4,460). Founded in 1850, Walhalla was a carefully planned German settlement that became the seat of…

Walker, George Edward

Architect, engineer. Walker was among the first generation of architects to work professionally in South Carolina. He began practicing architecture…

Walker, William

Teacher, composer, author. Walker was born on May 6, 1809, near Cross Keys, Union District, the son of Absalom Walker…

Painting depicting groups of people on the shore line overlooking at the railing. In the water there are sailboats and steamboats, and in the distance along the horizon is Fort Sumter. A lot of the focus is on the sky.

Walker, William Aiken

Painter. Walker was born in Charleston on March 11, 1839, the son of John Falls Walker and Mary Elizabeth Flint.…

Wallace, David Duncan

Historian. Wallace was born in Columbia on May 23, 1874, the son of William Henry Wallace and Alice Amanda Lomax…

Walter, Thomas

Botanist, planter, patriot, politician. Walter was probably born in Hampshire, England. His aunt Frances Knight died there in 1784. She…

Walterboro

Despite a short boom in phosphate mining from the 1880s through 1910s and the rise of more durable forest industries, prosperity proved elusive. In the 1880s, when house lots were still fenced to contain livestock and baseball and brass bands were the rage, the town got a railroad spur that connected Walterboro to the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.

Wanderer

The Wanderer was a schooner built in New York and initially intended to be a racing yacht. It was later…

Wannamaker, John Edward

Agriculturalist, civic leader. Wannamaker was born on September 12, 1851, at Poplar Spring, Orangeburg District (now Calhoun County). He was…

Waring Historical Library

A department of the main library of the Medical University of South Carolina, the Waring Historical Library is the primary…

Waring, Joseph Ioor

Pediatrician, medical historian. Waring was born in Charleston on September 4, 1897, the son of Joseph Ioor Waring and Emma…

Waring, Julius Waties

Jurist. Waring was born in Charleston on July 27, 1880, the son of Edward Perry Waring, Charleston County superintendent of…

Washington, William

Soldier. Washington was born on February 28, 1752, in Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia, the son of Bailey Washington and…

Wateree River

The Catawba River enters central South Carolina, flows into Wateree Lake, and after passing through Wateree Dam in Kershaw County,…

Watermelons

Watermelons (Citrullus lanatus) are members of the gourd family native to Africa. Both African slaves and European colonists were probably…

Black and white portrait of Albert Watson, he is facing forward and wears a dark pinstripe suit and has dark slicked back hair

Watson, Albert William

Legislator, congressman. Watson was born in Sumter on August 30, 1922, the son of Claude A. Watson and Eva Clark.…

Watson, Ebbie Julian

“Good Roads” pioneer. Watson was born in Ridge Spring on June 29, 1869, to Tillman Watson, a contractor, and Helen…

Waxhaws

Waxhaws are an extinct nation of Native Americans that once lived in present-day Lancaster County. Like many South Carolina Indian…