Hurricanes Shaped Early Colonists’ Lives

Hurricanes Shaped Early Colonists’ Lives

We’re now well  into the annual hurricane season. Here in the Lowcountry, it’s always a question of when — not if — the next storm will come through. Even before Charleston’s first permanent European settlers arrived in 1670, tropical storms played a role in our...
News From Around the South 6/17 to 6/24

News From Around the South 6/17 to 6/24

SOUTH CAROLINA: How a Revolutionary War battle in SC helped name two Navy ships, a festival and a book When Revolutionary War troops fought the Battle of Cowpens in 1781, the name only made sense: The area, now near Spartanburg, was dotted with literal cow pens. In...