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Open for business South Carolina through the ages
A feature on South Carolina recounts its 400 year history from Spanish and French ventures to English settlement, Civil War era resistance, and postwar progress. It highlights the Low country to the Piedmont, diverse settlers, and the state motto Dum Spiro Spero as it notes 31 055 square miles of inviting land and a bright future.
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South Carolina
Piedmont
Virginia
Massachusetts
Winyah Bay
San Miguel de Gualdape
de Soto
Juan Pardo
Savannah River
Port Royal
Charles I
Robert Heath
America
Carolina
Charles II
Province of
Albemarle Pointe
Charles Town
Charleston
England
Sea
John Archlade
Ashley
Cooper
Atlantic Ocean