South Carolina - Map with Views

South Carolina Fun Facts

Capital: Columbia
Area: 30,207 square miles
Statehood: May 23, 1788 (8th state admitted)
Mottos: Animis opibusque parate (Prepared in mind and resources), and Dum spiro  spero    (While I breathe, I hope)
Song: "South Carolina on My Mind"
State Bird: Carolina Wren
State Tree: Palmetto
State Flower: Yellow Jessamine

This postcard was bought in 2009.

South Carolina - Myrtle Beach at Sunset

Myrtle Beach
South Carolina
2009

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Myrtle Beach is a coastal city on the east coast of the United States in Horry County, South Carolina. It is situated on the center of a large and continuous stretch of beach known as the Grand Strand in northeastern South Carolina.

It is considered to be a major tourist destination in the Southeast, attracting an estimated 14.6 million visitors each summer.  As of the 2010 census, the population of the city was 27,109.

South Carolina - Hilton Head Island, The Hyatt Hotel

Hyatt on Hilton Head Island
South Carolina
Entrance to the oceanfront resort within Palmetto Dunes.
1986

The sender writes:
Amy and I spent the Christmas holiday here in Hilton Head.  Weather was clear but real chilly and the Island was missing people which made it nice to get around and do things.  Sure a pretty place also full of golf courses. 

South Carolina - Charleston, Shrimpers

Low Country Shrimpers
Charleston, South Carolina

Shrimpers are a vital part of the seafood industry in Charleston.  Seafood, unloaded fresh daily from many of Charleston's fishing fleet, can be bought fresh from seafood businesses located along docks or fully prepared from the many restaurants found throughout the Low Country.

Photo: Joe McLemore
2009

South Carolina - Governor's Mansion

South Carolina Governor's Mansion
Columbia, South Carolina

Built in 1855 as officer's barracks of the Arsenal Academy, it is the only building of the school to escape Sherman's burning.  Landscaped and remodeled, the building is now a showplace for tourists.

Photo by Ernest Ferguson
2009

South Carolina - Wagener, Camp Rawls

Camp Rawls
Wagener, S.C.

Soft breezes blowing
From the peaceful lake below,
While on the hillside
Pines toss to and fro;
Bursting forth in splendor
Sunlight lends a touch of gold,
God hath made you Camp Rawls
Lovely to behold.

Camp Rawls, Oh how lovely!
Surely God designed each part;
Camp Rawls, Spot of Beauty,
You have won our hearts.

Copyright 1945
A.T. Greene, Jr., Author

the back reads:
Greetings!
Having a wonderful time.
Wish that you were here,
O. Virgil Turner
1951

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The camp closed in 1982.

South Carolina - White Oak Conference Center

Experience the sweet, sweet spirit of this place

White Oak Conference Center
Mobley Hwy / rd. 20
White Oak, SC 29180

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From their website:
Set on 840 acres in the wooded hills of the midlands, White Oak Conference Center provides modern day comforts in tranquil surroundings away from daily routines and distractions. Able to host large adult and youth conferences in spacious venues, as well as accommodate small retreats or seminars, White Oak provides the perfect setting for training and fellowship.

White Oak is equipped to meet your conference needs with 140 motel rooms, a group house that sleeps 64, a 400-seat dining hall, an 850-seat auditorium, a 230-seat lecture hall and 23 additional classrooms. Also available are many recreational opportunities with a 25-acre lake, pool, gym, picnic shelter and other activities.

South Carolina - Florence, Henry Timrod Schoolhouse

Henry Timrod Schoolhouse, Florence, South Carolina

Henry Timrod (1830-1867) known as the "Laureate of the Confederacy," because he composed so many of its most enduring songs, taught school in this building in 1858.  It was then situated four miles from Florence, to which city it was removed in 1930 and converted into a "Timrod Shrine."
1947

South Carolina - Gaffney, Peachoid Water Tower, from La Quinta

Greetings From Route LQ (Hotel chain La Quinta)

Time for a pit stop.

The Peachoid Water Tower

Juicy rumors abound about efforts made by civic authorities to have the million-gallon "Peachoid" water tower near I-85 in Gaffney, South Carolina repainted.  A local artist studied native peaches before applying fifty gallons of paint in twenty colors, including those used for the seven-ton leaf on the side.  Now that's a big peach.

Gaffney, South Carolina
Nearest La Quinta: 2 miles

With over 780 Locations, La Quinta Inns & Suites is everywhere you travel.
2010

South Carolina - Charleston, Dock Street Theatre

Entrance, Dock Street Theatre, Charleston, South Carolina
2014

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Dock Street Theatre is a theater in the historic French Quarter neighborhood of downtown Charleston, South Carolina. The structure, which was built as a hotel in 1809 and converted to a theater in 1935, occupies the site of the first building in the Thirteen Colonies designed for use as a theater. It has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1973.

South Carolina - Table Rock State Park

Table Rock State Park

Cabin #5, The swimming hole at Pinnacle Lake, Carrick Creek Falls, View from top of Table Rock

Mountain Elevation 3124'
2011

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Table Rock State Park is a 3,083-acre (12.48 km2) park at the edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains in northern Pickens County, South Carolina. The park includes Pinnacle Mountain, the tallest mountain totally within the state.

Trails at the Park:
The 1.9-mile (3.1 km) Carrick Creek Nature Trail loops around two creeks with small cascades and waterfalls and displays wildflowers in season.

The 3.5-mile (5.6 km) Table Rock Summit Trail is moderately strenuous rising, 2,000 feet (610 m) above the trailhead and includes a shelter built by the CCC. At approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 km), the trail forks, the left fork following a ridge trail to Pinnacle Mountain and the right fork to the summit at 3,124 feet (952 m). The trail ends at an overlook with a view of Table Rock Reservoir and Caesars Head.

The park is the eastern trailhead of the 80-mile (130 km) Foothills Trail through the Blue Ridge Escarpment.

South Carolina - Oconee County, Issaquena Falls

Issaqueena Falls
Oconee County, South Carolina

Beautiful 100-fot falls named in honor of a legendary Indian maiden.  Located on Hwy. 28 between Mountain Rest and Walhalla near Stumphouse Tunnel.

Photo by Ernest Ferguson
2011

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The falls are named after a Cherokee girl who allegedly leaped from the top of the falls with her lover, an Oconee brave, in an attempt to hide him from the rest of her tribe, which was at war with the Oconee. It is said that she then hid him in the recessed area just below the top of the falls.

South Carolina - Greenville, Mice on Main Street

Mice on Main
Main Street, Greenville, South Carolina

Inspired by the book "Goodnight Moon."
Jimmy Ryan of Christ Church Episcopal School proposed the idea of placing the mice downtown for children to hunt.  He raised the funding and commissioned Zan Wells, a local sculptor, to make the individual mice
Main Street retailers have hints to help find all 9 mice.

Steven Faucette Photography
2011

South Carolina - North Myrtle Beach, Holiday Inn North

Holiday inn North
2713 South Ocean Boulevard
North Myrtle Beach, S.C. 29582

"Everything that a Holiday Inn is famous for plus the Blue South Atlantic Ocean at your door." Golf Capital of the World.  Golf packages available.
1979