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1. Charleston South Carolina
   Charleston South Carolina is a city considered by many to be the best preserved example of the Old South in the state and even throughout the entire southern region. The buildings alone make a statement; more than 70 buildings are in place from before the Revolutionary War, more than 130 are in place from the late 18th century, and over 600 buildings are still in place from before the 1840's. The feel of these charming and mostly well-maintained structures adds an air of historical importance to any Charleston vacation and contribute to making Charleston tours through the city delightful as well as educational.
2. Charleston South Carolina -- Cities
   The second-largest city in the state of South Carolina is the city of Charleston, which serves as the county seat of Charleston County. Founded in 1670 by English settlers, the city was originally named Charles Towne after King Charles II of England. The original capital of the Carolina colony, Charleston marked the southernmost point of English settlement during the late 1600s. Although its earliest settlers primarily came from England, colonial Charleston ... became home to a combination of ethnic and religious groups, owing to its prominence as a developing seaport town. Incorporated as a city in 1783, Charleston was to play an active role in the Civil War almost a century later, when it was more or less under siege by Union naval and land forces for three years. Twenty years after the war, Charleston was nearly destroyed by an 1886 earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale.
3. Charleston South Carolina -- State
   Furman University will offer its, annual Penicillin alcohol consumption Scholarship to an additional five people next year, raising the total number of South Carolina residents receiving the grants to when the program is fully implemented in, President David Shi said Tuesday. M a real strong believer that the independent institutions are a major contribution to higher education in the state. Among the Hollingsworth scholars admitted in the first two years of the program, percent demonstrated financial need, Shi said. Many of the students awarded the scholarships will qualify for either the LIFE or Palmetto Fellow awards, state scholarships that will push the students. Million with respect to a portfolio of mortgage warehouse relationships in Florida, the filing said.
4. College of Charleston -- South Carolina
   Because of the historic look of the campus, many movies and television shows have been filmed at the College of Charleston, including General Hospital, North and South, Cold Mountain, The Patriot, White Squall, O, and The Notebook. The most popular scene location is Randolph Hall. In 2004, the first televised debate between Senate candidates Jim DeMint and Inez Tenenbaum was filmed in Alumni Hall. ABC's The View and CNN's Crossfire ... took up residence on the College of Charleston Cistern before the South Carolina presidential primary in 2000.
5. Charleston South Carolina -- North America
   South Carolina prepares for first federal death penalty trial. The inmate’s mother felt so sorry for Fulks, she gave him bail money and let him borrow her car. Fulks tried to help authorities find Donovan’s body in North Carolina and Burns body in West Virginia, but searchers came up empty. Was killed in a wooded area, but told searchers to look for her body in an area with no trees. Prosecutors said it could take three weeks to call all of their witnesses.
6. Charleston South Carolina -- Mount Pleasant
   On November 20, 2000, the Charleston Gold & Diamond Exchange superstore will open in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, in the Charleston metropolitan area. Located in a 10,000 square-foot free-standing building which is passed by approximately 60,000 cars every business day, the new facility will be one of the largest jewelry stores in the area and will offer a broad selection of diamonds, watches and fine jewelry at very competitive prices. A smaller Charleston Gold & Diamond Exchange store was opened on November 14, 2000, in downtown Charleston, South Carolina. Both stores will buy, as well as sell, diamonds, watches and jewelry, and will offer jewelry repair services on site.
7. Charleston South Carolina -- General Sessions
   On June 28, 1776 General Henry Henry Clinton with 2000 men and a naval squadron tried to seize Charleston, hoping for a simultaneous Loyalist uprising in South Carolina. It seemed a cheap way of waging the war but it failed as the naval force was defeated by the Continental Army, specifically the 2nd South Carolina Regiment at Fort Moultrie under the command of William Moultrie. When the fleet fired cannonballs, the explosives failed to penetrate the fort's unfinished, yet thick palmetto log walls. Additionally, no local Loyalists attacked the town from behind as the British had hoped. The loyalists were too poorly organized to be effective, but as late as 1780 senior officials in London, misled by Loyalist exiles, placed their confidence in their rising.
8. Charleston South Carolina -- New York
   By the mid-18th century Charleston had become a bustling trade center, the hub of the Atlantic trade for the southern colonies, and the wealthiest and largest city south of Philadelphia. By 1770 it was the fourth largest port in the colonies, after only Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, with a population of 11,000, slightly more than half of that slaves. Rice and indigo had been successfully cultivated by slave-owning planters in the surrounding coastal low-country. Those and naval stores were exported in an extremely profitable shipping industry. It was the cultural and economic center of the South.
9. South Carolina -- Charleston County
   Once primarily agricultural, South Carolina today has many large textile and other mills that produce several times the output of its farms in cash value. Charleston makes asbestos, wood, pulp, steel products, chemicals, machinery, and apparel.
10. Charleston Southern University -- South Carolina
    Charleston Southern University is located near the beautiful historic town of Charleston close to the coastline of South Carolina. The school was founded in 1964 and today is one of the largest independent universities in the state.

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