INAUGURAL ISSUE: 1st Quarter 2007

Mounds & Ditches
Star Fort at Ninety Six was a study in 18th-Century military engineering.

Hurray (or Ho-Hum) for the Railroad
Opening of the Charleston-to-Columbia line, 1842—a statesman's bored account.
(Text version online here.)

The Cowpens Museum
World War II naval history.

South Carolina Literature
A novel excerpt by William Gilmore Simms.

And much more, including . . .
. . . "Quotations in Time," "Yesterday's News" & "The Old Palmetto State Quiz" (whereby you can earn a free annual subscription to the e-magazette)!

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