Explore South Carolina

17/06/2024

Even though summer is just getting going, marching band season is only a month or two away depending on your location.

The full Season 2 of Nation Ford Marching Band (Fort Mill) Behind the Scenes is available on YouTube, which was produced by, edited by, and mostly filmed by me.

Now you partially know why I have posted less content to this page over the last couple years. I’ve been very busy filming while volunteering and working my regular job at the same time.

The entire season from Band Camp to Bands of America.

03/06/2024

History of Macedonia-Angelus School, outside of Jefferson, South Carolina

20/05/2024

History of the Rembert Church in Lee County, South Carolina.

06/05/2024

I.S. Harley Biography, Orangeburg, South Carolina

08/09/2023

The Carolinas Exhibition of Bands will take place on September 16th at the Nation Ford High School stadium in Fort Mill, South Carolina. Come see a preview of high ranking high school marching bands in the greater Charlotte area.

25/07/2023

Are you a Firefighter near Fort Mill, SC. Flint Hill Fire (Fort Mill township) is seeking 2 Captains due to internal promotions.

We are please to announce the immediate openings for two full-time captain positions. Applications will be accepted until August 11, 2023.

An application packet is available on the department’s website www.flinthillfire.org or may be picked up in person at:

Flint Hill Fire Department Station 1
1950 Highway 21 Bypass
Fort Mill, SC 29715

18/07/2023

This Neoclassical home in Ridgeway was built around 1910 for Charles Wray, a prominent merchant and planter in Ridgeway. The home faces the railroad tracks. Mr. and Mrs. Wray died in a terrible car vs train accident in July of 1919 when their automobile was hit a Southern Railroad train near Smallwood. 10 year old Eugene McCarrel of Concord, NC also died as a result of the crash.

17/07/2023

The Culp House was built ca. 1857 for Benjamin Dudley Culp, a prosperous businessman in early Union. In 1876, Gen. Wade Hampton, running for governor, made a campaign speech from the second-story portico.

16/07/2023

The Varnville United Methodist Church was organized by Rev. Barry Varn and his brother James Varn in 1872. James and Barry owned a saw mill and the land the railroad used through town, so the town of Varnville was named for the Varn brothers. The original sanctuary burned in 1928, which is when this current sanctuary was built.

19/03/2023

The Baptist Church of Beaufort was established in 1795 as a mission of the Euhaw Baptist Church. The church officially chartered as its own congregation in 1804. This current sanctuary was built in 1844.

10/03/2023

The Coggeshall Building was built ca. 1905. The Coggeshall family opened their dry goods store beginning in 1893 and moved to this building in the first decade of the twentieth century. It was the second oldest general merchandise store in the county. The family operated the store until the 1980s. The building was damaged in fires in 1925 and 1995, mostly on the second floor.

08/02/2023

The Palmetto Theater was built in 1946. The theater took its design from the Carolina Theater of Allendale. The theater was built with 450 seats at a cost of $45,000. It once had segregated entrances and segregated ticket booths. The theater was remodeled in 1992.

06/02/2023

The Macedonia Angelus School history and what remains of the school today.

Located outside of Jefferson, South Carolina in Chesterfield county, sits the former Angelus School. The school operated between about 1928 and the 1950’s in...

05/02/2023

The Mayesville Presbyterian Church was established in 1881. That church burned in 1975 and was replaced with this current building in 1977.

19/01/2023

This weeks YouTube episode is Rembert Church.

Bishop Francis Asbury was a frequent guest at James Rembert's house. The history of Methodist Church in the USA, South Carolina, and the Santee District. If ...

10/01/2023

Irvin S. Harley Biography - Orangeburg SC

Irvin Sylvanus Harley built the I.S. Harley Building in Orangeburg, South Carolina. The biography and genealogy of Irvin. Harley's sons would join the Dukes-...

08/01/2023

The St. John UMC in Graniteville was completed in 1848 and was designed by J. B. White of Charleston. Graniteville founder, William Gregg, donated the land to churches if they utilized reputable architects to design the church.